Why are the judgments on BAILII not accessible using Google or other search engines?
A. BAILII’s policy is that judgments on BAILII should not be accessible using search engines. There are a number of reasons: • Occasionally it is necessary to remove a judgment from the BAILII database, for example if BAILII has been provided with a copy of a judgment which discloses confidential information such as the name of a child. This is more difficult once the judgment has been indexed by a search engine, and cannot be carried out promptly. • If the text of a judgment is amended by the judge, the unamended version should not be available in the cache of a search engine.
