AGLC4 Rule 2.1.7: Attorneys-General and Directors of Public Prosecutions

An Attorney-General party is written in full in body text and shortened to A-G in footnotes; a Director of Public Prosecutions is written in full in body text and shortened to DPP in footnotes. Each is followed by the abbreviated jurisdiction in round brackets, even when the report leaves it out.

AGLC4 page 43

Formatting

  • The party, including its bracketed jurisdiction, is italic as part of the case name.
  • In footnotes Attorney-General becomes A-G: capital A, a hyphen, capital G, no full stops.
  • In footnotes Director of Public Prosecutions becomes DPP: all capitals, no full stops.
  • In body text both offices are written out in full.
  • The jurisdiction always follows in round brackets as an abbreviation under rule 3.1.3, whether or not the report shows it.
  • No The is placed before A-G or DPP.

Examples

Quoted from the Guide, page 43
  1. 23
    DPP (Vic) v Finn (2008) 186 A Crim R 235.
  2. 24
    Bradshaw v A-G (Qld) [2000] 2 Qd R 7, 13.

In the text

In Director of Public Prosecutions (NSW) v RHB,50 the Court of Criminal Appeal of New South Wales reconsidered a murder sentence.

Quoted from the Guide, page 43

Forms in the rule

Quoted from the Guide, page 43
  • ‘Attorney-General’ should be used in the text and ‘A-G’ in any footnote citations

See also

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