gb_get_case
Read-onlyIdempotent
Retrieve a UK judgment from The National Archives using its neutral citation, Find Case Law URI, or opaque ID.
Instructions
Fetch a UK judgment from The National Archives' Find Case Law service.
Input Schema
TableJSON Schema
| Name | Required | Description | Default |
|---|---|---|---|
| reference | Yes | a neutral citation (e.g. ``"[2026] EWHC 1698 (Admin)"``), a Find Case Law URI/path (e.g. ``"ewhc/admin/2026/1698"`` or a full ``caselaw.nationalarchives.gov.uk`` URL), or an opaque ``"d-{uuid}"`` id. Neutral citations resolve directly to a URI only for pre-April-2025 documents (``/{court}/{year}/{number}``); for later documents (opaque id), use `gb_search_case_law` first to find the ``uri``. |
Output Schema
TableJSON Schema
| Name | Required | Description | Default |
|---|---|---|---|
| date | No | ||
| court | No | ||
| title | No | ||
| format | No | akn | |
| content | No | ||
| pdf_url | No | ||
| byte_size | No | ||
| source_url | Yes | ||
| dataset_note | No | caselaw.nationalarchives.gov.uk (Find Case Law, The National Archives) publishes judgments under the Open Justice Licence - a separate service from legislation.gov.uk (different host, no shared identifier scheme). Pre-April-2025 documents have a derivable URI ('/{court}/{year}/{number}'); documents from April 2025 onward use an opaque 'd-{uuid}' URI (fclid) that cannot be derived from the neutral citation alone. human_readable_citation is the neutral citation, e.g. '[2026] EWHC 1698 (Admin)'. | |
| neutral_citation | No | ||
| human_readable_citation | Yes |