# BAILII MCP Server

> Use this tool when you need to search and retrieve UK case law judgments with automatic section extraction, avoiding cloud IP blocks. It enables local access to BAILII's database, solving issues of blocked IPs and providing a reliable way to obtain case law information. Ideal for legal research and analysis, it takes search queries as input and returns relevant judgments with extracted sections.

Canonical page: https://skillsregistry.net/skills/paulieb89-bailii-mcp  
JSON: https://api.skillsregistry.net/v1/skills/paulieb89-bailii-mcp

## Description

Enables searching UK case law on BAILII and retrieving judgments with automatic section extraction (summary, conclusions, etc.). Runs locally to avoid BAILII's cloud IP blocks.

## Trust

- **Trust score (0–1):** 0.96
- **Verification tier:** verified
- **Last scanned:** 2026-09-19

## Facts

- **Version:** 1.0.0
- **Skill type:** atomic
- **Execution layer:** mcp-remote
- **Runtime environment:** api
- **Category:** search
- **Updated:** 2026-09-19

## Source

- **Source listing:** [Glama](https://glama.ai/mcp/servers/q3v4xfp3nd)
- **Repository:** <https://github.com/paulieb89/bailii-mcp>

## Use it

Resolve this record through the SkillsRegistry MCP server (no auth, read-only):

```
claude mcp add --transport http --scope user skillsregistry https://api.skillsregistry.net/mcp
```

```json
{
  "jsonrpc": "2.0",
  "id": 1,
  "method": "tools/call",
  "params": {
    "name": "get_skill",
    "arguments": {
      "slug": "paulieb89-bailii-mcp"
    }
  }
}
```

REST: `GET https://api.skillsregistry.net/v1/skills/paulieb89-bailii-mcp` · pull for local use: `GET https://api.skillsregistry.net/v1/skills/paulieb89-bailii-mcp/pull`

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