Find Case Law
UK court judgments, tribunal decisions and case citations
Search official UK court judgments and tribunal decisions from The National Archives.
Your information
Page of results, for example 2. Defaults to 1.
Result order, for example newest. Defaults to relevance.
Court or tribunal name, for example Supreme Court, Court of Appeal, Employment Appeal Tribunal, or High Court (King's Bench). Defaults to all.
Keywords or party names to search, for example Uber v Aslam.
Maximum judgments to return, for example 20 (up to 50).
More options
Include judgments on or after this date, for example 2021-01-01.
Include judgments on or before this date, for example 2021-12-31.
Example results
- Judgments
Judgments Court Snippet PDF Link Case Name Judgment Date Judgment Link Neutral Citation Employment Appeal Tribunal...video link rendered the hearing unfair as it prevented the Appellant...Haziz Rahim v The Commissioner of Police of The Metropolis2021-07-19[2022] EAT 3Employment Appeal Tribunal...presented a claim form claiming unfair dismissal against the respondent, a...Y Saloo v Interserve Learning and Employment (Services) Ltd2021-08-05[2022] EAT 22Employment Appeal TribunalUnfair DismissalI Mbola v Royal Mail2021-09-01[2022] EAT 2
About Find Case Law
Search judgments requires keywords or party names and can be filtered by court and judgment dates; results can be sorted and paged.
Built by Fous from caselaw.nationalarchives.gov.uk and checked automatically; it last passed a check on Sep 29, 2026. Fous is not affiliated with Find Case Law.
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Search judgments
1 credit per runSearch 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.
What you provide
| Field | Type | Required | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
Pagepage | Number | Optional | Page of results, for example 2. Defaults to 1.Example: 2 |
Sortsort | Text | Optional | Result order, for example newest. Defaults to relevance.Example: Oldest |
Courtcourt | 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 |
Queryquery | Text | Required | Keywords or party names to search, for example Uber v Aslam.Example: unfair dismissal |
Max Resultsmax_results | Number | Optional | Maximum judgments to return, for example 20 (up to 50).Example: 3 |
Decided Afterdecided_after | Date | Optional | Include judgments on or after this date, for example 2021-01-01.Example: 2021-01-01 |
Decided Beforedecided_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 |
|---|---|---|
Judgmentsjudgments | List | Matching judgments and decisions. |
Courtjudgments[].court | Text | Court or tribunal name.Example: Employment Appeal Tribunal |
Snippetjudgments[].snippet | Text | Plain-text matching passage from the search results.Example: ...video link rendered the hearing unfair as it prevented the Appellant... |
PDF Linkjudgments[].pdf_link | Text | PDF link, when one is available.Example: https://caselaw.nationalarchives.gov.uk/eat/2022/3/data.pdf |
Case Namejudgments[].case_name | Text | Name of the case.Example: Haziz Rahim v The Commissioner of Police of The Metropolis |
Judgment Datejudgments[].judgment_date | Date | Date the judgment was handed down.Example: 2021-07-19 |
Judgment Linkjudgments[].judgment_link | Link | Judgment page link.Example: https://caselaw.nationalarchives.gov.uk/eat/2022/3 |
Neutral Citationjudgments[].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
{
"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
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# First set your key: export FOUS_API_KEY='YOUR_FOUS_API_KEY'
: "${FOUS_API_KEY:?Set FOUS_API_KEY before running this example}"
curl 'https://api.fous.com/v1/query' \
--fail-with-body --silent --show-error --max-time 120 \
-H "Authorization: Bearer $FOUS_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
Is Fous affiliated with Find Case Law?
No. Fous is not affiliated with Find Case Law. This workflow reads the public caselaw.nationalarchives.gov.uk website and returns its data.
How much does it cost?
Each run costs 1 credit. 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; repeating the same request within a day may return the saved result. Fous checks this workflow automatically; it last passed a check on Sep 29, 2026.
Which judgments mention a specific party or keyword?
Search judgments finds matches using the party name or keywords you provide.
Which court or tribunal issued a judgment?
Search judgments returns the court or tribunal name for each matching judgment.
What is a judgment’s neutral citation and date?
Search judgments returns each matching judgment’s neutral citation and the date it was handed down.