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Law Guide: Cases

This guide is a one stop shop for law materials, in hard copy and electronic formats, including guidance on referencing and citation.

How do I search for cases?

High Court of Australia

Legal Abbreviations

Resources used to interpret legal abbreviations.

Australian Current Law

Case Law Databases

Case citations are tools that can help you quickly find a case by citation, party names, by year, jurisdiction, or by using keywords. 

Authorised Law Reports by Jurisdiction

Commonwealth Law Reports (CLR). from 1903- 

Federal Court Reports (FCR), from 1984- 

Australian Capital Territory Reports (ACTR), from 1973-2008 (published in the Australian Law Reports (ALR's))

Australian Capital Territory Law Reports (ACTLR), from 2007- 

State Reports New South Wales (SR (NSW)), from 1901-59.

New South Wales Reports (NSWR), from 1960-70. 

New South Wales Law Report (NSWLR), from 1971- 

Northern Territory Reports (NTR), from 1979-91 (published in the Australian Law Reports ALR))). 

Northern Territory Law Reports (NTLR), from 1990- 

State Reports Queensland (St R Qd), from 1902-57.

Queensland Reports, from 1958-  

South Australia Law Reports (SALR), from 1899-1920. 

South Australian State Reports (SASR) 1921- 

Tasmanian Law Reports (Tas LR), from 1904-40. 

Tasmanian State Reports (Tas SR), from 1941-78. 

Tasmanian Reports (Tas R), from 1979- 

Victorian Law Reports (VLR), from 1875-1956. 

Victorian Reports (VR), from 1957- 

Western Australian Law Reports (WALR), from 1898-1958. 

Western Australian Reports (WAR), from 1958- 

Unreported by Jurisdiction

Other Reports

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