AGLC4 Rule 2.2.7: Parallel Citations

Australian cases are never given parallel citations. Cite only the most authoritative version available under rule 2.2.2.

AGLC4 page 54

Formatting

  • Only one report or medium neutral citation is given for an Australian case.
  • Alternative reports are not strung together with semicolons.
  • Parallel citations are reserved for United Kingdom nominate reports and early United States Supreme Court decisions (rules 24.1.3 and 25.1.3).

Example

Quoted from the Guide, page 54
  1. 80
    Perre v Apand Pty Ltd (1999) 198 CLR 180. [Not: Perre v Apand Pty Ltd (1999) 198 CLR 180; 164 ALR 606; [1999] HCA 36.]

Not

Quoted from the Guide, page 54
  • [Not: Perre v Apand Pty Ltd (1999) 198 CLR 180; 164 ALR 606; [1999] HCA 36.]
    parallel reports and a medium neutral citation are joined to the authorised report

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.