AGLC4 Rule 2.2.6: Identifying the Court

The court is usually not named in a reported case citation. Where identifying it matters and it is not otherwise clear, add the court's name in round brackets after any pinpoint and other bracketed clauses but before any short title, without repeating a jurisdiction that the series already makes plain.

AGLC4 page 53

Formatting

  • The court's name is roman and in round brackets.
  • Order after the report: pinpoint, other bracketed clauses such as emphasis added and the judge, then the court, then any short title.
  • The jurisdiction is omitted where the report series already shows it, as with authorised State reports.
  • The jurisdiction is included where the series is national and does not show it.
  • A judgment given for the whole court is shown inside the judge bracket with for the Court.

Examples

Quoted from the Guide, page 53
  1. 77
    Aldrick v EM Investments (Qld) Pty Ltd [2000] 2 Qd R 346 (Court of Appeal). [Not: … Qd R 346 (Queensland Court of Appeal).]
  2. 78
    Chief Executive Officer of Customs v Labrador Liquor Wholesale Pty Ltd (2001) 188 ALR 493, 498 (emphasis added) (Queensland Court of Appeal).
  3. 79
    A-G (Cth) v The Queen (1957) 95 CLR 529, 533 (Viscount Simonds for the Court) (Privy Council) (‘Boilermakers’ Case (Privy Council)’).

Not

Quoted from the Guide, page 53
  • [Not: … Qd R 346 (Queensland Court of Appeal).]
    the jurisdiction is repeated although the report series already makes it clear

See also

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Formats, examples, passages, tables and the forms marked Not are quoted from the Australian Guide to Legal Citation (4th ed, Melbourne University Law Review Association, 2018), with the page of the Guide they appear on. Titles, summaries and explanations are our own.