About Westlaw UK

Case Law

Westlaw UK is built upon a vast collection of case law, incorporating over 180,000 full text case reports from the UK's leading and recognised brand names, including:

  • The Law Reports
  • Weekly Law Reports & Industrial Case Reports from the ICLR
  • Session Cases from the SCLR
  • Lloyd's Law Reports
  • Criminal Appeal Reports
  • Reports of Patent Cases
  • Transcripts from Smith Bernal

Case Analysis

The ‘Case Analysis' document provides direct and indirect history, legislation cited and details of journal articles relevant to a case.

Compiled by a team of legally qualified editors, this document points you quickly and accurately to all relevant and linked information.

Case Status Icons

A visual system indicating the status of a case allowing you to immediately see whether a case has been overturned, reversed or superseded.

Judicially considered- indicates that a case has been judicially considered and received positive or neutral treatment as part of its direct or indirect history.

Overruled or reversed- indicates that at least one point of law has been overruled or reversed. This is an immediate notification that the case is no longer good law.