AGLC4 Rule 2.1.4: The Crown

When the Crown is the first named party, Rex or Regina is shortened to R. When the Crown is the respondent, write The King or The Queen in full, as appropriate.

AGLC4 page 41

Formatting

  • The Crown's name is italic as part of the case name.
  • As first party the Crown is a single capital R with no full stop.
  • As respondent the Crown is The King or The Queen, with a capital T on The and the word The retained.

Examples

Quoted from the Guide, page 41
  1. 11
    R v Reid [2007] 1 Qd R 64.
  2. 12
    Honeysett v The Queen (2014) 253 CLR 122.

Forms in the rule

Quoted from the Guide, page 41
  • Rex (‘the King’) and Regina (‘the Queen’) should be abbreviated to ‘R’

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