The Manchester Incorporated Law Library is one of the oldest law libraries in the UK and was established in 1820.

 

we are wholly reliant on the support of our members to ensure the continued survival of this wonderful resource.

WE ARE A PRIVATE NOT FOR PROFIT INSTITUTION AND WE ARE SOLELY FUNDED BY MEMBERS SUBSCRIPTIONS.

  • BARRISTERS OR SOLICITORS EMPLOYED BY CORPORATE BODIES CANNOT JOIN ON AN INDIVIDUAL  BASIS
  • THE LIBRARY IS NOT OPEN TO THE PUBLIC AND ACCESS IS VIA ANNUAL SUBSCRIPTION ONLY.
  • WE DO NOT OFFER DAY PASS MEMBERSHIPS.

Membership is open to solicitors’ practices, barristers’ chambers, individual Barrister members WITHIN A CHAMBERS and In-House bodies.

 

Solicitors Subscriptions START at £377 for a full year for a sole practitioner with no fee earning staff. Corporate subscriptions are calculated on a sliding scale.

Barristers subscriptions START at £285 for a year, rising on a sliding scale depending on year of call.

 

The Library provides a service to members of the legal profession and membership forms are available on request.

The library is open between 9 and 5 Monday to Friday.

Resources

The Law Library has an extensive collection of fully up to date legal text books. In addition we have several niche legal resources not readily available elsewhere, and these are listed at the foot of this page

Each month new books are selected for the Library from the vast number which are published. All new books added are published in the news section and resources section of the website.

Suggestions from Library members are also welcomed.

Loaning books

Books, Law Reports, Journals and Legislation are all available for loan. The loan period is two days.

Items can be renewed for a further two days by contacting the Librarian via telephone or email, providing they have not been requested by another member.

Books can be reserved for when they have been returned.

Fines are charged at 10p per day per book for the first week.
Thereafter, 20p per day per book.

Research Facility

Any printed items, photocopies or emails provided will be chargeable at a small rate. email requests are also charged at a small rate please ask on request.

For example:

  • Chitty on Contracts
  • McGregor on Damages
  • Gore Browne on Companies
  • Muir Hunter on Personal Insolvency

The Library also has access to to Lexisnexis, Parliamentary papers, Commonwealth cases and Westlaw as well as other online services whilst in the Library.

The Library holds a substantial collection and listed below is a small selection of the titles available both in hard copy and online.

For more information, or if a book is not listed below please contact the Librarians on:

Tel. 0161 236 6312 or Email: librarian@manchesterlawlibrary.co.uk or issuedesk@manchesterlawlibrary.co.uk.