Only punctuate when grammatically necessary, and not to indicate abbreviation.

Eg “Kós P”

NOT “Kós P.”

Do not use the “Oxford comma” or serial comma, except where it provides clarity.

Eg Her specialist areas of law were public, international and environmental.

NOT Her specialist areas of law were public, international, and environmental.

Eg Her favourite subjects were property, torts, and law and economics.

NOT Her favourite subjects were property, torts and law and economics.

Double quotation marks can be used to signal that a term is being used in an unconventional way, to distance the writer from the term or to refer to a particular word rather than its meaning. See rule 1.2.2 for the correct use of quotation marks for quotations.

Eg Commentators have coined the phrase “Google mistrials”.

NOT Commentators have coined the phrase ‘Google mistrials’.