Cases: I’ve found it! Or have I?…..

Around 2% of cases make it to a law report. Reported cases are those which raise a point of legal significance. However, due to unreported cases & transcripts being commonly available, please see the reminder below:

1) A “law report” = the case reported in an edited publication which reports cases, with editorial comments/ headnotes etc. e.g. The All England Law Reports, Lloyds Law Reports, Building Law Reports.
2) A “case summary” = literally, a summary produced by a legal publisher
3) “official transcript” = “raw text” of what was said in court. These are un-edited transcripts.
4) “judgment” = the ruling as approved by the judge

What you seek will depend on your research.

To illustrate how the path to a judgment can be a lengthy one, barristers acting on BSkyB’s £700m claim against IT supplier EDS have criticised presiding judge Mr Justice Ramsey for not yet handing down his judgment despite the case ending more than a year ago.

BSkyB’s £700m claim against IT supplier EDS still no judgment