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Most of the resources listed here are for Northern Ireland only. However decisions are made in courts outside Northern Ireland which affect Northern Ireland Law. Check the page on UK and EU case law for further details.
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A large database which includes legislation & case law for UK & Europe. Northern Ireland Reported and Unreported cases available under 'UK Cases' source.

Decisions from Northern Ireland courts reported in the official series, the Northern Ireland Law Reports. Coverage includes decisions from the Court of Appeal in Belfast, the High Court of Justice, the House of Lords in London and selected criminal cases from the Crown Court.
Unreported judgments, selected for their relevance and importance, are included when available.
COVERAGE: Reported cases: From January 1945; unreported cases: from March 1984. Updated monthly.

BAILII

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The British and Irish Legal Information Institute (BAILII) provides access to the most comprehensive set of British and Irish primary legal materials that are available for free and in one place on the internet.  England & Wales coverage:
The Bulletin of Northern Ireland Law

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 The Bulletin summarises cases and is a digest of legal developments on Northern Ireland. Coverage is from 1996-

It provides comprehensive coverage of:

  • all legislation applicable in N.I. by way of Orders in Council, statutory rules and statutory instruments.
  • all written judgments delivered in the Court of Appeal, High Court and County Court.
  • personal injury awards in the High Court
  • Court Service Notices and practice directions

Selected coverage is provided of:

  • County Court awards in criminal damage and criminal injury to persons claims
  • decisions of industrial tribunals, Fair Employment tribunal, Lands Tribunal, Planning Appeals Commission, Social Security Commissioners and tax cases
  • relevant documents in EU law & England & Wales law
 
Paper version, from 1981-, is at Journals 340.09416

Northern Ireland Court Service

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Provides details of Judgments and Practice Directions. Only Judgments selected by the Judge concerned appear on this website. Fully searchable.
Coverage is from September 1999-current

Paper-based Resources

The Northern Ireland Law Reports

Journals 348.416

The Northern Ireland Law Reports is the main law reports series for Northern Ireland. There is an Index of cases, with a main volume covering 1921-70 and supplementary volumes covering 1971-75 and 1976-84. Our collection covers 1925-82; 1983-85 incomplete; 1986-current.

Northern Ireland law reports: Bulletin of judgments delivered in the superior courts in Northern Ireland (Blue Book)

Journals 348.416

The Bulletin of Judgments reproduces the judges' speeches in a case. There are no summaries of the facts and decisions, or details of the barrister's argument. There is an incomplete set of these judgments in the Library. Coverage is from 1976-1993.

 

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Jim Fitzsimons Jordanstown Library +44 (0)28 9036 6963 tj.fitzsimons@ulster.ac.uk 
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Mick Carragher Jordanstown Library +44 (0)28 9036 6687 m.carragher@ulster.ac.uk 
Lewis Childs Magee Library +44 (0)28 7167 5067 l.childs@ulster.ac.uk 

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