Weekly Law Reports in United Kingdom

The Weekly Law Reports , published weekly by the Incorporated Council of Law Reporting for England and Wales, provides reports of cases more promptly than the Law Reports . Thus you should consult the weekly paperback issues of the W.L.R. for the most recent cases.

The first part of each paperback issue, cited [year] 1 W.L.R., contains cases that will not be later reported in the Law Reports but may be reported elsewhere, for example, in the All England Reports . Such cases are considered worth reporting but may not raise any new point of law.

The second part of each issue, cited [Year] 2 W.L.R. for the first half of the calendar year, contains cases that will be reported in the Law Reports . The Weekly Law Reports do not contain arguments of counsel, as the Law Reports do.

The index on the front page of the paperback W.L.R. issues indicates the cases printed in that issue, as well as the volume and page number of the bound W.L.R. in which that case will eventually appear. Citations to other reporters are also given.

Each weekly issue contains a “Subject Matter” index which lists general subject matters in bold letters and gives a brief summary and citation of relevant cases found in that issue.

The “Cases Judicially Considered” index lists cases that were judicially considered, the treatment of the case and the considering case that is found in that issue.

See Also

All England Law Reports