iclr redirects here . iclr may also refer to the international comparative literature association . the incorporated council of law reporting for england & wales type charity industry law reporting founded london england february 1865 1865 02 founder w. t. s. daniel q.c. area served england and wales key people his honour nicholas chambers qc chairman t. h. w. piper esq. vice chairman clive scowen editor products the law reports weekly law reports industrial cases reports the business law reports the public and third sector law reports number of employees 60 website iclr.co.uk the incorporated council of law reporting for england & wales more commonly known as the incorporated council of law reporting iclr is a registered charity based in london england that publishes law reports of english law . the company is widely recognised as a reputable producer of reports and the only official source which are used by students academics journalists lawyers and judges across the country . 1 contents 1 history 2 objectives and procedures 3 publications 4 notes history edit the iclr was founded in 1865 by w. t. s. daniel qc and its first meeting took place on 25 february at westminster hall 2 then the home of the court of king s bench the court of common pleas and the court of chancery . the council was incorporated under the companies act 1862 in 1870 . 2 largely working as a private enterprise without state aid or interference 2 the council was not intended to be profit making except in so far as it was necessary to make it self supporting . 2 working on this principle the council applied in 1966 for registration to become an official charity under section 4 of the charities act 1960 . 3 upon rejection by the charity commission the council appealed under section 5 3 of the 1960 act an action granted by justice foster in the chancery division of the high court . 3 on appeal by the inland revenue to the court of appeal who were joint defendants with the attorney general it was held that the council was established for exclusively charitable purposes since its purpose was to further the development and administration of the law and to make it known or accessible to all members of the community which was a purpose beneficial to the community and of general public utility . 3 in 1970 then the iclr was successfully registered as a charity in england and wales . 2 currently chaired by his honour judge n. m. chambers qc the iclr consists of members nominated by each of the inns of court and by the general council of the bar and is based on chancery lane london . 4 objectives and procedures edit according to the company s memorandum of association the iclr was established with the following principal aim the preparation and publication in a convenient form at a moderate price and under gratuitous professional control of the law reports of judicial decisions of the superior and appellate courts in england and wales . 5 the iclr also has a set of criteria for law reporting originally proposed by nathaniel lindley who later became master of the rolls and subsequently a lord of appeal which said that care should be taken to exclude from the reports those cases that passed without discussion and were valueless as precedents and those that were substantially repetitions of earlier reports 6 to which was added the following list of valuable and thus worthy of reporting categories all cases which introduce or appear to introduce a new principle or a new rule . all cases which materially modify an existing principle or rule . all cases which settle or materially tend to settle a question upon which the law is doubtful . all cases which for any reason are peculiarly instructive . 6 publications edit the primary series of reports published by the iclr is the law reports which the council maintains are the most authoritative reports and should always be cited in preference where there is a choice . 7 this series is divided into four main sub series law reports appeal cases covering decisions of the house of lords and since 2005 the supreme court the privy council and the court of appeal started in 1866 as the law reports english & irish appeals 8 renamed in 1875 9 and redesigned in 1891 ; 10 law reports chancery division covering decisions of the chancery division of the high court started in 1865 as the law reports chancery appeal cases 11 renamed in 1875 12 and redesigned in 1890 ; 13 law reports family division covering decisions of the family division of the high court started in 1865 as the law reports probate & divorce cases 14 renamed law reports probate divorce & admiralty division in 1875 15 renamed law reports probate in 1891 16 and renamed in 1972 ; 17 and law reports queen s bench covering decision of the queen s bench division of the high court started in 1865 18 renamed law reports queen s bench division in 1875 19 renamed in 1891 20 renamed law reports king s bench in 1901 21 and renamed in 1952 . 20 additional reports published by the iclr include the weekly law reports w.l.r. 22 started in 1953 23 and covering what the iclr describe as the cases that really matter which either develop the law in some way or introduce a new point of law ; 22 the industrial cases reports i.c.r. 24 started in 1975 25 and covering cases of employment law heard in the house of lords the court of appeal the high court the employment appeal tribunal and the european court of justice as well as cases of special interest from the privy council the court of session and employment tribunals ; 24 the business law reports bus . l.r. 26 started in 2007 27 and covering company commercial and intellectual property law ; 26 and the public and third sector law reports p.t.s.r. 28 started in 2009 29 and covering issues such as adoption charity ecclesiastical law education environmental law health law housing human rights local government public health law and social welfare . 28 most of its reports are available electronically on such platforms as justis which first digitised them in the early 1990s 30 westlaw and lexisnexis . notes edit lord woolf cj practice direction judgments form and citation 2001 1 w.l.r. 195 para . 3.1 11 january 2001 for the avoidance of doubt it should be emphasised that both the high court and the court of appeal require that where a case has been reported in the official law reports published by the incorporated council of law reporting for england and wales it must be cited from that source . other series of reports may only be used when a case is not reported in the law reports . . a b c d e the history of the incorporated council of law reporting for england & wales . the incorporated council of law reporting for england & wales . retrieved march 10 2010 . a b c incorporated council of law reporting for england and wales v attorney general and others 1972 ch . 73 ; 1971 3 w.l.r. 853 court of appeal civil division 14 october 1971 . the incorporated council of law reporting for england & wales today . the incorporated council of law reporting for england & wales . retrieved march 10 2010 . the iclr home page . the incorporated council of law reporting for england & wales . retrieved march 10 2010 . a b criteria for law reporting . the incorporated council of law reporting for england & wales . retrieved march 10 2010 . the law reports cases reported index . the incorporated council of law reporting for england & wales . archived from the original on january 16 2010 . retrieved march 10 2010 . law reports english & irish appeals . cardiff index to legal abbreviations . cardiff university . retrieved march 10 2010 . law reports appeal cases second series . cardiff index to legal abbreviations . cardiff university . retrieved march 10 2010 . law reports appeal cases third series . cardiff index to legal abbreviations . cardiff university . retrieved march 10 2010 . law reports chancery appeal cases . cardiff index to legal abbreviations . cardiff university . retrieved march 10 2010 . law reports chancery division 2nd series . cardiff index to legal abbreviations . cardiff university . retrieved march 10 2010 . law reports chancery division 3rd series . cardiff index to legal abbreviations . cardiff university . retrieved march 10 2010 . law reports probate & divorce cases . cardiff index to legal abbreviations . cardiff university . retrieved march 10 2010 . law reports probate divorce & admiralty division . cardiff index to legal abbreviations . cardiff university . retrieved march 10 2010 . law reports probate . cardiff index to legal abbreviations . cardiff university . retrieved march 10 2010 . law reports family division . cardiff index to legal abbreviations . cardiff university . retrieved march 10 2010 . law reports queen s bench 1st series . cardiff index to legal abbreviations . cardiff university . retrieved march 10 2010 . law reports queen s bench division . cardiff index to legal abbreviations . cardiff university . retrieved march 10 2010 . dead link a b law reports queen s bench 3rd series . cardiff index to legal abbreviations . cardiff university . retrieved march 10 2010 . law reports king s bench . cardiff index to legal abbreviations . cardiff university . retrieved march 10 2010 . a b the weekly law reports latest cases . the incorporated council of law reporting for england & wales . retrieved march 10 2010 . the weekly law reports . cardiff index to legal abbreviations . cardiff university . retrieved march 10 2010 . a b the industrial cases reports reprint special offer . the incorporated council of law reporting for england & wales . retrieved march 10 2010 . industrial cases reports . cardiff index to legal abbreviations . cardiff university . retrieved march 10 2010 . a b iclr online home . the incorporated council of law reporting for england & wales . retrieved march 10 2010 . the business law reports . cardiff index to legal abbreviations . cardiff university . retrieved march 10 2010 . a b the public and third sector law reports latest cases . the incorporated council of law reporting for england & wales . retrieved march 10 2010 . the public and third sector law reports . cardiff index to legal abbreviations . cardiff university . retrieved march 10 2010 . seeing justis being done pdf . the circuiteer . south eastern circuit . retrieved november 1 2010 . retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title incorporated council of law reporting & oldid 738091343 categories case law reporterslaw related professional associationsenglish lawlegal organisations based in london1865 establishments in england1865 in lawhidden categories all articles with dead external linksarticles with dead external links from october 2010 navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity portalrecent changescontact page tools what links hererelated changesupload filespecial pagespermanent linkpage informationwikidata itemcite this page print export create a bookdownload as pdfprintable version languages italiano edit links this page was last modified on 6 september 2016 at 21 22 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; 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