Guides
Judicial consideration: a reporter’s guide to good law
Cases and their status as good law In a Common Law jurisdiction, judges have the ability to change or clarify the law and to set precedents which bind the court in later cases. But as the law is continually developing, and as cases decided by one court can be affected by later decisions of a… Continue reading
How to use our Latest Cases RSS Feed
We are today releasing two public RSS feeds of new case law published on ICLR.3. The new RSS feeds are ideal for staying up to date with new precedent-setting case law and for integration within larger knowledge management systems. General New content is added to ICLR.3 on a daily basis. The types of content added… Continue reading
Guide to UK law reports and their citations
Below is a list of the most common domestic series not published by ICLR but cited in our reports. The abbreviation forms part of a citation that may be prefaced by a year in square brackets (the year of publication) or by a year in round brackets (the year of judgment), followed by a volume… Continue reading
ICLR.3 Video Guides: Quick Search
Quick Case Name Search Your browser does not support the video tag. Quick Citation Search Your browser does not support the video tag. Quick Free Text Search Your browser does not support the video tag.… Continue reading
ICLR.3 Trial Access: Introductory Guide
The ICLR.3 Trial Access Guide provides trial users with a handy overview of ICLR.3’s key features along with basic information on the following topics: Logging in to your trial account Navigating recent case law by legal topic Performing simple searches Accessing law reports as PDFs Series available via our trial access programme. If you’d like to sign… Continue reading
Guide to ICLR law reports and their citations
The Incorporated Council of Law Reporting for England and Wales (ICLR) has been reporting the significant decisions of the superior courts since its foundation in 1865. Over the years, the titles under which those reports have been organised has changed. This guide aims to provide a conspectus of all the various series published at various… Continue reading
Constructing Links to Cases on ICLR.3 using the pubrefLookup method
Content on ICLR.3 is ordered according to a consistent, human-readable URL structure that provides a straightforward interface for publishers, news providers and academic institutions to target cases on the platform in bulk in a programmatic setting. The pubrefLookup method allows you to systematically target cases on ICLR.3 according to their citation. For example, to target… Continue reading
Interactive guide to the different elements of a law report
Click on the image below to view and listen to the interactive guide to the different elements of a law report at Learnmore, by Lawbore. … Continue reading
The ICLR guide to reportability
People often ask us, how do you decide whether or not to report a case? What are your criteria for assessing precedential value?… Continue reading