Description

British & Irish Legal Information Institute (BAILLI) contains British and Irish case law and legislation, European Union case law, Law Commission reports, and other law-related British and Irish materials. BAILII is a free resource but note it may not be as up to date as databased such as Westlaw UK. Check the status of any Act to see if it is provided in its original version, or if it has been revised.

Database Content
Legal materials
Included in the Library Search?
No
AI Tools included?
No

Accessibility Features

Read Aloud

No inbuilt function but website is compatible with the following screen readers: JAWS, NVDA, Voiceover. Please note, this is just a list of recommended screen readers, the platform may be compatible with other screen readers. 

Change text size

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Change background colour

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Keyboard navigation 

Most of the website should be navigable using just a keyboard. 

Read offline

Articles can be downloaded as PDFs to read offline. If using a screen reader, we recommend viewing PDF content on Adobe Reader or Adobe Acrobat as PDF content will often be more readable and more easily navigated by screen readers in Adobe Reader. Please note, some older PDFs may not be compatible with screen readers. 

Accessibility statement
Accessibility statement

Terms of Use

What You Can Do

  • Access and distribute documents manually and responsibly.
  • Link freely to the website and link to BAILII's online ('live') documents rather than sharing downloaded copies.

What You Can’t Do 

  • Bulk-download large portions of content from the website.
  • Redistribute documents or copy BAILII content to other websites.
  • Share copied text rather than linking as this will limit BAILII’s usage stats.
  • Store or integrate BAILII content in other digital tools
  • Republish misleading versions, edit content or use content out of context.
  • Ignore copyright ownership: You may not redistribute content that is subject to third-party copyright without permission.