See the full details and examples in rule 2 of the AGLC4, page 39.
| Case Name | Year | Volume | Law Report Series | Starting Page |
| R v Tang | (2008) | 237 | CLR | 1 |
| Type | Examples |
| Case from an authorised report | Hot Holdings Pty Ltd v Lewarne (2009) 174 FCR 268 |
| Case with the Crown (see rule 2.14 AGLC4) |
R v Reid [2007] 1 Qd R 64 Honeysett v The Queen (2014) 253 CLR 122 |
| Case from a report ordered by year | R v Reid [2007] Qd R 64 |
| Unreported (medium neutral citation) |
Doyle v Firth [2022] NTSC 78 TL v The King [2022] HCA 35 |
| Types of source | Example |
| Case with a page pinpoint | R v Tang (2008) 235 CLR 1, 7 |
| Case with a paragraph pinpoint | Quarmby v Keating [2009] TASCC 80, [11] |
|
Case with identifying a judicial officer See rule 2.4.1 of the AGLC4 for a full list, page 59 |
Agis v South Australia [No 6] [2018] FCA 358, [90-97] (Mortimer J) |
| Identifying the Court | Aldrick v EM Investments (Qld) Pty Ltd [2000] 2 Qd R 346 (Court of Appeal) |
| Agreement or Dissent | Guinea Airways Ltd v Federal Commissioner of Taxation (1950) 83 CLR 582, 592-2 (Kitto J, Web J agreeing at 591). |
| Joint Judgments | Ewart v Fox [1954] VLR 699, 705 (Hudson AJ for the Court) |
| Statements Made During Argument | Stephens v Abrahams [No 2] (1903) 29 VLR 229, 239 (Williams J) (during argument), 243-3 (Issacs KC) (during argument) |
Note: Pinpoints are used in footnotes but are removed in the bibliography.
| Version | Examples |
| Authorised report | CLR, FCR, VR, NTLR, NSWLR |
| Generalist unauthorised report | ALR, ALJR, FLR, ACTR |
| Subject-specific unauthorised report |
A Crim R, ACSR, IR, IRP |
| Unreported (medium neutral citation) |
HCA, FCA, NSWSC, VSC |
| Unreported (no medium neutral citation) |
See rule 2.3.2 of the AGLC4, page 56
|
| Court/Jurisdiction | Report Series | Years | |
| High Court of Australia | CLR | 1903- | |
| Federal Court of Australia | FCR | 1984- | |
| Australian Capital Territory |
ACTR (in ALR) ACTLR |
1973-2008 2007- |
|
| New South Wales |
SR (NSW) NSWR NSWLR |
1901-59 1960-70 1971- |
|
| Northern Territory |
NTR (in ALR) NTLR
|
1979-91 1990-
|
|
| Queensland |
St R Qd Qd R |
1902-57 1958- |
|
| South Australia |
SALR SASR |
1899-1920 1921- |
|
| Tasmania |
Tas LR Tas SR Tas R |
1904-40 1941-78 1971- |
|
| Victoria |
VLR VR |
1875-1956 1957- |
|
| Western Australia |
WALR WAR |
1898-1958 1958- |
See rule 2.1.14, page 46.
Example
In the case of Pape v Federal Commissioner of Taxation ('Pape'),1 the Court examined executive power. Similarly, Williams v Commonwealth of Australia [No 2] ('School Chaplains'),2 examined the power of the executive government under s 61 of the Australian Constitution. In Pape, the Court found the legislation made was incidental to the exercise of the Commonwealth Government of its executive power.3
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1 (2009) 238 CLR 1 (‘Pape’).
2 (2014) 252 CLR 416 (‘School Chaplains’).
3 Pape (n 1).
This rule could be used if you use the case name in the sentence of your essay.
See rule 2.1.15, page 48.
Example
In Thomas v Mowbray,1 the court examined the constitutional validity of interim control orders.
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1 (2007) 233 CLR 307.