The Guardian published an editorial this weekend arguing that court judgments should be opened up to the public. The editorial challenges the fact that BAILII, the charity which currently publishes most judgments online, is not searchable on Google.
Broadly speaking, it is good to see The Guardian taking up this somewhat esoteric but important topic. As I have argued on a number of occasions the Ministry of Justice needs to do more to make ‘raw’ law, that is judgments and legislation, accessible online. But it is important to focus on the right issues.
