Unfortunately I was very busy with visiting the County Court for the day and then going to the Space Society meeting so I wasn’t able to post this as I said I would, but here it is now!
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Sources of case material
Pre 1865 – Nominate Reports
Found in the “English Reports”
Post 1865 – The Law Reports (Incorporated Council of Law Reporting)
Official law reports, approved by judges and preferred in court
Under 200 cases per year
25 series, of which 4 are reported today
AC – Appeal cases in House of Lords
Ch – Chancery Division
QB – Queen’s Bench Division
Fam – Family Division
Post 1936 – All England Law Reports
Report quicker than The Law Reports
Post 1954 – Weekly Law Reports
Report quicker than The Law Reports
Locations of case material
Westlaw – www.westlaw.com
BAILII – www.bailii.org
Lexis Nexis – www.lexisnexis.com
Justis – www.justis.com
