AGLC4 Rule 2.4.5: References to Two or More Judicial Officers

For two or more judicial officers who gave a joint judgment, use the plural title once, after the last name. Where the office has no plural, repeat the singular after each name. Where the judges wrote separately, use the singular after each name even if they agreed in the result.

AGLC4 page 62

Formatting

  • Joint judgment: names separated by commas with and before the last, and one plural title after the last name.
  • Separate judgments: each name followed by its own singular title.
  • An office with no plural in the rule 2.4.1 table takes the singular after each name.
  • The rule applies in body text as well as in citations.

In the text

The plurality, consisting of Gummow, Hayne and Kiefel JJ, was in little doubt that the standard of care extended to employers.104 [Not: … consisting of Gummow J, Hayne J and Kiefel J, was in …]

Quoted from the Guide, page 62

Heydon J, Kirby J and Crennan J were of the same view in each of their judgments.106 [Not: Heydon, Kirby and Crennan JJ were of …]

Quoted from the Guide, page 62

Not

Quoted from the Guide, page 62
  • [Not: … consisting of Gummow J, Hayne J and Kiefel J, was in …]
    the three judges gave a joint judgment, so one plural title follows the last name
  • [Not: Heydon, Kirby and Crennan JJ were of …]
    the judges wrote separately, so each takes the singular title

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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.