Case-law digests
Case-law digests by area of law
Every case on the site — curated leading cases and recently ingested judgments from Find Case Law and other official sources — grouped by area of law. Each row is metadata only: case name, neutral citation, court, and date, linking to our own case page or the official judgment. See the full case index for editorial summaries of curated cases. 4655 cases across 95 listings.
- Family Law & Court of Protection464
- Criminal Law290
- Immigration & Nationality209
- Contract Law45
- Tort Law44
- Information & Regulatory40
- Employment Law31
- Equity & Trusts16
- Family Law10
- Human Rights9
- Company & Commercial Law8
- Sports Law7
- Company Law6
- Constitutional Law6
- Ecclesiastical Law6
- Maritime Law6
- Pensions Law6
- Property Law6
- Sentencing6
- Administrative Law5
- Arbitration & ADR5
- Charity Law5
- Commercial Law5
- Competition Law5
- Conflict of Laws5
- Equality & Discrimination5
- Financial Services5
- Housing Law5
- Mental Health Law5
- Military Law5
- Planning Law5
- Police Powers5
- Prison & Parole5
- Welfare Law5
- Building Safety4
- Coroners & Inquests4
- Energy Law4
- Evidence4
- Health & Safety Law4
- Insurance Law4
- Intellectual Property4
- Land Law4
- Modern Slavery4
- Procurement Law4
- Social Housing4
- Unjust Enrichment4
- Defamation & Privacy3
- Election Law3
- Environmental Law3
- Fraud & Economic Crime3
- Medical & Healthcare Law3
- Administrative & Public Law2
- Aviation & Transport Law2
- Childcare & Safeguarding2
- Construction Law2
- Consumer Protection Law2
- Counter-Terrorism2
- Cyber & Technology Law2
- Election & Political Law2
- Extradition & Mutual Legal Assistance2
- Extradition Law2
- Food Safety & Standards2
- Gambling Law2
- Heritage & Listed Buildings2
- Human Rights & EU Retained Law2
- Information Law2
- Insolvency2
- International Law2
- Licensing Law2
- Local Government Law2
- Media & Communications Law2
- Media & Entertainment Law2
- Medical Negligence2
- Telecommunications Law2
- Water & Sewerage Law2
- Wills, Probate & Succession2
- Animal Welfare1
- Animal Welfare & Agricultural Law1
- Burial & Cremation Law1
- Constitutional & Public Law1
- Counter-Terrorism Law1
- Data Protection1
- Data Protection & Privacy Law1
- Drug Regulation Law1
- Education Law1
- Gambling & Betting Law1
- Insolvency & Restructuring Law1
- Insolvency Law1
- Modern Slavery & Trafficking1
- Public Law1
- Refugee & Asylum Law1
- Sentencing Law1
- Tax Law1
- Tort1
- Higher courts (all areas)3234
“Higher courts (all areas)” covers courts whose jurisdiction spans multiple areas of law (e.g. the Supreme Court, Court of Appeal (Civil Division), and the general High Court divisions) — cases there are not assigned to a single subject area.