AGLC4 Rule 22.1.1: Cases: General Rule

Cite Singapore cases under chapter 2, but give individuals' names in full and abbreviate Private Limited Company to Pte Ltd. Given names may be omitted where not needed, and the court may be added.

AGLC4 page 243

Formatting

  • The case name is italic, gives individuals' names in full, and uses Pte Ltd for Private Limited Company.
  • SLR(R) is written with no space before (R).
  • A page pinpoint range drops repeated digits in the second number, and a paragraph pinpoint in square brackets follows it after a space.
  • A judge or judgment description follows in round brackets, and the court follows in a second pair of round brackets.

Examples

Quoted from the Guide, page 243
  1. 1
    Re Econ Corp Ltd [2004] 1 SLR(R) 273.
  2. 2
    Lim Choo Suan Elizabeth v Goh Kok Hwa Richard [2009] 4 SLR(R) 193, 201–2 [15]–[16] (Woo Bih Li J) (High Court).
  3. 3
    Virtual Map (Singapore) Pte Ltd v Singapore Land Authority [2009] 2 SLR(R) 558, 563 (Andrew Phang Boon Leong JA for the Court) (Court of Appeal).

See also

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