AustLII vs Find Case Law
AustLII
austlii.edu.au
Find Case Law
caselaw.nationalarchives.gov.ukSide by side
| Figure | AustLII | Find Case Law |
|---|---|---|
| Price from | Free | Free |
| Free plan | Yes | Yes |
| Free trial | — | — |
| Open source | — | — |
| Web | Yes | Yes |
| API | — | Yes |
| Plans published | 1 | 1 |
| Spec score · Legal Research Software | 7.9 (#11) | 7.8 (#12) |
| Founded | 1995 | 2022 |
| Purpose | AustLII provides free online access to Australasian legal materials. | Find Case Law provides free access to court judgments and tribunal decisions from England and Wales, plus UK-wide cases from the Supreme Court and Privy Council. |
| Search | Users can search databases together, separately, by jurisdiction or individually. | Users can search judgment full text and details such as court name and neutral citation, then filter by date, court or tribunal, party name, or judge name. |
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In their own words
AustLII
AustLII is a free web library for Australasian legal information, established in 1995 by the law faculties of UTS and UNSW and supported by the AustLII Foundation Ltd. Its collections include cases, legislation, treaties, law journals, law reform reports, and other legal content from Australia and New Zealand, including New Zealand material from the New Zealand Legal Information Institute. Users can search all databases together, search them separately, filter by jurisdiction, or work within one database. Search syntax includes Boolean connectors, proximity operators, truncation, and phrase searching. The integrated LawCite citator follows citations to Australian cases, journal articles, and other materials across AustLII and collaborating legal information institutes. Document pages offer print, download, and cited-by links. The responsive site is intended for current device types. AustLII identifies law librarians, academic researchers, practitioners, government officers, and policy advisers among its users.
Find Case Law
Find Case Law is a free web and API service for published court judgments and tribunal decisions. Coverage includes England and Wales, plus UK-wide cases from the Supreme Court and Privy Council. Users can search judgment text and details such as court name or neutral citation, then filter by date, court or tribunal, party, or judge. Results can be downloaded as PDFs, printed, saved, or shared through links to individual judgments. Reading, downloading, quoting, research, and commercial use are free under the Open Justice Licence, with no account required for those uses. Computational analysis requires a separate licence. Judgments come directly from courts and tribunals, and the service describes itself as the official public source for what it publishes. The collection is not comprehensive: most magistrates’ court decisions and cases restricted from publication are excluded. Find Case Law is provided by The National Archives with justice-sector partners and offers technical and general support.