AGLC4 Rule 20.1.1: Cases: Report Series

Cite the Malayan Law Journal where possible; if the case is not reported there, cite the Current Law Journal where possible. The MLJ was organised by volume until 1965 and by year from 1966.

AGLC4 page 236

Formatting

  • The report abbreviations MLJ and CLJ are roman with no full stops.
  • A judge follows the pinpoint in round brackets, and the court follows in a second, separate pair of round brackets.

Examples

Quoted from the Guide, page 236
  1. 3
    Polygram Records Sdn Bhd v The Search [1994] 3 MLJ 127, 140 (Sinnadurai J) (High Court of Malaya).
  2. 4
    TAM Abdul Aziz & Co v Shamsudeen Mohamed John [1951] 1 MLJ 141, 141 (Murray-Aynsley CJ) (Court of Appeal).
  3. 5
    PP v Segaran S Mathavan [2010] 2 CLJ 121 (High Court of Malaya).

See also

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