Terms of Service

1. The service

Search the Law provides access to publicly available UK legal information — court judgments, legislation, tribunal decisions, parliamentary debates, and government guidance — through a search interface. The service also offers AI-powered features including query translation and plain English explanations of judgments.

2. Not legal advice

Search the Law is not a law firm. Nothing on this site constitutes legal advice, legal representation, or a solicitor-client relationship. The information provided is for legal research purposes only.

AI-generated explanations and search intelligence are summaries provided for convenience. They may contain errors and should not be relied upon as authoritative statements of the law.

Always verify important legal information against the original source documents and seek qualified legal advice for your specific circumstances.

3. Data sources

Search results are drawn from official UK government databases. While we make every effort to provide accurate and complete results, we cannot guarantee that all relevant materials will appear in search results, nor that the information retrieved is the most current version.

Case law is provided under the Open Justice Licence from The National Archives. Legislation is provided under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Parliamentary material is provided under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0. We comply with all applicable licensing conditions.

4. User accounts

You may create an account to save searches, bookmark cases, and organise research. You are responsible for maintaining the security of your account credentials.

We reserve the right to suspend or terminate accounts that are used in ways that violate these terms, that place excessive load on the service, or that are used for automated scraping or bulk data collection.

5. Usage limits

Free accounts are subject to daily search limits. These limits exist to ensure the service remains available to all users and to manage costs. Exceeding usage limits may result in temporary throttling of your access. Paid tiers with higher limits will be available in due course.

6. Acceptable use

You agree not to use the service for automated scraping, bulk downloading of judgments or legislation, reselling or redistributing the data commercially, or any purpose that would violate the licensing terms of the underlying data sources.

You agree not to attempt to circumvent usage limits, interfere with the operation of the service, or access the service through automated means without our prior written consent.

7. Limitation of liability

The service is provided "as is" without warranties of any kind. We do not warrant that the service will be uninterrupted, error-free, or that search results will be complete or accurate.

To the maximum extent permitted by law, we shall not be liable for any indirect, incidental, special, or consequential damages arising from your use of the service, including but not limited to damages arising from reliance on search results or AI-generated explanations.

8. Changes to these terms

We may update these terms from time to time. Material changes will be communicated via the website. Continued use of the service after changes constitutes acceptance of the updated terms.

9. Governing law

These terms are governed by the laws of England and Wales. Any disputes arising from or related to these terms or the service shall be subject to the exclusive jurisdiction of the courts of England and Wales.

10. Contact

For questions about these terms, email bryanallenjohnson@gmail.com.