The Weekly Law Reports – Introduction

The Weekly Law Reports database on the Justis website contains the full text of the printed publication The Weekly Law Reports volumes 1, 2 and 3 from 1953 to the present day. The database is updated every week.

The Weekly Law Reports is a printed series of authoritative reports of cases which influence the application and development of the law in England and Wales. It is published weekly (except during the late summer recess, when it does not appear) by the Incorporated Council of Law Reporting for England and Wales.

The Weekly Law Reports covers judgments of the English courts (House of Lords, Privy Council, Court of Appeal, High Court, Ecclesiastical Courts and Restrictive Practices Court). Reports of cases are written by barristers and contain the full text judgments as approved by the Judge. Practice Directions, Practice Notes and Practice Statements are also included.

Many cases that will appear in full in The Weekly Law Reports database can be found earlier in summary form in the Daily Cases database.

All cases from volumes 2 and 3 will appear later in The Law Reports database, with the addition of the text of the Argument.

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