The ICLR was established in 1865 by members of the legal profession with the object of

"preparation and publication, in a convenient form, at a moderate price, and under gratuitous professional control, of [The Law] Reports of Judicial Decisions of the Superior and Appellate Courts in England and Wales "

(Memorandum and Articles of Association, 1870)

This is as important today as ever...

Practice Direction (Judgments: Form and Citation) (Supreme Court) [2001] 1 WLR 194
Citation of judgments in court
3.1 For avoidance of doubt, it should be emphasised that both the High Court and the Court of Appeal require that where a case has been reported in the official Law Reports published by the Incorporated Council of Law Reporting for England and Wales it must be cited from that source. Other series may only be used when a case is not reported in the Law Reports.

Lord Woolf CJ