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Cases without a neutral citation

Cases published before 2001 in England,  and before 2005 in Scotland, do not have a neutral citation.

Below are examples of how to reference a case without neutral citations as a footnote and in the bibliography.

If you give the full case name in the main text of your text the case name can be omitted from the footnote but must be included in the bibliography.

Footnote

Format:

Name of case in italics | [year] OR (year) | volume | report abbreviation | first page | court | pinpointing (if needed).

Examples:

Tustian v Johnston [1993] 3 All ER 534 (CA) Civ 536.

Evans v South Ribble Borough Council [1992] QB 757 (QB).

Bibliography

The only differences are that case names are not italicised, pinpointing is not used and there is no full stop at the end of the reference.

Examples:

Tustian v Johnston [1993] 3 All ER 534 (CA) Civ

Evans v South Ribble Borough Council [1992] QB 757 (QB)

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