> Is there any reason for this to be the case and would it be possible for > this to be resolved? The problem is a spidering system called "Surf", which has been used in several attempts to mass-copy the contents of BAILII; it tends to have a "padded" user-agent string, presumably to catch sites that are looking explicitly for "Mozilla" or whatever.

However, since nobody has attempted to use this recently, I have narrowed the restriction and your users should now have no difficulty in gaining access to BAILII. If I have to broaden the restriction again, I shall contact you and attempt to find an alternative resolution.