Common case abbreviations

Law reports and medium neutral citations

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Abbreviation	Law Report Series	Jurisdiction	Authorised
A Crim R	Australian Criminal Reports	Australia
AC	Law Reports, Appeal Cases 1875 - 1890 1891 -	England & Wales	Authorised: the Superior and Appellate Courts of England and Wales
ACTCA	Australian Capital Territory Court of Appeal	Australian Capital Territory
ACTLR	Australian Capital Territory Law Reports	Australian Capital Territory	Authorised: Australian Capital Territory Supreme Court and the Australian Capital Territory Court of Appeal
ACTSC	Australian Capital Territory Supreme Court	Australian Capital Territory
ACTR	Australian Capital Territory Reports	Australian Capital Territory	Authorised: Australian Capital Territory Supreme Court and the Australian Capital Territory Court of Appeal
ALJR	Australian Law Journal Reports V32 1958 -	Australia
All ER	All England Law Reports	England & Wales
ALR	Australian Law Reports	Australia
BLR	Building Law Reports	England & Wales
Ch	Law Reports, Chancery Division (3rd Series) 1891 -	England & Wales	Authorised: the Superior and Appellate Courts of England and Wales
Ch D	Law Reports, Chancery Division (2nd Series) 1875 - 90	England & Wales	Authorised: the Superior and Appellate Courts of England and Wales
CLR	Commonwealth Law Reports	Australia	Authorised: High Court of Australia
DLR	Dominion Law Reports	Canada
ER	English Reports	England & Wales
Fam	Law Reports, Family Division 1972 -	England & Wales	Authorised: the Superior and Appellate Courts of England and Wales
Fam LR	Family Law Reports	Australia
FamCA	Family Court of Australia	Australia
FCA	Federal Court of Australia	Australia
FCR	Federal Court Reports	Australia	Authorised: Federal Court of Australia
FLR	Federal Law Reports	Australia
HCA	High Court of Australia	Australia
ICQ	Industrial Court of Queensland 2014 -	Australia
KB	Law Reports, King's Bench	England & Wales	Authorised: the Superior and Appellate Courts of England and Wales
LR (NSW)	Law Reports (NSW) 1856-1900	New South Wales	Authorised. Supreme Court of New South Wales Courts and selected other New South Wales Courts
LGERA	Local Government and Environmental Reports of Australia	Australia
Lloyd's Rep	Lloyd's Law Reports	England & Wales
Med LR	Medical Law Reports	England & Wales
NSWCA	New South Wales Court of Appeal	New South Wales
NSWLR	New South Wales Law Reports 1970 -	New South Wales	Authorised. Supreme Court of New South Wales Courts and selected other New South Wales Courts
NSWR	New South Wales Reports 1960 - 70 (only available in print)	New South Wales	Authorised. Supreme Court of New South Wales Courts and selected other New South Wales Courts
NSWSC	New South Wales Supreme Court	New South Wales
NTCA	Northern Territory Court of Appeal	Northern Territory
NTLR	Northern Territory Law Reports	Northern Territory	Authorised: Northern Territory Supreme Court
NTR	Northern Territory Reports	Northern Territory	Authorised: Northern Territory Supreme Court
NTSC	Northern Territory Supreme Court	Northern Territory
NZLR	New Zealand Law Reports	New Zealand	Authorised: Superior Courts of New Zealand
P	Law Reports, Probate	England & Wales	Authorised: the Superior and Appellate Courts of England and Wales
QB	Queen's Bench Cases 1865 - 1875	England & Wales	Authorised: the Superior and Appellate Courts of England and Wales
QB	Law Reports, Queen's Bench Division 1891 - 1900, 1952 -	England & Wales	Authorised: the Superior and Appellate Courts of England and Wales
QBD	Law Reports, Queen's Bench Division 1875 - 90	England & Wales	Authorised: the Superior and Appellate Courts of England and Wales
QCA	Queensland Supreme Court: Court of Appeal	Queensland
QCAT	Queensland Civil and Administrative Tribunal	Queensland
QCATA	Queensland Civil and Administrative Tribunal Appeals	Queensland
Qd R	Queensland Reports (Lexis Advance) Queensland Reports (free access - registration required)	Queensland	Authorised: Supreme Court of Queensland
QDC	Queensland District Court	Queensland
QIC	Queensland Industrial Court 1999 - 2009	Queensland
QLAC	Queensland Land Appeal Court	Queensland
QLC	Queensland Land Court	Queensland
QLCR	Queensland Land Court Reports	Queensland
QLJ	Queensland Law Journal Reports (free access - registration required)	Queensland	Authorised: Supreme Court of Queensland
QLR (Beor)	Queensland Law Reports (free access - registration required)	Queensland	Authorised: Supreme Court of Queensland
QSC	Queensland Supreme Court	Queensland
QSCR	Queensland Supreme Court Reports (free access - registration required)	Queensland	Authorised: Supreme Court of Queensland
SALR	South Australian Law Reports 1863 - 1920	South Australia	Authorised: South Australian Supreme Court
SASC	South Australia Supreme Court 1977 -	South Australia
SASR	South Australian State Reports 1971 -	South Australia	Authorised: South Australian Supreme Court
SCC	Supreme Court of Canada	Canada
SCR	Canada Supreme Court Reports	Canada	Authorised: Supreme Court of Canada
SR (NSW)	State Reports (NSW) 1901-1950 1901 - 1970 (available in print)	New South Wales	Authorised: Supreme Court of New South Wales Courts and selected other New South Wales Courts
St R Qd	State Reports of Queensland (free access - registration required)	Queensland	Authorised: Supreme Court of Queensland
Tas LR	Tasmanian Law Reports 1897 - 1940	Tasmania	Authorised: Supreme Court of Tasmania
Tas R	Tasmanian Reports 1992 -	Tasmania	Authorised: Supreme Court of Tasmania
Tas SR	Tasmanian State Reports 1940 - 1978	Tasmania	Authorised: Supreme Court of Tasmania
TASSC	Supreme Court of Tasmania	Tasmania
VLR	Victorian Law Reports 1874 - 1956	Victoria	Authorised: Supreme Court of Victorian
VR	Victorian Reports 1957 -	Victoria	Authorised: Supreme Court of Victorian
VSC	Victoria Supreme Court	Victoria
VSCA	Victoria Court of Appeal	Victoria
WALR	Western Australian Law Reports	Western Australia	Authorised: Supreme Court of Western Australia
WAR	Western Australian Reports 1983 -	Western Australia	Authorised: Supreme Court of Western Australia
WASC	Western Australia Supreme Court	Western Australia
WASCA	Western Australia Supreme Court: Court of Appeal	Western Australia

Common case abbreviations

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