(a) Rule

Give the first page of the case after the abbreviated form of the report series.

Do not use the word “page” or any abbreviation such as “p” or “pp” before the starting page.

Eg R v Cowie [1992] 3 NZLR 112 (HC).

Sometimes a report of a case includes a judgment immediately followed by an appeal under the same headnote. If citing the subsequent appeal, give the page number of the first page of the report whether or not the appeal case begins on this page.

Eg WEL Energy Group Ltd v Electricity Corporation of New Zealand Ltd [2001] 2 NZLR 1 (HC).

Eg WEL Energy Group Ltd v Electricity Corporation of New Zealand Ltd [2001] 2 NZLR 1 (CA).

NOT WEL Energy Group Ltd v Electricity Corporation of New Zealand Ltd [2001] 2 NZLR 13 (CA).

(b) Case number

If the case is identified by a unique case number, as cases reported in some CCH series are, use that reference instead of a starting page number. Such report series often call for a pilcrow sign (¶) to be used before the unique reference number.

Eg Blacker v National Australia Bank Ltd [2001] FCA 254, (2001) 23 ATPR ¶41-817 at [85].

The Criminal Appeal Reports, the Criminal Appeal Reports (Sentencing), later volumes of the Fleet Street Reports and the Reports of Patent, Design and Trade Mark Cases also use case numbers. These reports give each case in each volume an identifying number.

Eg R v Wyner [2001] 2 Cr App R 3.

NOT R v Wyner [2001] 2 Cr App R 31.

R v Wyner is the third case reported in volume 2 of the 2001 Criminal Appeal Reports. The report does not start on page 3 but rather on page 31.