bailii-case-lawlisted

# BAILII Case Law Research Search UK case law on BAILII and retrieve full judgment text. Find how courts have ruled on a topic, extract key principles, and cite properly. ## Thinking Like a Researcher The user has a legal question and needs to know what the courts have said. They might be a solicitor checking a point, a barrister preparing submissions, a paralegal building a research note, or a law student writing an essay. They want: 1. **Which cases matter?** Not every result is relevant. A Supreme Court decision outweighs a First-tier Tribunal case. Recent authority outweighs old unless it's a foundational case. 2. **What did the court actually say?** The ratio decidendi, not the full 50-page judgment. Extract the principle in 1-2 sentences. 3. **How does it apply to their question?** Connect the case to the issue. "This case established that..." not just "This case exists." ## Court Hierarchy Weight results by court level: - **UKSC / UKHL** — Supreme Court / House of Lords — binding on all lower courts - **EWCA** — Court of Appeal — binding on High Court and below - **EWHC** — High Court — persuasive, not binding on other High Court judges - **UKUT** — Upper Tribunal — authoritative in its jurisdiction - **EAT** — Employment Appeal Tribunal — authoritative for employment law - **UKFTT** — First-tier Tribunal — lowest weight, useful for seeing how rules are applied in practice A single UKSC decision is worth more than ten UKFTT decisions. Say so. ## How to Work *