Search
Find the case. Read the text.
Search is how you get to real UK judgments inside Obiter. You query what we hold, open a hit, and read the case itself rather than a model’s retelling of it. Access needs an account, checked for eligibility — legal professionals, academic researchers and law students; judgments are free for everyone to read on Find Case Law.
[2024] EWCA Civ 1187 · Court of Appeal
Harrington v Bellamy Estates Ltd
… a constructive trust arose from the parties’ whole course of dealing …
[2022] UKSC 41 · Supreme Court
Whitfield v Commissioners for HMRC
… the common intention must be inferred objectively …
[2019] EWCA Civ 642 · Court of Appeal
Okafor v Lindqvist
Illustrative example. The cases and documents shown are fictional.
Capabilities
Neutral citations
Look a case up by its citation or party names.
Judgment text
Search inside the stored judgment, not just metadata.
Stored case pages
Open the case and read the real text on the page.
Eligible users only
For eligible professionals, researchers and students — not the open public.
Search the judgments Obiter holds, open a hit, and read the case on the page.
What it is for
Find a judgment by citation, parties, or language you remember — then read the passage in place.
- The library step, not a chatbot answer
- Get to the source and keep the citation honest
- Carry the text into drafting and verification
How you use it
Query the way you would at a research desk: neutral citations, party names, distinctive phrases.
- Look up a known authority by citation or parties
- Search for language you remember from a judgment
- Open the stored case page, not a summary
Why the source matters
Everything else in Obiter leans on Search — so it returns records we actually hold.
- A clear empty state when nothing matches
- No invented cases to fill a gap
- Coverage gaps are shown, not papered over
What is live, and what is next
Live today: UK judgment search and stored case pages in the workspace. Access is for eligible professional users; members of the public can read judgments on Find Case Law.
- An eligibility-checked account is required
- Legislation and point-in-time search come next
- Matter uploads never enter the judgment index
Questions
UK judgments held in Obiter’s judgment store. Coverage gaps show as empty states — never as invented hits.
Yes. Search sits inside the signed-in workspace, and accounts are for legal professionals, academic researchers and law students, checked for eligibility before access is granted. Judgments are free to read on Find Case Law.
No. Search covers open law only — matter documents are never added to the judgment corpus.
Work with Search inside Obiter.
Inside the signed-in workspace, for eligible legal professionals, academic researchers and law students.