AGLC4 Rule 24.1.2: Modern English Reports

Cite the Law Reports published by the Incorporated Council of Law Reporting for England and Wales wherever the case appears in them. For a series whose abbreviation contains LR, the volume number is placed between LR and the remainder of the abbreviation.

AGLC4 page 251

Formatting

  • The case name is italic.
  • Series organised by year, the modern series from about 1890 onward, take a square-bracket year; the earlier series organised by volume take a round-bracket year.
  • For LR series the volume sits inside the abbreviation, as in LR 4 PC, never before LR.
  • Report abbreviations are roman with no full stops.
  • LR P&D has no spaces around the ampersand, whereas LR Adm & Eccl and LR Sc & Div are spaced.

Examples

Quoted from the Guide, page 251
  1. 3
    Beevis v Dawson [1957] 1 QB 195.
  2. 4
    Astley v Micklethwait (1880) 15 Ch D 59.
  3. 5
    Skinner v Orde (1871) LR 4 PC 60.
  4. 6
    The Winkfield [1902] P 42.
  5. 7
    JA Pye (Oxford) Ltd v Graham [2003] 1 AC 419.

Not

Quoted from the Guide, page 251
  • ‘7 LR QB’
    the volume must follow LR, not precede it.

Forms in the rule

Quoted from the Guide, page 251
  • ‘LR 7 QB’

Law Reports series with their abbreviations and the years each covers

Quoted from the Guide, page 251
JurisdictionAbbreviationYears
Admiralty and Ecclesiastical CasesLR Adm & Eccl1865–75
Appeal CasesAC1890–
Appeal CasesApp Cas1875–90
ChanceryCh1891–
ChanceryCh D1875–90
Chancery Appeal CasesLR Ch App1865–75
Common PleasCPD1875–80
Common PleasLR CP1865–75
Crown Cases ReservedLR CCR1865–75
English and Irish Appeals and Peerage ClaimsLR HL1865–75
EquityLR Eq1865–75
ExchequerEx D1875–80
ExchequerLR Ex1865–75
FamilyFam1972–
Privy CouncilLR PC1865–75
Probate and DivorceP1891–1971
Probate and DivorcePD1875–90
Probate and DivorceLR P&D1865–75
Queen’s and King’s BenchQB1952–
Queen’s and King’s BenchKB1901–51
Queen’s and King’s BenchQB1891–1900
Queen’s and King’s BenchQBD1875–90
Queen’s and King’s BenchLR QB1865–75
Restrictive PracticesLR RP1957–72
Scotch and Divorce AppealsLR Sc & Div1865–75

See also

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