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io.github.paulieb89/uk-legal-mcp
pytest
UK legal research — case law, legislation, Hansard, bills, votes, committees, HMRC, citations
No known CVEs
MIT license
Maintained
Last commit 41d ago
Works with most clients
Transport: stdio, sse, http
24 tools · ~1.3k tok
Grade B · 0.6% of 200K ctx
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io.github.paulieb89/uk-legal-mcp is an MCP server that UK legal research — case law, legislation, Hansard, bills, votes, committees, HMRC, citations. Its tool list has not been published yet over stdio, sse and http, requires no API key, and scores 79/100 on MCPpedia's security, maintenance and efficiency rubric.
Step 1
Install in your client
Config is the same across clients — only the file and path differ.
CD
Supported in Claude Desktopstdio, sse, http · Node 18+
Paste into ~/Library/Application Support/Claude/claude_desktop_config.json
{
"mcpServers": {
"uk-legal": {
"url": "https://uk-legal-mcp.fly.dev/mcp",
"type": "streamable-http"
}
}
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What io.github.paulieb89/uk-legal-mcp does
A Model Context Protocol server for UK legal research. Connects AI assistants to case law, legislation, parliamentary debates, bills, votes, committees, OSCOLA citation parsing, and HMRC tax data through a single endpoint.
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79/100across 5 weighted dimensions
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Security
OSV.dev1 fixed
CVE-2025-71176medium · fixedCVSS 6.8
pytest has vulnerable tmpdir handling
pytest through 9.0.2 on UNIX relies on directories with the `/tmp/pytest-of-{user}` name pattern, which allows local users to cause a denial of service or possibly gain privileges.
Inventory
Tools (24)
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~1.3k tokens total
Inventory
Resources (7)
judgment_headerMetadata header (parties, judges, citation). ~1k tokens.
judgment://{slug}/header
judgment_indexParagraph eId + first-line per row. ~4k tokens. Walk this to discover paragraphs.
judgment://{slug}/index
judgment_paragraphA single paragraph including its sub-paragraphs. 400–1700 tokens.
judgment://{slug}/para/{eId}
legislation_fullFull Act/SI as CLML XML.
legislation://{type}/{year}/{number}
legislation_sectionA specific section as CLML XML.
legislation://{type}/{year}/{number}/section/{section}
legislation_tocFlat id: title lines for the table of contents.
legislation://{type}/{year}/{number}/toc
legislation_point_in_timePoint-in-time CLML for a YYYY-MM-DD date.
legislation://{type}/{year}/{number}/{date}
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Frequently Asked Questions
- Is io.github.paulieb89/uk-legal-mcp safe to use?
- io.github.paulieb89/uk-legal-mcp has no known CVEs as of the latest MCPpedia security scan. It requires authentication to connect, which limits unauthorized access. Licensed under MIT.
- How do I install io.github.paulieb89/uk-legal-mcp?
- io.github.paulieb89/uk-legal-mcp supports copy-paste install configs on its MCPpedia page for Claude Desktop, Cursor, and Claude Code. Scroll to the Quick Install section and select your client.
- What can io.github.paulieb89/uk-legal-mcp do?
- io.github.paulieb89/uk-legal-mcp provides 24 tools: case_law_search, case_law_grep_judgment, legislation_search, legislation_get_toc, legislation_get_section and 19 more. See the full tools list on the server page for descriptions and parameters.
- What AI clients work with io.github.paulieb89/uk-legal-mcp?
- io.github.paulieb89/uk-legal-mcp is compatible with claude-desktop, cursor, claude-code. It uses stdio and sse and http transport.
- Is io.github.paulieb89/uk-legal-mcp actively maintained?
- io.github.paulieb89/uk-legal-mcp is recently maintained — last commit was 41 days ago. It has 13 GitHub stars.
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