# UK Legal Research MCP server

UK legal research — case law, legislation, Hansard, bills, votes, committees, HMRC, citations

## Links
- Registry page: https://www.getdrio.com/mcp/io-github-paulieb89-uk-legal-mcp
- Repository: https://github.com/paulieb89/uk-legal-mcp
- Website: https://bouch.dev/products/legal-research

## Install
- Command: `uvx uk-legal-mcp`
- Endpoint: https://uk-legal-mcp.fly.dev/mcp
- Auth: Not captured

## Setup notes
- Package: Pypi uk-legal-mcp v0.4.0
- Remote endpoint: https://uk-legal-mcp.fly.dev/mcp

## Tools
- judgment_get_header (Get Judgment Header) - Get metadata for a UK court judgment: parties, judges, neutral citation, court, dates.

Use case_law_search to find the slug, then call this for orientation before
reading specific paragraphs via judgment_get_paragraph. Endpoint: https://uk-legal-mcp.fly.dev/mcp
- judgment_get_index (Get Judgment Paragraph Index) - Get the paragraph navigation index for a UK court judgment.

Returns eId: first_line pairs for every paragraph. Use this to discover
paragraph identifiers, then call judgment_get_paragraph to read specific ones. Endpoint: https://uk-legal-mcp.fly.dev/mcp
- judgment_get_paragraph (Get Judgment Paragraph) - Get a single paragraph from a UK court judgment by its LegalDocML eId.

Use judgment_get_index first to discover available eIds. Returns the paragraph
XML content (400–1,700 tokens typical). Endpoint: https://uk-legal-mcp.fly.dev/mcp
- case_law_search (Search UK Case Law) - Search UK case law via the TNA Find Case Law API.

Returns paginated judgment summaries: neutral citations, court, dates, stable URIs.
Use the judgment://{slug}/header resource to inspect a result, then
judgment://{slug}/index to discover paragraphs and judgment://{slug}/para/{eId}
to read individual paragraphs. For content-based discovery within a
judgment, use case_law_grep_judgment. Endpoint: https://uk-legal-mcp.fly.dev/mcp
- case_law_grep_judgment (Search within a UK Court Judgment) - Find paragraphs in a single judgment whose text matches a pattern.

Returns a list of `{eId, snippet, match}` hits — small per-paragraph
snippets centred on the match — so the LLM can decide which full
paragraphs to read via judgment://{slug}/para/{eId}.

Use this when answering content-based questions ("what did the judges
say about negligence?", "find the test for foreseeability", "did this
case cite Donoghue?") rather than navigating by paragraph number
(which uses the index resource).

Pattern is regex; if it doesn't compile, falls back to literal
substring search. Endpoint: https://uk-legal-mcp.fly.dev/mcp
- legislation_search (Search UK Legislation) - Search UK legislation on legislation.gov.uk.

Returns ranked results: title, type, year, number, and legislation.gov.uk URL.
Use legislation_get_toc to explore structure, then legislation_get_section for provisions. Endpoint: https://uk-legal-mcp.fly.dev/mcp
- legislation_get_section (Get Legislation Section) - Retrieve a specific section of a UK Act or Statutory Instrument.

Returns the full section text, territorial extent, in-force status,
and prospective flag. Content is capped per max_chars (default 10,000,
~2,500 tokens) — raise max_chars for unusually long definition
sections. Check content_truncated in the response to see if it was cut.

IMPORTANT: Always check `extent` — a section may apply to England &
Wales but not Scotland or Northern Ireland.

Alternative: read the resource template
`legislation://{type}/{year}/{number}/section/{section}` to get raw
CLML XML directly. Use this tool when you want the parsed structured
response (extent, in-force, version_date) instead of raw XML. Endpoint: https://uk-legal-mcp.fly.dev/mcp
- legislation_get_toc (Get Legislation Table of Contents) - Retrieve the table of contents for a UK Act or SI.

Returns structural elements (parts, chapters, sections, schedules) with XML id
and title, e.g. 'section-47: Definitions'. When calling legislation_get_section,
pass only the numeric part — use '47', not 'section-47'.

Large statutes (Companies Act 2006 has 1300+ items) are paginated
via offset/limit. Check has_more and total_items on the response.

Alternative: read the resource template
`legislation://{type}/{year}/{number}/toc` for the full TOC as a
newline-separated `id: title` string (no pagination). Use this tool
when you need the structured `LegislationTOC` response with
offset/limit/has_more for stepping through Companies-Act-scale lists. Endpoint: https://uk-legal-mcp.fly.dev/mcp
- parliament_search_hansard (Search Hansard Debates) - Search Hansard for parliamentary debates, questions, and speeches.

Returns contributions from MPs and Lords including date, party, debate title,
and text (capped at 3000 chars per contribution). Useful for understanding
legislative intent or political context. Endpoint: https://uk-legal-mcp.fly.dev/mcp
- parliament_vibe_check (Parliamentary Policy Vibe Check) - Assess the likely parliamentary reception of a policy proposal.

Searches Hansard for relevant debate contributions, then uses LLM sampling
to classify sentiment and extract supporters, opponents, and key concerns.

Degrades gracefully if sampling is unavailable — returns contributions only. Endpoint: https://uk-legal-mcp.fly.dev/mcp
- parliament_find_member (Find Member of Parliament) - Search for a current or former MP or Lord by name.

Returns all members matching the name query, each with the integer
`id` required by parliament_member_debates and parliament_member_interests,
plus party, constituency, house, and current-sitting status. Endpoint: https://uk-legal-mcp.fly.dev/mcp
- parliament_member_debates (Get Member Debates) - Retrieve Hansard contributions by a specific member, optionally filtered by topic.

Use parliament_find_member first to obtain the integer member ID. Each
contribution's text field is capped at 3000 characters. Endpoint: https://uk-legal-mcp.fly.dev/mcp
- parliament_member_interests (Get Member Financial Interests) - Look up registered financial interests for a member of Parliament.

Returns ONE PAGE of interests (default 20, caller controls via limit).
For prolific members (big donors, many directorships, extensive land
holdings), re-call with offset=offset+returned while has_more is true
to paginate. Description text is capped per max_description_chars;
raise it for forensic provenance work that needs the full narrative.

Use parliament_find_member first to obtain the integer member_id. Endpoint: https://uk-legal-mcp.fly.dev/mcp
- parliament_search_petitions (Search UK Parliament Petitions) - Search UK Parliament petitions by keyword.

Returns petition title, state, signature count, and dates for government response
or parliamentary debate if applicable. Endpoint: https://uk-legal-mcp.fly.dev/mcp
- bills_search_bills (Search Parliamentary Bills) - Search UK parliamentary bills by keyword, session, house, or legislative stage.

Returns a paginated page of bill summaries including title, current stage, and
whether it has become an Act. Use bills_get_bill with the bill ID for full detail. Endpoint: https://uk-legal-mcp.fly.dev/mcp
- bills_get_bill (Get Bill Detail) - Get full detail for a specific parliamentary bill.

Returns sponsors, current stage, long title, summary, and Royal Assent date
if enacted. Summary text is capped per max_summary_chars — check
summary_truncated in the response to see if it was cut. Endpoint: https://uk-legal-mcp.fly.dev/mcp
- votes_search_divisions (Search Parliamentary Divisions) - Search parliamentary divisions (votes) in the Commons or Lords.

Returns division summaries including title, date, vote counts, and whether the motion passed.
Use votes_get_division with the division ID for full voter lists. Endpoint: https://uk-legal-mcp.fly.dev/mcp
- votes_get_division (Get Division Detail) - Get full detail for a parliamentary division including how each member voted.

Voter lists are truncated to 100 per side to fit response limits.
Total voter counts are always accurate regardless of truncation. Endpoint: https://uk-legal-mcp.fly.dev/mcp
- committees_search_committees (Search Parliamentary Committees) - Search or list UK parliamentary select committees.

Returns committee names, house, and active status.
Use committees_get_committee with the committee ID for membership detail. Endpoint: https://uk-legal-mcp.fly.dev/mcp
- committees_get_committee (Get Committee Detail) - Get detail for a parliamentary committee including current membership.

Fetches committee metadata and member list in parallel. Endpoint: https://uk-legal-mcp.fly.dev/mcp
- committees_search_evidence (Search Committee Evidence) - Search oral and written evidence submitted to a parliamentary committee.

Returns ONE PAGE of evidence (default 20). Free-text titles are capped
per max_title_chars; witness lists are capped at 10 per item. For
committees with many submissions, re-call with offset=offset+returned
while has_more is true. Endpoint: https://uk-legal-mcp.fly.dev/mcp
- citations_parse (Parse OSCOLA Citations) - Extract and classify all OSCOLA legal citations from free text.

Identifies: neutral citations ([2024] UKSC 12), law reports ([2024] 1 WLR 100),
legislation sections (s.47 Companies Act 2006), SIs (SI 2018/1234),
and retained EU law (Regulation (EU) 2016/679).

Ambiguous citations (e.g. bare [2024] EWHC without division) are optionally
disambiguated via LLM sampling. Resolves citations to TNA / legislation.gov.uk URLs. Endpoint: https://uk-legal-mcp.fly.dev/mcp
- citations_resolve (Resolve Single OSCOLA Citation) - Parse and resolve a single OSCOLA citation to its canonical URL.

Supports: neutral citations, SIs, legislation sections, retained EU law.
Returns parsed fields and resolved_url if resolvable. Raises ValueError
if no recognised citation is found in the input. Endpoint: https://uk-legal-mcp.fly.dev/mcp
- citations_network (Get Case Citation Network) - Map all citations within a judgment — cases cited, legislation referenced, SIs, EU law.

Fetches the judgment XML from TNA and parses all OSCOLA citations within it.
Returns citations grouped by type for easy analysis. Each bucket is
de-duplicated and sorted. Endpoint: https://uk-legal-mcp.fly.dev/mcp
- hmrc_get_vat_rate (Get VAT Rate for Commodity) - Look up the UK VAT rate for a commodity or service type.

Returns the rate category (standard 20%, reduced 5%, zero 0%, exempt),
effective date, and any relevant conditions or exceptions.
Uses a static lookup table current as of 22 Nov 2023 (Autumn Statement).
Rates may have changed — always verify against GOV.UK for recent Budgets. Endpoint: https://uk-legal-mcp.fly.dev/mcp
- hmrc_check_mtd_status (Check MTD VAT Status) - Check a business's Making Tax Digital VAT mandate status via the HMRC API.

NOTE: Connects to the HMRC sandbox by default. Set HMRC_API_BASE env var to
'https://api.service.hmrc.gov.uk' for production.
Requires HMRC_CLIENT_ID and HMRC_CLIENT_SECRET environment variables (OAuth 2.0).
Returns whether the business is mandated for MTD, effective date, and trading name. Endpoint: https://uk-legal-mcp.fly.dev/mcp
- hmrc_search_guidance (Search HMRC Guidance) - Search GOV.UK for HMRC tax guidance documents.

Returns matching guidance titles, URLs, summaries, and last-updated dates.
Searches the official GOV.UK content API filtered to HMRC publications. Endpoint: https://uk-legal-mcp.fly.dev/mcp
- list_prompts - List all available prompts.

Returns JSON with prompt metadata including name, description,
and optional arguments. Endpoint: https://uk-legal-mcp.fly.dev/mcp
- get_prompt - Get a prompt by name with optional arguments.

Returns the rendered prompt as JSON with a messages array.
Arguments should be provided as a dict mapping argument names
to values. Endpoint: https://uk-legal-mcp.fly.dev/mcp

## Resources
Not captured

## Prompts
- legislation_summarise_act - Summarise a UK Act of Parliament or Statutory Instrument.

Produces a structured legal summary covering purpose, key definitions,
operative provisions, territorial extent, and commencement status. Arguments: type, year, number
- legislation_compare_legislation - Compare two pieces of UK legislation on a specific topic.

Useful for comparing original Act vs amending SI, or equivalent provisions
across jurisdictions (e.g. England vs Scotland). Arguments: type1, year1, number1, type2, year2, number2, topic
- parliament_policy_vibe_check - Assess the likely parliamentary reception of a policy proposal.

Searches Hansard for relevant recent debates and analyses political dynamics. Arguments: policy_description
- parliament_member_position_analysis - Analyse a specific parliamentarian's stated position on a topic.

Uses parliament_find_member and parliament_member_debates to build a picture
of a member's views from their own words. Arguments: member_name, topic

## Metadata
- Owner: io.github.paulieb89
- Version: 0.4.0
- Runtime: Pypi
- Transports: STDIO, HTTP
- License: Not captured
- Language: Not captured
- Stars: Not captured
- Updated: Apr 20, 2026
- Source: https://registry.modelcontextprotocol.io