There is currently no single comprehensive repository of judgments, though a wide selection of judgments are published by the British and Irish Legal Information Institute (BAILII), which receives around a quarter of its funding from the government.

Lord Chancellor and Justice Secretary Robert Buckland QC is in talks with The National Archives about establishing a new statutory service, according to the Law Society Gazette.

The Gazette reports that the project could face opposition from senior judges and there are concerns that any withdrawal of funding from BAILII could land it in crisis.

Nick West, chief strategy officer at Mishcon de Reya, suggested the government could appoint BAILII to build and run the service.