AGLC4 Rule 2.7.1: Transcripts of Proceedings: General Rule

Cite a transcript as Transcript of Proceedings, then the case name, and in brackets the court, the proceeding number if the transcript shows one, every judicial officer hearing the matter and the date, then the pinpoint. Pinpoints are to pages, or to line numbers where lines run continuously. The speaker may follow the pinpoint, but during argument is not added.

AGLC4 page 65

Format

Quoted from the Guide, page 65
Transcript of Proceedings, Case Name (Court, Proceeding Number, Judicial Officer(s), Full Date of Proceedings) Pinpoint.

A boxed element is filled in with the source's details; everything outside a box is written exactly as shown.

Formatting

  • Transcript of Proceedings is roman, in title case and followed by a comma.
  • The case name is italic.
  • Court, proceeding number, judicial officers and date share one pair of round brackets, separated by a comma and a space.
  • The court is named in full.
  • The proceeding number is included only where it appears on the transcript.
  • All judicial officers hearing the matter are named in the rule 2.4.1 form.
  • The pinpoint follows the closing bracket after a space with no comma.
  • The speaker may be named in round brackets after the pinpoint (rule 2.4).
  • during argument is never added to a transcript citation.

Examples

Quoted from the Guide, page 65
  1. 116
    Transcript of Proceedings, North East Solution Pty Ltd v Masters Home Improvement Australia Pty Ltd (Supreme Court of Victoria, Croft J, 18 May 2015) 31 (PJ Bick QC).
  2. 117
    Transcript of Proceedings, Celano v Swan (County Court of Victoria, 09/0867, Judge Lacava, 27 August 2009) 11 (SM Petrovich).

Forms in the rule

Quoted from the Guide, page 65
  • ‘(during argument)’ should not be included.

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.