AGLC4 Rule 2.3.2: Decisions without a Medium Neutral Citation
Cite an unreported decision that has no court-allocated medium neutral citation by case name, then the court, the judge or judges and the full date in one pair of round brackets, then the pinpoint. Do not cite a volume or starting page even where the court has bound its judgments into volumes.
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Formatting
- The case name is italic; everything else is roman.
- Court, judge or judges and full date share one pair of round brackets, separated by a comma and a space.
- The court is named in full, not by an identifier.
- Judges are named in the rule 2.4.1 form.
- The full date is day, month in words and year, with no comma and no ordinal.
- The pinpoint follows the closing bracket after a single space with no comma.
- Pinpoints are usually to the pages of the judgment as delivered; paragraph numbers, if used, go in square brackets.
- No volume or starting page is given.
Example
Quoted from the Guide, page 56- 84Ross v Chambers (Supreme Court of the Northern Territory, Kriewaldt J, 5 April 1956) 77–8.
Elements of an unreported decision without a medium neutral citation
Quoted from the Guide, page 56| Element | Case Name | Court | Judge(s) | Full Date | Pinpoint |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Example | Barton v Chibber | (Supreme Court of Victoria, | Hampel J, | 29 June 1989) | 3 |
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.