BAILII UK Case Law

Search BAILII for UK case law by keyword or phrase. Searches the full BAILII database including UKSC, EWCA, EWHC, House of Lords, tribunals, and Irish courts. Returns a list of matching cases with titles, citations, and document paths to use with bailii_get_judgment. Args: params (SearchInput): Search parameters containing: - query (str): Search terms - max_results (int): Number of results to return (default 10) Returns: str: JSON array of results, each containing: { "title": str, "path": str, # pass to bailii_get_judgment "url": str, "snippet": str }

Retrieve a BAILII judgment, optionally filtered to a specific section. Use the path returned by bailii_search. By default returns summary + conclusions (or first 5000 chars if no sections detected). Use section='all' for the complete text. Args: params (GetJudgmentInput): Input containing: - path (str): BAILII document path - section (str, optional): 'summary', 'conclusions', 'held', 'discussion', 'background', 'all' - max_chars (int, optional): Maximum characters to return (default 5000) Returns: str: JSON object with path, url, title, sections_found, and text.

List the main UK courts and tribunals available on BAILII. Returns court codes useful for constructing direct BAILII URLs or understanding search results. Returns: str: JSON object mapping court codes to court names.