British and Irish Legal Information Institute
The British and Irish Legal Information Institute (BAILII) (pronounced 'Bailey') is the project providing legal information on England and Wales, Ireland, Northern Ireland, Scotland, United Kingdom, and the European Union. It is an on-line database of British and Irish legislation, case law, law reform reports, treaties and some legal scholarship.[1][2]
It was set up after a long and hard campaign by barrister Laurie West-Knights QC, Lord Saville and Lord Justice Brooke, who were concerned about the lack of availability of court judgments to ordinary court users and were inspired by the Australasian Legal Information Institute (AustLII) LII.[3]
It provides free access to publicly available legal information.[1] In 2006, BAILII included 5 jurisdiction's fourteen databases.[4] The BAILII website is jointly hosted by the Institute of Advanced Legal Studies, University of London and the University College Cork's Law school[1]
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- ^ a b c "British and Irish Legal Information Institute - BAILII - Website of the Week". University of Strathclyde. Retrieved 24 February 2011.
- ^ "About BAILII". British and Irish Legal Information Institute. Retrieved 24 February 2011.
- ^ Valedictory Address for Lord Justice Brooke [2006] EWCA Civ B1 (16 August 2006)(see ¶ 18)
- ^ "BAILII (British and Irish Legal Information Institute)". University of Leicester. Retrieved 24 February 2011.
