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UK Case Law MCP Server

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Search and retrieve UK court judgments and tribunal decisions from the National Archives Find Case Law service. Covers the Supreme Court, Court of Appeal, High Court, and major tribunals.

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UK Case Law (National Archives)

Find Case Law service by the National Archives. No authentication required.

Data Model

  • Judgment — A court judgment or tribunal decision published via Find Case Law.
  • Neutral Citation — Standard citation format, e.g. [2026] EWCA Crim 385.
  • Document URI — Machine-readable identifier (e.g. ewca/crim/2026/385 or d-<uuid>).
  • Court codesuksc (Supreme Court), ewca/civ (Court of Appeal Civil), ewca/crim (Criminal), ewhc (High Court), ukut (Upper Tribunal), ukftt (First-tier Tribunal).

Key Fields (Atom Feed)

  • entry/title — Case name
  • entry/link[@rel='alternate']/@href — URL to the judgment
  • entry/published — Date published by the court
  • entry/updated — Last updated in Find Case Law
  • entry/author/name — Court name
  • tna:identifier[@type='ukncn']/@value — Neutral Citation Number
  • tna:uri — Document URI

Key Fields (Judgment XML / LegalDocML)

  • FRBRname/@value — Case name
  • FRBRdate/@date — Judgment date
  • uk:court — Court code
  • uk:cite — Neutral citation
  • uk:year — Year
  • uk:number — Sequence number

Gotchas

  • No JSON API: Search uses Atom XML feed; individual documents use LegalDocML XML.
  • Rate limit: 1,000 requests per rolling 5-minute period per IP.
  • Order values: -date (newest first), date (oldest first), -updated, -transformation.
  • Court filtering: Use court parameter with codes like uksc, ewca/civ, ewhc/ch.
  • Open Justice Licence: Redistribution and reuse are permitted with attribution; computational reuse needs a separate National Archives application.

Tools in this Server (2)

Caselaw Get Judgment

Get detailed metadata and an excerpt from a specific UK court judgment by its document URI. Returns the case name, court, date, neutral citation, judg...

Caselaw Search

Search UK court judgments and tribunal decisions from the National Archives Find Case Law service. Returns case names, courts, dates, neutral citation...

Frequently Asked Questions

What is the UK Case Law MCP server?

Search and retrieve UK court judgments and tribunal decisions from the National Archives Find Case Law service. Covers the Supreme Court, Court of Appeal, High Court, and major tribunals. It provides 2 tools that AI agents can use through the Model Context Protocol (MCP).

How do I connect UK Case Law to my AI agent?

Add the MCPBundles server URL to your MCP client configuration (Claude Desktop, Cursor, VS Code, etc.). The URL format is: https://mcp.mcpbundles.com/bundle/uk-case-law. Authentication is handled automatically.

How many tools does UK Case Law provide?

UK Case Law provides 2 tools that can be called by AI agents, along with a SKILL.md that gives your AI agent domain knowledge about when and how to use them.

What authentication does UK Case Law require?

UK Case Law uses open data APIs — no authentication required.

Setup Instructions

Connect UK Case Law to any MCP client in minutes

https://mcp.mcpbundles.com/bundle/uk-case-law

One-click install:

The link prefills the Add custom connector dialog — you still review the values and click Add, then Connect to complete OAuth.

Or add manually

  1. Open claude.ai → Settings → Connectors.
  2. Click the + button and choose Add custom connector.
  3. Set Name to UK Case Law and paste the MCP URL into Remote MCP server URL.
  4. Click Add. UK Case Law will appear under Not connected — select it and click Connect to complete OAuth.
Name: UK Case Law
Remote MCP server URL: https://mcp.mcpbundles.com/bundle/uk-case-law
Authentication: OAuth

Custom connectors at claude.ai require a paid Claude plan (Pro, Max, Team, or Enterprise).

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