{"id":"georgejeffers-uk-case-law-mcp-server","name":"uk-case-law-mcp-server","homepage":"https://www.lawqueries.com/","repo_url":"https://github.com/georgejeffers/uk-case-law-mcp-server","category":"search","subcategories":[],"tags":["mcp","model-context-protocol","legal-ai","case-law","uk-law","national-archives","research"],"what_it_does":"Provides an MCP (Model Context Protocol) server exposing tools to search and retrieve UK case law from The National Archives (TNA) Find Case Law API, including support for pagination and fetching full judgments with optional paragraph ranges and metadata.","use_cases":["Ask an LLM to search UK case law by keywords, court, legal area, and year range","Retrieve full text judgments for a given neutral citation or document URI","Extract relevant paragraphs by citation and paragraph range","Generate citations/quotations from official case text retrieved via TNA"],"not_for":["Use as a standalone legal authority/verdict generator without verification","Bulk ingestion at very high rates without coordinating with TNA usage limits","Environments requiring paid/commercial licensing of the tool as provided"],"best_when":"You want LLM tool access to authoritative UK case law text (2003+) with structured search + retrieval, and you can run the MCP server alongside your agent workflow.","avoid_when":"You need authenticated/enterprise-controlled access to a private dataset, or you require strong guarantees about error handling/retry semantics that are not evidenced in the provided materials.","alternatives":["Directly call the TNA Find Case Law API from your own code","Build a lightweight MCP wrapper around the TNA API","Use other legal research APIs or datasets that provide authenticated access and tighter SLAs"],"af_score":68.5,"security_score":43.2,"reliability_score":23.8,"package_type":"mcp_server","discovery_source":["github"],"priority":"high","status":"evaluated","version_evaluated":null,"last_evaluated":"2026-03-30T15:33:30.975358+00:00","interface":{"has_rest_api":false,"has_graphql":false,"has_grpc":false,"has_mcp_server":true,"mcp_server_url":null,"has_sdk":false,"sdk_languages":[],"openapi_spec_url":null,"webhooks":false},"auth":{"methods":[],"oauth":false,"scopes":false,"notes":"README states the underlying TNA Find Case Law API requires no authentication. MCP server itself is described as locally run via Bun/Claude Desktop config (no auth mechanism documented)."},"pricing":{"model":null,"free_tier_exists":false,"free_tier_limits":null,"paid_tiers":[],"requires_credit_card":false,"estimated_workload_costs":null,"notes":"No pricing for the MCP server is provided; licensing is PolyForm Noncommercial 1.0.0 as stated in README."},"requirements":{"requires_signup":false,"requires_credit_card":false,"domain_verification":false,"data_residency":[],"compliance":[],"min_contract":null},"agent_readiness":{"af_score":68.5,"security_score":43.2,"reliability_score":23.8,"mcp_server_quality":70.0,"documentation_accuracy":65.0,"error_message_quality":0.0,"error_message_notes":null,"auth_complexity":95.0,"rate_limit_clarity":75.0,"tls_enforcement":60.0,"auth_strength":20.0,"scope_granularity":10.0,"dependency_hygiene":55.0,"secret_handling":80.0,"security_notes":"No authentication is documented for TNA (and none for the MCP server). If the MCP server is reachable over a network, lack of auth can be a risk. TLS usage for the MCP transport is not described. Dependencies are limited as shown in manifest (no CVE/status provided).","uptime_documented":0.0,"version_stability":35.0,"breaking_changes_history":30.0,"error_recovery":30.0,"idempotency_support":"false","idempotency_notes":null,"pagination_style":"page/limit","retry_guidance_documented":false,"known_agent_gotchas":["No MCP server deployment/auth details are provided; if exposed remotely, access control is not described.","TNA rate limiting is mentioned, but retry/backoff behavior is not documented in the provided materials.","Results are limited (limit 1-50) and pagination requires using page parameters correctly."]}}