Find Case Law

UK court judgments, tribunal decisions and case citations

Search official UK court judgments and tribunal decisions from The National Archives.

Search judgments

Search judgments

Search UK court judgments and tribunal decisions by keywords or party names. Filter by court and judgment dates, and return matching text, citations, and available PDF links. Coverage depends on judgments published by Find Case Law.

Your information

PageOptional

Page of results, for example 2. Defaults to 1.

SortOptional

Result order, for example newest. Defaults to relevance.

CourtOptional

Court or tribunal name, for example Supreme Court, Court of Appeal, Employment Appeal Tribunal, or High Court (King's Bench). Defaults to all.

Query

Keywords or party names to search, for example Uber v Aslam.

Max ResultsOptional

Maximum judgments to return, for example 20 (up to 50).

More options

Decided AfterOptional

Include judgments on or after this date, for example 2021-01-01.

Decided BeforeOptional

Include judgments on or before this date, for example 2021-12-31.

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The same inputs also work from your code or an AI assistant. See For developers.

Example results

Matching judgments

About the Find Case Law tool

Search judgments requires keywords or party names and can be filtered by court and judgment dates; results can be sorted and paged.

Built from caselaw.nationalarchives.gov.uk. Last checked Sep 29, 2026.

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Search judgments

1 credit

What you provide

Field	Type	Required	Description
Page`page`	Number	Optional	Page of results, for example 2. Defaults to 1.Example: 2
Sort`sort`	Text	Optional	Result order, for example newest. Defaults to relevance.Example: Oldest
Court`court`	Text	Optional	Court or tribunal name, for example Supreme Court, Court of Appeal, Employment Appeal Tribunal, or High Court (King's Bench). Defaults to all.Example: Employment Appeal Tribunal
Query`query`	Text	Required	Keywords or party names to search, for example Uber v Aslam.Example: unfair dismissal
Max Results`max_results`	Number	Optional	Maximum judgments to return, for example 20 (up to 50).Example: 3
Decided After`decided_after`	Date	Optional	Include judgments on or after this date, for example 2021-01-01.Example: 2021-01-01
Decided Before`decided_before`	Date	Optional	Include judgments on or before this date, for example 2021-12-31.Example: 2021-12-31

What you get

Field	Type	Description
Judgments`judgments`	List	Matching judgments and decisions.
Court`judgments[].court`	Text	Court or tribunal name.Example: Employment Appeal Tribunal
Snippet`judgments[].snippet`	Text	Plain-text matching passage from the search results.Example: ...video link rendered the hearing unfair as it prevented the Appellant...
PDF Link`judgments[].pdf_link`	Text	PDF link, when one is available.Example: https://caselaw.nationalarchives.gov.uk/eat/2022/3/data.pdf
Case Name`judgments[].case_name`	Text	Name of the case.Example: Haziz Rahim v The Commissioner of Police of The Metropolis
Judgment Date`judgments[].judgment_date`	Date	Date the judgment was handed down.Example: 2021-07-19
Judgment Link`judgments[].judgment_link`	Link	Judgment page link.Example: https://caselaw.nationalarchives.gov.uk/eat/2022/3
Neutral Citation`judgments[].neutral_citation`	Text	Neutral case citation.Example: [2022] EAT 3

Example result

For Page: 2, Sort: Oldest, Court: Employment Appeal Tribunal, Query: unfair dismissal, Max Results: 3

JSON

{
  "judgments": [
    {
      "court": "Employment Appeal Tribunal",
      "snippet": "...video link rendered the hearing unfair as it prevented the Appellant...",
      "pdf_link": "https://caselaw.nationalarchives.gov.uk/eat/2022/3/data.pdf",
      "case_name": "Haziz Rahim v The Commissioner of Police of The Metropolis",
      "judgment_date": "2021-07-19",
      "judgment_link": "https://caselaw.nationalarchives.gov.uk/eat/2022/3",
      "neutral_citation": "[2022] EAT 3"
    },
    {
      "court": "Employment Appeal Tribunal",
      "snippet": "...presented a claim form claiming unfair dismissal against the respondent, a...",
      "pdf_link": "https://caselaw.nationalarchives.gov.uk/eat/2022/22/data.pdf",
      "case_name": "Y Saloo v Interserve Learning and Employment (Services) Ltd",
      "judgment_date": "2021-08-05",
      "judgment_link": "https://caselaw.nationalarchives.gov.uk/eat/2022/22",
      "neutral_citation": "[2022] EAT 22"
    },
    {
      "court": "Employment Appeal Tribunal",
      "snippet": "Unfair Dismissal",
      "pdf_link": "https://caselaw.nationalarchives.gov.uk/eat/2022/2/data.pdf",
      "case_name": "I Mbola v Royal Mail",
      "judgment_date": "2021-09-01",
      "judgment_link": "https://caselaw.nationalarchives.gov.uk/eat/2022/2",
      "neutral_citation": "[2022] EAT 2"
    }
  ]
}

For developers

Call it from your code with one request. Change the values in input to run it on new data. To get an API key, open Developers at the bottom of Studio, turn on Developer mode and go to API keys.

cURL

curl 'https://api.fous.com/v1/query' \
  --fail-with-body --silent --show-error --max-time 180 \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer YOUR_API_KEY" \
  -H 'Content-Type: application/json' \
  --data-raw '{
  "api": "@find-case-law",
  "visibility": "public",
  "operation": "search_judgments",
  "version": 1,
  "input": {
    "page": 2,
    "sort": "oldest",
    "court": "Employment Appeal Tribunal",
    "query": "unfair dismissal",
    "max_results": 3
  },
  "response": {
    "format": "json"
  }
}'

What you can do with it

Find judgments by case name or keywords
Review decisions from a selected court or tribunal
Track judgments within a date range
Gather case citations for legal research
Open available judgment PDFs

Questions about Find Case Law

Can I run it with my own inputs?

Yes. Change the inputs in Studio and press Run, or send new inputs from your code, or ask a connected AI assistant.

Can I call this Find Case Law tool as an API?

Yes. Send a POST request to /v1/query with your Fous API key and the inputs, and get JSON back.

How much does it cost?

Each completed run costs 1 credit. Failed runs without a completed receipt are free; completed work can remain charged if delivery is interrupted. With pay as you go, a credit costs 1¢. Monthly plans cost less per credit.

Do I need a Find Case Law account?

No. You only need a Fous account.

How current is the data?

Fous gets the data from caselaw.nationalarchives.gov.uk when you run it. Some results are reused for up to 24 hours, and results that use your account or key are never reused. It was last verified on Sep 29, 2026.