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BAILII receives a regular feed of cases from the Courts of the four jurisdictions of the United Kingdom and from the Courts of Ireland. The table below shows the numbers of cases decided since 1 January 1996 which are held in the database.

In April and May of 2003 arrangements were made for all the substantive judgments of the Civil Division of the Court of Appeal and the Administrative Court to be posted on the BAILII website. Judgments on permission applications, and other preliminary applications, will only be published there if a judge so requests. This arrangement was backdated to 1st January 2003. All these judgments are now on BAILII. The number of judgments from the Criminal Division of the Court of Appeal and the other Divisions of the High Court have been steadily increasing, and it is hoped that even more progress will be achieved during 2005.

There is still a restriction on the number of English cases from Divisions of the High Court which can be added to the BAILII database which arises from the fact that the shorthand-writers who transcribe judgments which have been given verbally (as opposed to judgments handed down on paper) own the copyright in the transcribed version of the judgment. This prevents the judgment being added to the BAILII database without the consent of the shorthand-writer. BAILII, being a free web site, has no funds with which to acquire a licence to copy and display the transcript. (Enquiries for copies of unreported English judgments which are not available on BAILII should be directed to the Courts Transcription & Recording Unit (RCJ Room WB14; tel: 020 7947 7820; fax: 020 7947 6662; email: rcj.cratu@hmcts.gsi.gov.uk .)

BAILII continues to press for the system to be changed so that all judgments may be freely available. A large number of transcribed judgments of the Court of Appeal and the Administrative Court for the period July 1996 - August 1999 were kindly provided by the official shorthand writers Smith Bernal. All handed down English Court of Appeal cases decided since July 1996 should be on BAILII.

Handed down first-instance decisions of the England and Wales and Northern Ireland High Courts are generally only provided to BAILII where the Judge giving the judgment indicates that they are of sufficient interest to be made available for publication on the Internet.

The official version of English judgments of the Court of Appeal and High Court are the Approved Judgments in .rtf format. In most cases the .rtf version is also available on BAILII. When the .rtf version is not available the BAILII web version is not to be taken as official.

Decisions of the Irish Supreme Court and High Court are reasonably comprehensive since February 2001. The official version of Irish judgments is the hard copy version.

BAILII has few Northern Ireland cases decided prior to 2000.

BAILII has few Scottish cases decided prior to 1999.

Full coverage of House of Lords and Privy Council cases commmenced during 1996.

Users of BAILII are reminded that the judgments of any court below the highest level may have been the subject of an appeal, and that they should satisfy themselves that the judgment has not been the subject of an appeal before relying on it as an authority. The Court of Appeal has recently adopted this practice, although it is not yet being universally followed in the judgments of that court. This should facilitate an automated noter-up function to display an indication that a judgment has been the subject of an appeal.

An orange highlight to a row denotes a court that is no longer active.

Database pre-1996 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 total

England and Wales
England and Wales Court of Appeal (Civil Division) Decisions 506 134 197 234 202 482 2039 1783 780 787 800 800 861 949 804 779 793 776 791 684 808 625 545 601 482 395 448 341 389 274 20089
England and Wales Court of Appeal (Criminal Division) Decisions 76 44 67 72 46 136 157 160 178 249 284 336 326 450 448 384 324 197 231 202 173 204 248 332 347 266 324 313 449 345 7368
England and Wales County Court (Family)                       2     6 61 6 6 24 75                     180
England and Wales Court of Protection Decisions           3               1 9 18 23 23 34 86 84 67 31 38 62 70 68 50 65 49 781
England and Wales Care Standards Tribunal 268 27 23 33 30 20 13 14 34 53 57 47 66 71                                 756
England and Wales Family Court Decisions (High Court Judges)                                       52 76 62 53 51 42 72 82 129 89 67 775
England and Wales Family Court Decisions (other Judges)                                       179 226 124 118 97 92 87 96 62 170 168 1419
England and Wales High Court (Administrative Court) Decisions 34 26 58 59 62 200 250 264 627 520 526 516 526 712 810 631 508 732 702 722 721 537 543 432 467 498 528 549 493 410 13663
England and Wales High Court (Admiralty Division) Decisions         1 2 7 7 4 4 3 1 2 6 8 2 5 3 3 4 7 4 3 8 8 10 5 8 2 5 122
Court of Common Pleas 6                                                           6
England and Wales High Court (Chancery Division) Decisions 43 3 6 15 46 45 96 107 185 239 269 302 348 335 372 379 326 335 355 326 375 351 362 449 470 600 615 599 592 420 8965
England and Wales High Court (Commercial Court) Decisions 2 1 3 12 19 46 54 70 119 108 106 122 127 121 131 134 171 147 145 176 169 129 174 210 199 287 259 280 276 189 3986
England and Wales High Court (Senior Courts Costs Office) Decisions           13 18 36 45 41 21 20 30 24 28 27 19 6 3 2 8 12 12 19 15 16 29 84 86 62 676
England and Wales High Court (Exchequer Court) Decisions 14                                                           14
England and Wales High Court (Family Division) Decisions 5     1 5 5 12 9 37 40 41 53 70 68 68 92 92 93 212 283 188 196 191 169 173 182 183 146 194 158 2966
Intellectual Property Enterprise Court                                     12 32 25 22 28 16 23 18 25 30 17 12 260
England and Wales High Court (King's Bench Division) Decisions 35                                                   1 114 387 316 853
Mercantile Court             1             1 2 5 3 5 1 2 2                   22
England and Wales High Court (Patents Court) Decisions   3 9 28 14 16 8 11 16 16 15 28 35 42 42 25 37 29 42 37 29 38 29 25 30 46 50 41 34 31 806
England and Wales High Court (Queen's Bench Division) Decisions 36 6 6 10 17 29 37 55 80 92 153 173 207 225 236 269 282 280 270 315 295 306 266 310 336 422 370 254     5337
England and Wales High Court (Technology and Construction Court) Decisions     11 25 33 46 20 37 49 65 80 90 98 97 98 92 89 82 98 88 85 82 92 67 84 106 97 94 84 67 2056
England and Wales Leasehold Valuation Tribunal Decisions 2 5 18 17 23 12 21 129 46 81 137 289 563 370 399 875 102 763 812 761 664 465 384 39             6977
England and Wales Land Registry Adjudicator                     4 24 26 27 33 28 44 20 22 38 28 70 98 25             487
England and Wales Lands Tribunal         2 72 65 29 58 45 66 66 63 88 28                               582
England and Wales Magistrates' Court (Family)                             16 83                             99
England and Wales Patents County Court                       2   3   9 37 51 34                       136
English and Welsh Courts - Miscellaneous 11       1     1   3 1 1 7 5 10 19 25 30 41 24 49 46 31 14 18 27 27 16 23 32 462
The Parole Board for England and Wales                                                 88 202 198 199 256 181 1124

Scotland
Scottish Court of Session Decisions 42322 6 10 121 307 333 297 214 336 278 245 266 298 257 275 272 308 292 317 288 273 276 224 206 170 171 194 155 142 120 48973
Scottish High Court of Justiciary Decisons 71   4 30 259 114 122 121 68 70 128 111 83 84 107 136 127 163 163 129 124 123 84 74 92 50 51 51 47 38 2824
Scottish Information Commissioner Decisions                     89 228 231 168 151 222 226 210 298 261 206 272 210 213 179 123 188 133 105 41 3754
Scottish Jury Court Reports 282                                                           282
Sheriff Appeal Court (Civil) Opinions                                           16 38 31 40 24 33 35 35 40 292
Sheriff Appeal Court (Criminal) Opinions                                         2 33 19 18 19 9 8 9 13 9 139
Scottish Sheriff Court Decisions       3 27 35 24 28 60 91 90 104 76 43 142 170 158 121 103 109 73 84 72 52 98 49 41 38 24 33 1948

Northern Ireland
Northern Irish Courts - Miscellaneous 5     1       6 3 17 7 3 7 15 7 7 6 6 2 17 6 7 14 10 22 6 12 17 24 28 255
Court of Appeal in Northern Ireland Decisions       2 19 36 57 52 59 50 62 47 60 51 63 45 70 60 84 84 77 60 76 52 75 63 65 76 85 57 1587
Crown Court for Northern Ireland Decisions         1 2   9 15 13 22 36 51 44 70 50 38 31 33 26 16 22 8 20 21 16 9 19 31 20 623
Fair Employment Tribunal Northern Ireland Decisions       1     1 37 32 24 31 51 42 37 25 23 20 17 22 13 12 14 15 11 12 12 53 50     555
High Court of Justice in Northern Ireland Chancery Division Decisions       5 5 7 15 14 9 6 4 4 7 24 10 18 24 33 16 29 21 20 28 26 18 17 27 19 7 9 422
High Court of Justice in Northern Ireland Division Decisions                                                         5 6 11
High Court of Justice in Northern Ireland Family Division Decisions           9 25 25 16 12 17 19 13 15 23 19 16 6 10 14 18 12 16 14 18 30 51 39 23 7 467
High Court of Justice in Northern Ireland King's Bench Division Decisions                                                       35 121 70 226
Northern Ireland High Court of Justice, Masters' decisions           1 1     1 12 8 10 8 13 5 8 10 24 16 14 10 7 15 9   7 11 11 18 219
High Court of Justice in Northern Ireland Queen's Bench Division Decisions 1 2 2 2 25 44 50 19 79 93 86 97 122 154 98 135 121 114 149 141 107 103 138 109 114 77 126 61 1   2370
Industrial Tribunals Northern Ireland Decisions               333 139 210 164 152 322 226 330 452 468 496 392 260 286 189 181 166 183 241 821 832     6843
Northern Ireland - Social Security and Child Support Commissioners' Decisions 117 84 66 70 73 39 31 61 99 88 52 57 46 31 66 92 79 67 70 21 60 74 58 42 52 56 39 26 28 22 1766

Ireland
Irish Court of Appeal                                       57 325 393 333 298 316 357 344 312 322 205 3262
Irish Court of Criminal Appeal 17                 39 33 33 30 67 43 27 36 23 26 41 7 3     1       7   433
Irish Central Criminal Court                         1   1 1 5 2       2             3   15
Irish Competition Authority Decisions 456 19 13 47 40 8 10 2 47 81 84 98 73 38 27 46 14 4 17 28 82 59 69 52 44 42 9       1509
Irish Data Protection Commission Case Studies                     12 15 15 21 16 20 13 18 19                       149
High Court of Ireland Decisions 581 61 234 232 252 213 230 179 184 302 453 384 428 423 531 499 514 560 596 655 817 736 794 716 809 635 800 720 733 539 14810
Irish Information Commissioner's Decisions       19 26 34 38 30 24 21 19 17 23 7 36 76 24 37 69 82 194 272 280 241 249 253 308 301 282 175 3137
Supreme Court of Ireland Decisions 104 9 12 68 95 81 121 79 74 73 71 69 70 70 79 63 51 65 61 81 107 78 84 69 102 100 101 78 59 61 2235

United Kingdom
United Kingdom Competition Appeals Tribunal             6 2 2 8 40 35 36 40 36 28 44 30 30 19 16 25 22 19 28 28 36 55 77 53 715
Nominet UK Dispute Resolution Service             8 110 106 114 146 174 162 181 127 107 227 290 280 236 264 305 274 250 240 221         3822
Special Immigrations Appeals Commission                 11 17 6 14 11 6 8 9 15 16 6 21 12 11 7 9 5 7 19 7 12 11 240
United Kingdom Immigration and Asylum (AIT/IAC) Unreported Judgments                 4999 6192 5223 2353 3230 2802 2664 2779 2575 2958 2926 3920 4766 3138 3243 5653 4653 1821 1736 1428 2628 1516 73203
United Kingdom Employment Appeal Tribunal 2536 785 992 1060 1330 1255 1344 974 785 463 383 316 354 343 336 323 386 371 399 358 255 230 186 208 187 115 176 144 155 151 16900
United Kingdom Employment Tribunal                                 1 1 4   9 143 9757 12194 7600 7928 5455 6225 4178 2732 56227
United Kingdom Financial Services and Markets Tribunals Decisions               2 5 3 13 18 11 11 8                               71
First-tier Tribunal (General Regulatory Chamber)                             28 101 90 258 216 239 236 269 239 262 259 160 184 256 386 404 3587
First-tier Tribunal (Health Education and Social Care Chamber)                           8 59 63 37 25 35 34 28 34 31 35 26 27 25 16 32 25 540
First-tier Tribunal (Property Chamber)                                     707 1241 1161 890 870 930 1610 867 2214 1222 133   11845
First-tier Tribunal (Tax)                             325 551 812 735 689 1060 562 756 693 617 583 477 363 307 341 283 9154
United Kingdom House of Lords Decisions 4239 22 60 54 56 73 73 50 75 58 75 59 58 74 45                               5071
United Kingdom Asylum and Immigration Tribunal 4 2   2 2 11 24 248 216 341 180 96 98 93 56 3                             1376
Information Commissioner's Office 205                   134 289 353 339 548 693 1097 1092 1253 1065 1210 1074 1180 1246 1302 984 1301 2333 2267 1270 21235
United Kingdom Investigatory Powers Tribunal                 2 3 1 3 1 2 2 2 2 2 1 3 6 5 5 6 4 2 6 8 6 3 75
United Kingdom Information Tribunal including the National Security Appeals Panel 9     1 1 1 1 1 2   7 28 75 80 50                               256
United Kingdom Intellectual Property Office Decisions       298 335 343 446 480 386 372 328 370 371 341 330 354 420 423 428 376 413 428 427 527 542 388 577 490 402   10595
The Judicial Committee of the Privy Council Decisions 9278 67 71 54 57 54 66 72 88 61 51 60 68 64 54 33 48 42 32 43 48 38 45 33 48 33 33 58 44 30 10773
United Kingdom Supreme Court                             17 58 60 63 80 68 79 65 82 68 60 53 58 37 52 32 932
United Kingdom Special Commissioners of Income Tax Decisions         5 17 25 25 35 57 62 57 83 67 14                               447
UK Social Security and Child Support Commissioners' Decisions 297 73 109 85 47 107 169 285 252 251 207 184 189 220                                 2475
Upper Tribunal (Administrative Appeals Chamber)                           39 231 299 256 216 356 276 323 284 249 221 190 154 121 146 131 138 3630
Upper Tribunal (Immigration and Asylum Chamber)                               63 97 77 95 72 137 85 60 52 47 43 39 37 20 16 940
United Kingdom Upper Tribunal (Lands Chamber)                         1   56 83 78 81 101 91 117 81 87 81 94 96 86 94 82 76 1385
United Kingdom Upper Tribunal (Tax and Chancery Chamber)                             3 48 81 91 72 97 104 109 106 84 69 69 65 64 64 56 1182
United Kingdom VAT & Duties Tribunals Decisions 1 1         1 12 283 446 500 555 537 391 77                               2804
United Kingdom VAT & Duties Tribunals (Customs) Decisions           1 1 9 10 5 18 20 19 17 5                               105
United Kingdom VAT & Duties Tribunals (Excise) Decisions             1 32 200 240 100 69 70 82 10                               804
United Kingdom VAT & Duties Tribunals (Insurance Premium Tax) Decisions         2 1       1 1   1 1                                 7
United Kingdom VAT & Duties Tribunals (Landfill Tax) Decisions         1   1   2 2 1 2 1 2                                 12

Europe
European Court of Human Rights 823 105 140 120 198 719 901 859 733 743 956 1198 1169 1850 2111 2165 2274 1729 1142 1095 937 1049 1094 965 836 855 1047 1045 958 768 30584
Board Of Appeal Of The European Supervisory Authorities Decisions                                     1 5 2 2 2 4 3 3 2       24
Court of Justice of the European Communities (including Court of First Instance Decisions) 4943 351 405 481 367 530 503 538 548 594 619 842 527 598 685 864 1146 753 627 976 1041 968 1033 1421 1523 1117 1236 1163 1065 789 28253

Jersey
Jersey Law Reports 1171 81 67 67 80 114 110 78 92 84 77 75 87 80 88 77 97 91 109 101 64 80 40 44 24 61 47 42 12   3240
Jersey Unreported Judgments 1965 213 202 197 179 211 237 230 226 196 174 194 222 209 254 274 282 286 303 300 308 289 245 228 224 248 265 211 185 124 8681

Saint Helena
St Helena Court of Appeal Judgments                                             2   3 3 4 1 3 1 17
St Helena Supreme Court Judgments                                       3 1 1 1   1 4 4 8 9 1 33

United Arab Emirates
Abu Dhabi Global Market judgments (Court of Appeal)                                                 1 3     2   6
Abu Dhabi Global Market judgments (Court of First Instance)                                             1 2 9 8 8 12 22 13 75
The Dubai International Financial Centre                             4 7 6 8 27 28 41 43 42 64 59 106 84 123 184 218 1044

Qatar
Qatar International Court judgments                               9 3   4 2 6 3 6 16 18 26 43 44 72 64 316

Cayman Islands
Cayman Islands Reports Financial Services Division                         3 9 32 50 45 58 48 40 41 30 60 72 55 62 84 102 123 77 991

Singapore
Singapore International Commercial Court                                           6 12 15 16 30 25 26 33 32 195
Judgment table updated 4 October 2024
Total cases 493940


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