Guidance
HMCTS Third-Party Courts and Tribunals Data Licence
You need to apply for a Third-Party Courts and Tribunals Data Licence if you would like to perform computational analysis on data published by the Court and Tribunal Hearings Service.
Applies to England, Scotland and Wales
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HM Courts and Tribunals Service (HMCTS), in collaboration with the Ministry of Justice, the National Archives, and the independent Judiciary, has designed a new licensing framework for the re-use of HMCTS data.
The Third-Party Courts and Tribunals Data Licence will provide raw data published via the Court and Tribunal Hearings Service to approved licensees for the purposes of computational analysis.
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Published 15 July 2026
Last updated 15 July 2026
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