A side-by-side look at the Fermat 360 and BAILII UK Case Law MCP servers: transport, auth, tools, quality signals, and the config to install either one in Claude, Cursor, Windsurf or VS Code.
Verdict: choose Fermat 360 for legal work; choose BAILII UK Case Law for legal as a local process. You can also run both side by side in one mcpServers block.
bailii_search, bailii_get_judgment, bailii_list_courts.Rows where the two servers differ are marked.
| Spec | F Fermat 360 | |
|---|---|---|
| Category | Legal | Legal |
| Quality signal | 36/100 · Fair | 48/100 · Fair |
| Install command | Not confirmed yet | Confirmed |
| Transport | — | Local subprocess (stdio) |
| Auth | OAuth 2.0 | Not declared |
| Pricing | Paid service | Not declared |
| Required env vars | None listed | None listed |
| Verified owner | Community listing | Community listing |
| GitHub stars | 0 | 6 |
| Directory activity | 0 views 0 installs 0 upvotes | 1 views 0 installs 0 upvotes |
| Tools | Not listed | 3 |
| Full listing | View Fermat 360 | View BAILII UK Case Law |
No tool names declared yet. Check the project README from the listing page.
bailii_searchFull-text search across all BAILII courts. Returns titles, citations, and links.bailii_get_judgmentRetrieve judgment text. Defaults to summary + conclusions (~5000 chars).bailii_list_courtsList available UK courts (UKSC, EWCA, EWHC, UKUT, EAT, etc).Paste either block (or both) into your client config, e.g. claude_desktop_config.json or ~/.cursor/mcp.json. We only show a config when the install command is confirmed.
No confirmed install command for Fermat 360 yet — follow the setup steps linked from its listing page rather than a guessed package name.
{
"mcpServers": {
"bailii-uk-case-law": {
"command": "uvx",
"args": [
"bailii-mcp"
]
}
}
}