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United Kingdom Legal Research MCP Server

United Kingdom Legal Research MCP Server

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United Kingdom Legal Research MCP Server (uk-legal-mcp)

Model Context Protocol (MCP) server providing direct, read-only access to United Kingdom (UK) legislation, multi-tier judicial decisions (First Instance, Regional/Cantonal/Appellate, and Supreme/Constitutional courts), and statutory citation verification for Claude Desktop, Cursor, and Antigravity.

Quick Desktop Setup (No Command Line Required)

This package includes a graphical installer for legal practitioners who prefer not to use terminal commands or edit JSON configuration files manually.

  1. Download: Click <> Code at the top right of this repository, select Download ZIP, and extract the folder to your computer.

  2. Run the Setup Utility:

    • Windows: Double-click Click_Here_To_Install_Windows.bat

    • macOS: Double-click Click_Here_To_Install_Mac.command

  3. Connect: Click Install & Connect Automatically in the setup window and restart Claude Desktop.

System Integrity Note: The setup utility operates strictly in read-only mode with respect to your personal files and documents. It installs an isolated Python environment inside the extracted folder and registers the server entry in your AI client configuration.

Related MCP server: Iceland Legal Research MCP Server

Multi-Tier Judicial Hierarchy & Official Sources

This server indexes and queries decisions across the full judicial hierarchy of United Kingdom, allowing practitioners to filter research by procedural stage:

Judicial Tier

Covered Courts & Tribunals

Tier 1 — First Instance

County Court, Crown Court, High Court of Justice (EWHC — King's Bench, Chancery, Family, Commercial, Administrative) & First-tier Tribunals (FTT)

Tier 2 — Regional / Cantonal / Appellate

Court of Appeal of England & Wales (EWCA Civil & Criminal Divisions), Inner House of the Court of Session (Scotland), Court of Appeal in Northern Ireland & Upper Tribunals (UKUT / EAT)

Tier 3 — Supreme & Constitutional

United Kingdom Supreme Court (UKSC) & Judicial Committee of the Privy Council (JCPC)

Primary Legal Portals

  • National Legislation Registry: UK Legislation API (legislation.gov.uk) & i.AI Lex API (lex.lab.i.ai.gov.uk) (https://www.legislation.gov.uk)

  • Multi-Tier Case Law Database: The National Archives Find Case Law (caselaw.nationalarchives.gov.uk) & BAILII (https://caselaw.nationalarchives.gov.uk)

  • Supported Citation Format Example: [2024] UKSC 12 or UKPGA 2018/12

Indexed Court & Regional Sub-Portals

Sub-Portal Identifier (sub_court)

Official Endpoint / Registry

uksc

https://caselaw.nationalarchives.gov.uk/uksc

ewca_civ

https://caselaw.nationalarchives.gov.uk/ewca/civ

ewca_crim

https://caselaw.nationalarchives.gov.uk/ewca/crim

ewhc

https://caselaw.nationalarchives.gov.uk/ewhc

ukut

https://caselaw.nationalarchives.gov.uk/ukut

Available MCP Tools

Tool

Description

search_legislation

Searches enacted statutes, codes, decrees, and official gazette publications in United Kingdom.

search_case_law

Searches national jurisprudence and European/ECLI-linked judgments for United Kingdom.

search_tiered_court_decisions

Filters case law specifically by judicial instance (first_instance, appellate_regional, supreme_constitutional) or regional/cantonal court key (sub_court).

list_court_hierarchy

Returns the complete 3-tier court structure and registered sub-portal endpoints for United Kingdom.

get_legal_document_markdown

Retrieves full statutory or judicial texts and converts them into clean Markdown.

verify_citation

Validates statutory and case law citations against official registries.

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "uk-legal-mcp": {
      "command": "uvx",
      "args": [
        "--from",
        "git+https://github.com/jurisatlas/uk-legal-mcp",
        "uk-legal-mcp"
      ]
    }
  }
}

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