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Give the author’s name in the same form as in thepublication, except in
Secondary Sources
bibliographies, where you should give only the surname followed by the
Do not use full stops in abbreviations. Separate citations with a semi- initial(s). Give relevant information about editions, translators and so
forth before the publisher, and give page numbers at the end of the
colon.
Cases citation, afterthe brackets
Give the party names, followed by the neutral citation, followed by the Thomas Hobbes, Leviathan (first published 1651, Penguin 1985) 268
Gareth Jones, Goff and Jones: The Law of Restitution
Law Reports citation (eg AC, Ch, QB). If there is no neutral citation, give
the Law Reports citation followed by the court in brackets. If the case is (1st supp, 7th edn, Sweet & Maxwell 2009) K Zweigert and H Kötz,
not reported in the Law Reports, cite the All ER or the WLR, or failing An Introduction to Comparative Law (Tony Weir tr, 3rd edn, OUP
1998)
that a specialist report.
Corr v IBC Vehicles Ltd [2008] UKHL 13, [2008] 1 AC 884 Contributions to edited books
R (Roberts) v Parole Board [2004] EWCA Civ 1031, [2005] QB 410 Francis Rose, ‘The Evolutionof the Species’in Andrew Burrows and
Alan Rodger (eds), Mapping the Law: Essays in Memory of Peter
Page v Smith [1996] AC 155 (HL)
When pinpointing, give paragraph numbers in square brackets at the end Birks (OUP 2006)
of the citation. If the judgment has no paragraph numbers, provide the Encyclopedias
Halsbury’s Laws (5th edn, 2010) vol 57, para 53
page number pinpoint after the court.
Callery v Gray [2001] EWCA Civ 1117, [2001] 1 WLR 2112 [42], [45] Journalarticles
Bunt v Tilley [2006] EWHC 407 (QB), [2006] 3 All ER 336 [1]–[37] Paul Craig, ‘Theory, “Pure Theory” and Values in Public Law’ [2005]
PL 440
R v Leeds County Court, ex p Morris [1990] QB 523 (QB) 530–31
If citing a particular judge: When pinpointing, put a comma between the first page of the article and
Arscott v The Coal Authority [2004] EWCA Civ 892, [2005] Env LR 6 the page pinpoint.
JAG Griffith, ‘The Common Law and the Political Constitution’
[27] (Laws LJ)
Statutes and statutory instruments (2001) 117 LQR 42, 64
Act of Supremacy 1558 Online journals
Graham Greenleaf, ‘The Global Development of Free Access to Legal
Human Rights Act 1998, s 15(1)(b)
Penalties for Disorderly Behaviour (Amendment of Minimum Age) Information’ (2010) 1(1) EJLT < http://ejlt.org//article/view/17 >
Order 2004, SI 2004/3166 accessed 27 July 2010
Command papers and Law Commission reports
EU legislation and cases
ConsolidatedVersion of the Treaty on European Union [2008] OJ Department for International Development, EliminatingWorld
C115/13 Poverty: Buildingour Common Future (White Paper, Cm 7656, 2009)
ch 5 Law Commission, Reforming Bribery (Law Com No 313, 2008)
Council Regulation (EC) 139/2004 on the controlof concentrations
between undertakings (EC Merger Regulation) [2004] OJ L24/1, art 5 paras 3.12–3.17
Case C–176/03Commission v Council [2005] ECR I–7879, paras 47–48 Websites and blogs
European Court of Human Rights Sarah Cole, ‘Virtual Friend Fires Employee’ (Naked Law, 1 May
Omojudi v UK (2009) 51 EHRR 10 2009) <www.nakedlaw. com/2009/05/index.html> accessed 19
Osman v UK ECHR 1998–VIII 3124 November 2009
Newspaper articles
Balogh v Hungary App no 47940/99 (ECHR, 20 July 2004)
Simpson v UK (1989) 64 DR 188 Jane Croft, ‘Supreme Court Warns on Quality’
Financial Times (London, 1 July 2010) 3

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