AGLC4 Rule 24.1.6: Cases: Identifying Judicial Officers
Name judges under rule 2.4.1, and rules 2.4.2 to 2.4.3 and 4.1.5, using the United Kingdom title abbreviations in the table alongside or instead of those in rule 2.4.1. Titles marked with an asterisk are always written before the judge's name.
AGLC4 page 256
Formatting
- Abbreviated titles follow the judge's name and carry no full stops.
- Titles marked with an asterisk (such as Lord, Baroness, Judge, Master) precede the name.
- Plural forms double the final letter, as in LJJ.
- Several judges sharing a title are listed with commas and and, followed once by the plural title.
- Judges agreeing with a judgment may be listed after it with agreeing.
Example
Quoted from the Guide, page 256- 25Ivey v Genting Casinos (UK) Ltd [2017] 3 WLR 1212, 1215–19 [2]–[27] (Lord Hughes JSC, Baroness Hale PSC, Lords Kerr JSC, Neuberger and Thomas agreeing).
Forms in the rule
Quoted from the Guide, page 256- Lord Cozens-Hardy MR
- Kindersley V-C
- Lord Diplock
- Lord Hope DP
- Lord Brown JSC
- Hoffmann J
- James, Baggallay and Bramwell LJJ
- Lord Thurlow LC
- Arden LJ
United Kingdom judicial titles and their abbreviations; an asterisk marks titles placed before the name
Quoted from the Guide, page 256| Judicial Title | Abbreviation/Title |
|---|---|
| Baron of the Exchequer | B |
| Baroness | Baroness* |
| Chancellor | C |
| Chief Baron | CB |
| Circuit Judge | Judge* |
| District Judge | DJ |
| Deputy President of the Supreme Court of the United Kingdom | DPSC |
| Justice of the High Court | J |
| Lord Chancellor | LC |
| Lord Chief Justice, Chief Justice of the Common Pleas, Chief Justice of the King’s Bench, Chief Justice of the Queen’s Bench | CJ |
| Lord Commissioner | Lord Commissioner* |
| Lord of Appeal | Lord* |
| Lord/Lady Justice of Appeal | LJ |
| Master | Master* |
| Master of the Rolls | MR |
| President of the Family Division of the High Court | P |
| President of the Supreme Court of the United Kingdom | PSC |
| Recorder | Recorder* |
| Registrar | Registrar* |
| Justice of the Supreme Court of the United Kingdom | JSC |
| Vice-Chancellor | V-C |
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.