UK Legal FAQs

Question 1

What is UK Legal and how does it help AI assistants?

Accepted Answer

UK Legal is a Model Context Protocol (MCP) server that connects AI assistants to a comprehensive suite of UK legal research resources. It allows AI to access case law, legislation, parliamentary debates, and HMRC tax data through a single, easy-to-use API endpoint.

Question 2

Can UK Legal help with legal citation parsing?

Accepted Answer

Yes, UK Legal includes a robust, offline OSCOLA citation parsing and resolution module. It can extract, parse, and resolve various UK legal citation formats from free text, linking them to canonical URLs without requiring any network access.

Question 3

What specific UK legal resources can I access through UK Legal?

Accepted Answer

You can access UK case law from TNA, legislation from legislation.gov.uk and i.AI Lex API, parliamentary debates via Hansard and Members API, and HMRC tax data (VAT rates, MTD status) along with GOV.UK guidance search.

Question 4

What are the main benefits of using UK Legal for legal research?

Accepted Answer

The main benefits include a single endpoint for diverse UK legal and tax data, comprehensive coverage of official sources, minimal API key requirements for ease of use, offline citation parsing, and streamlined integration with AI assistants via the Model Context Protocol.

Question 5

Does UK Legal require external API keys or credentials?

Accepted Answer

For most functions, no. 14 out of 15 specialized tools within UK Legal operate without any external API credentials. Only specific HMRC tax services (e.g., MTD status checks) require user-provided OAuth credentials.

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