APPENDIX 4: ENGLAND AND WALES OFFICIAL REPORT SERIES AND NEUTRAL CITATIONS
For guidance on citation of decisions from England and Wales, see rule 8.4.
Official reports
The official reports for England and Wales are called the Law Reports. The main series in the Law Reports are listed below with the relevant abbreviation and time period.
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Admiralty and Ecclesiastical Cases |
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LR A & E |
Admiralty and Ecclesiastical Cases |
1865–1875 |
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Appeal Cases |
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LR HL |
English and Irish Appeal Cases and Peerage Claims, House of Lords |
1866–1875 |
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LR S & D |
Scotch and Divorce Appeal Cases, House of Lords |
1888–1875 |
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LR PC |
Privy Council Appeals |
1865–1875 |
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App Cas |
Appeal Cases |
1875–1890 |
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AC |
Appeal Cases |
1891– |
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Chancery |
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LR Eq |
Equity Cases |
1865–1875 |
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LR Ch App |
Chancery Appeal Cases |
1865–1875 |
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Ch D |
Chancery Division |
1875–1890 |
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Ch |
Chancery Division |
1891– |
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Common Pleas |
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LR CP |
Common Pleas |
1865–1875 |
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CPD |
Common Pleas Division |
1875–1880 |
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Crown Cases Reserved |
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LR CCR |
Crown Cases Reserved |
1865–1875 |
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Exchequer |
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LR Ex |
Exchequer |
1865–1874 |
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Ex D |
Exchequer Division |
1875–1880 |
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Family |
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Fam |
Family Division |
1972– |
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Probate and Divorce |
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LR P & D |
Probate and Divorce |
1865–1875 |
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PD |
Probate Division |
1875–1890 |
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P |
Probate Division |
1891–1971 |
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Queens's and King's Bench |
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LR QB |
Queen's Bench |
1865–1875 |
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QBD |
Queen's Bench |
1875–1890 |
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QB |
Queen's Bench |
1891–1900 |
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KB |
King's Bench |
1901–1952 |
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QB |
Queen's Bench |
1952– |
Neutral citations
The following list indicates when the various neutral citations were officially adopted.
Note that some earlier decisions have been given what look like neutral citations by the British and Irish Legal Information Institute (BAILII). These are not official and should not be used.
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Supreme Court (UKSC) House of Lords (UKHL) Privy Council (UKPC) Court of Appeal (Civil) (EWCA Civ) Court of Appeal (Criminal) (EWCA Crim) High Court (Administrative Court) (EWHC)* High Court (Admiralty Division) (EWHC)* High Court (Chancery Division) (EWHC)* |
October 2009 January 2001 January 2001 January 2001 January 2001 January 2001 January 2002 January 2002 |
High Court (Commercial Court) (EWHC)* High Court (Family Division) (EWHC)* High Court (Mercantile Court) (EWHC)* High Court (Patents Court) (EWHC)* High Court (Queen's Bench Division) (EWHC)* High Court (Technology and Construction Court) (EWHC)* Family Court (EWFC) Court of Protection (EWCOP) |
January 2002 January 2002 January 2002 January 2002 January 2002 January 2002 April 2014 April 2014 |
* The divisions and specialist courts of the High Court all have the court identifier “EWHC”. They are distinguished by indicating the division or specialist court after the judgment number in round brackets.
Eg Thomson v Berkhamsted Collegiate School [2009] EWHC 2374 (QB).
The following identifiers are used.
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Administrative Court Family Division Admiralty Division Patents Court Chancery Division Queen’s Bench Division Commercial Court Technology and Construction Court Mercantile Court |
(Admin) (Fam) (Admlty) (Pat) (Ch) (QB) (Comm) (TCC) (Mercantile) |