AGLC4 Rule 2.2.1: Year and Volume

Report series are organised either by volume number or by year. For a series organised by volume, give the year of the decision in round brackets before the volume. For a series organised by year, give the volume's year in square brackets, followed by a volume number where that year has more than one volume.

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Formatting

  • The year and volume are roman.
  • A series numbered by volume takes the year the decision was given, usually but not always the year reported, in round brackets, then the volume number.
  • A series organised by year takes the year of the volume in square brackets.
  • Where a year-organised series has several volumes in one year, the volume number sits between the square-bracketed year and the series abbreviation.
  • Only one year is given; a span of years is never used.
  • A single space separates year, volume, series and starting page.
  • Where a series changed its method, the method of the volume holding the case governs.
  • In a year-organised series the volume's year is given even if the decision is from an earlier year.

Examples

Quoted from the Guide, page 49
  1. 56
    R v Lester (2008) 190 A Crim R 468.
  2. 57
    Sent v Andrews (2002) 6 VR 317. [Not: … (2002–03) 6 VR 317]
  3. 58
    King v King [1974] Qd R 253.
  4. 59
    Rowe v McCartney [1976] 2 NSWLR 72.

Not

Quoted from the Guide, page 49
  • [Not: … (2002–03) 6 VR 317]
    a span of years is given instead of the single year of decision

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