General Case Digest

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Summaries of leading decisions from 1 January 1995 in all practice areas from:

  • The Court of Appeal (Civil, Criminal and Court-Martial)

  • All divisions of the High Court (Chancery, Family, Admiralty, Commercial and Technology and Construction Courts)

  • The House of Lords

  • The European Court of Justice

  • The European Court of First Instance

  • Employment Appeal Tribunals

  • Personal injury cases from a range of sources

  • Scottish cases from Privy Council, Court of Session, Sheriff Courts, High Court of Justiciary


  • The summaries include details of:

  • hearing date

  • judges

  • annotations

  • legislation considered

  • representation

  • narrative summaries of judgments


  • Summaries are usually available 24 hours after judgment.