AGLC4 Rule 2.4.4: Statements Made during Argument

When citing something said during argument, add during argument in its own round brackets after the name of the judge or counsel who said it. Never use arguendo. For counsel, include initials where the report gives them and any designation such as QC, KC or SC.

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Formatting

  • The speaker's name is in round brackets, followed by a space and during argument in a second pair of round brackets.
  • during argument is roman and lower case.
  • Counsel's initials are written without full stops or spaces, followed by the surname and designation.
  • Several speakers at different pinpoints each get their own pinpoint, speaker bracket and during argument bracket, the groups separated by commas.
  • The Latin arguendo is never used.

Examples

Quoted from the Guide, page 61
  1. 102
    Stephens v Abrahams [No 2] (1903) 29 VLR 229, 239 (Williams J) (during argument), 242–3 (Isaacs KC) (during argument).
  2. 103
    Combet v Commonwealth (2005) 224 CLR 494, 497 (SJ Gageler SC) (during argument).

Forms in the rule

Quoted from the Guide, page 61
  • ‘Arguendo’ should not be used.

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.