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Two kinds of case

Welcome to courts and case reports

Civil or criminal: which kind of case is it?

The people in the courtroom

Read this before the quizzes

Which kind of case?

Answers and why

What happens at court

From claim to judgment

Damage, damages and costs

When a party appeals

Reading an appeal

The right money word

Reading a case report

Four questions for any case report

Phrases that signal each part

Finding the reason

Said or decided?

How earlier cases shape the law

The ladder of courts

Precedent: why the last case matters

Follow, distinguish, overrule, reverse

Statute and case law

Same case or different case?

A judge explains an Act

Before you start the drills

The everyday language of courts, how to read a short case report, and how earlier decisions shape the law in England and Wales. Written for learners new to legal English.

Court reports use a small set of fixed words, and each one tells you something exact. This module teaches those words in plain English, shows you how to pull the key points out of a short report, and explains why earlier decisions matter so much in a common law system.

Courts, Case Reports and How the Common Law Works

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