They are annotated and often report cases within as little as two weeks of judgement, sometimes including cases not reported in other series. All England Law Reports Reprint contains selected cases from the period 1558-1935. The early reports are based on those published in the Times , later reports are verbatim transcripts of the judgements. The reports still published daily in the Times are often the first available and may be cited in court if no other authenticated report has been published. The press cuttings are kept in folders in the library.
Special reports cover a particular court or kind of case.
Each issue is a digest of new developments in the law arranged by subject. Subject and case indexes are cumulated annually. The individual parts are brought together as Current law yearbook and a master volume published every five years contains cumulated index references. It lists all cases reported and judicially considered during the period and shows which have been overruled and which have been the subject of periodical articles. If you know the name of a case, the Case citator will provide you with the necessary references.