Bailii: Search Cases
Bailii via Parse · government_public
Search BAILII case law databases with various filters. Returns paginated results with case titles, citations, courts, dates, and relevance scores. Requires at least one search parameter (query, phrase, all_words, or any_words). Pagination via page parameter; default 10 results per page. Sort by relevance, date, title, or jurisdiction. Search and retrieve case law from the British and Irish Legal Information Institute (BAILII) database. Supports searching across multiple jurisdictions (Ireland, UK, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland) with filters for date range, sort order, and jurisdiction. Also supports fetching full case details including metadata and judgment text. Fulfilled by Parse from bailii.org.
- b2b-directory
- bailii
- bailii-org
- government-public
- news-media
- parse
- platform-key
Price and execution
- Price
- $0.02 USD credits / call
- Trust tier
- Verified
- Execution
- Managed call
- Capability group
- government_public
Interface snapshot
- Protocol
- HTTP operation
- Operation
- GET /scraper/6cc717d3-f3c8-4638-9679-54b268171b75/search_cases
- Interface artifact
- sha256:bd3c269f117feb0851e579b9e5dacdf138bd8562aea304377f14c1278c5c42c3
- Manifest digest
- sha256:f41a7e19ea29bb4f87443f50b1ec1b3279b74bd29af29732107fa2de06e1e52c
Request fields
- page (integer): Page number (1-based)
- sort (string): Sort order for results.: Allowed values: relevance, date, date_oldest, title, jurisdiction
- query (string): Direct search query string (advanced boolean syntax). Use this OR phrase/all_words/any_words.
- phrase (string): Exact phrase to search for (e.g., 'negligence')
- date_to (string): Filter results up to this date (DD/MM/YYYY format)
- per_page (integer): Results per page
- all_words (string): All of these words must appear (space-separated)
- any_words (string): Any of these words may appear (space-separated)
- date_from (string): Filter results from this date (DD/MM/YYYY format)
- jurisdiction (string): Jurisdiction filter. Accepted values: ie (all Ireland), ie_sc (Supreme Court), ie_ca (Court of Appeal), ie_hc (High Court), uk (all UK), ew (England & Wales), nie (Northern Ireland), scot (Scotland). Or a direct mask_path like 'ie/cases/IESC'.: Allowed values: ie, ie_sc, ie_ca, ie_hc, uk, ew, nie, scot
Example queries
- {"page":"1","sort":"relevance","query":"negligence","phrase":"contract","date_to":"31/12/2025","per_page":"5","all_words":"damages breach","any_words":"tort negligence","date_from":"01/01/2020","jurisdiction":"ie"}