2. “Every decision is binding no matter whether it is reported in the regular series of Law Reports, or is unreported. Once you have the transcript, you can cite it as of equal authority to a reported decision. It behoves every counsel or solicitor to find, if he can, a case – reported or unreported – which will help him advise or win his case.”
Lord Denning

3. Law reports: A key facet of legal research

4. Law reports: A key facet of legal research
Court decisions which set a precedent

5. Law reports: A key facet of legal research
Court decisions which set a precedent
Include headnotes

6. Law reports: A key facet of legal research
Court decisions which set a precedent
Include headnotes
Reliable as official source of law

7. But how many slip through the net?

8. But how many slip through the net?
Less than 20% UK superior court cases reported

9. But how many slip through the net?
Less than 20% UK superior court cases reported
Limited resources to produce law reports

10. But how many slip through the net?
Less than 20% UK superior court cases reported
Limited resources to produce law reports
Subjective factors involved in selection process

11. But how many slip through the net?
Less than 20% UK superior court cases reported
Limited resources to produce law reports
Subjective factors involved in selection process
Static Interpretation of Law

12. Law Reports no longer ‘all you need to know’
80% of superior court judgments unreported

13. Law Reports no longer ‘all you need to know’
80% of superior court judgments unreported
Hundreds of unreported cases negatively cite reported cases

14. Law Reports no longer ‘all you need to know’
80% of superior court judgments unreported
Hundreds of unreported cases negatively cite reported cases
23% of reported cases in general series have never been cited

15. Law Reports no longer ‘all you need to know’
80% of superior court judgments unreported
Hundreds of unreported cases negatively cite reported cases
23% of reported cases in general series have never been cited; 14% only once

16. Tackling the problem:

17. Tackling the problem:
Bringing order to chaos with technology and editorial work

18. Technology to extract key information

19. Categorisation

20. Categorisation

21. A team of editors to determine how cases cite each other

22. Order has been brought to chaos!

23. Order has been brought to chaos!
Unreported cases are relevant now - because they can be.

24. Order has been brought to chaos!
Unreported cases are relevant now - because they can be.

25. The most comprehensive collection of common law cases available online

26. The most comprehensive collection of common law cases available online
The largest database of UK superior court judgments

27. The most comprehensive collection of common law cases available online
The largest database of UK superior court judgments, Irish cases

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29. The most comprehensive collection of common law cases available online
The largest database of UK superior court judgments, Irish cases and Caribbean cases
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30. The most comprehensive collection of common law cases available online
The largest database of UK superior court judgments, Irish cases and Caribbean cases
Alongside content from Canada, Australia

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