AGLC

Reported cases

Parties/Case Name (Year) Volume Number +Series Abbreviation + Starting page.

Parties names Rule 2

• Acceptable abbreviations of parties names are detailed in rule 2.1.
• Rule 2.1–2.1.6: deals exhaustively with the requirement for citing party names including business names, states names, the Crown, government departments and ministers.
• Rule 2.1.1: Where parties to a case are individuals, given names and initials should be omitted.
• Rule 2.1.1: Where there are many parties to the case, only the first named plaintiff and defendant should be included in the citation and the abbreviations & Anor and & Ors should not be used and
• Rule 2.18–2.1.10: details how cases including Re, Ex parte, and ex rel in the party names should be cited.

Dates and brackets

• Use round brackets ( ) when there is a unique volume number or
• Use square brackets [ ] when citing unreported cases with medium neutral court identifiers or when the report series does not have a unique volume number.

Series abbreviations

• Use the designated series abbreviations or court identifiers without full stops (Rule 1.6.1).

Page numbers

• Starting page numbers.
• Pinpoint page numbers for quotes and references.

For more information read

• Part I which outlines the conventions used across all legal sources.
• Part II, Rule 2: Domestic Sources- Cases.
• Part IV, Rule 9 International Sources - Cases; and
• Part V, Foreign Domestic Materials - rules for individual countries.

Medium neutral case

Parties/Case Name [Year] Unique Court Identifier + Judgment Number.

Parties names Rule 2:

• Acceptable abbreviations of parties names are detailed in Rule 2.1.
• Rule 2.1–2.1.6: Deals exhaustively with the requirement for citing party names including business names, states names, the Crown, government  departments and ministers.
• Rule 2.1.1: Where parties to a case are individuals, given names and initials should be omitted.
• Rule 2.1.1: Where there are many parties to the case, only the first named plaintiff and defendant should be included in the citation and the abbreviations & Anor and & Ors should not be used and
• Rule 2.18–2.1.10: Details how cases including Re, Ex parte, and ex rel in the party names should be cited.

Court identifiers

• Court identifiers with out any full stops (Rule 1.6.1).

Judgment number

• Number given to each case as it is handed down.

Paragraph numbers

• Only used for pinpoint references.

Rule 2.3.2: 

• Older unreported decisions without a medium neutral citation may require alternative citation formats. 
• However for court purposes consult Practice Directions of the relevant court.

Medium neutral

AGLC does not discriminate or identify a documents' format (medium or media).
In relation to cases medium neutral cases include references to paragraph numbers not to page numbers.  The paragraph number remains the same no matter what format (print or online) you use or where you found the case.

Rule 2.2.7: Parallel citations 
Should not be used except for UK reports see Rule 24.

1. ​Authorised (See authorised reports).
2. General unauthorised.
3. Subject specific unauthorised.
4. Unreported or  medium neutral.

Rule 1.3: Always attempt to read the original source when using a quote or argument cited in another author’s work. Sometimes, this is not possible, particularly at undergraduate level.

In this case, use either quoting, quoted in, citing or cited in and discussed, discussed in as outlined in the rules in AGLC4 Rule 1.3.
These phrases should be proceeded by a coma.
Only cite the source that you have accessed in the bibliography, not the secondary citation.

Rules 2.1.14 & 1.4.4:
If the parties names are fully cited in text you do not need to include the parties in the footnotes.
If a case is cited several times you should include the short title in your initial reference.
Citations immediately following the first can use Ibid, but later citations must include the short title and citation.

Rule 2.3.1: Decisions with a medium neutral citation

Previous editions of AGLC required a full date as part of the citation. This is no longer required.

Rule 2.3.2: Decisions without a medium neutral citation

Previous editions of AGLC required the word 'unreported' within the citation. This is no longer required. 
Older unreported judgments are sometimes compiled by courts into bound volumes.
Even when citing an unreported case from such a volume, there is no need to refer to the volume or to include a starting page.
In accordance with Rule 2.2.2, a case should generally not be cited as unreported if it has been reported.

Rule 2.7.1: Transcripts of proceedings
Transcripts of proceedings should be cited as follows:
Transcript of Proceedings, Case Name (Court, Proceeding Number, Judicial Officer(s), Full Date of Proceedings) Pinpoint
Proceeding number should be included only if on transcript.
Names of all judicial officers hearing the matter should be included after the proceeding number.

Rule 15:

Canadian cases should be sited in accordance with Chapter 2.

Rule 21:

New Zealand cases should be sited in accordance with Chapter 2.

Rule 24:

United Kingdom cases should be sited in accordance with Chapter 2.
'Public Limited Company' should be abbreviated  'plc' in parties' names.

 Rule 25:

United States cases should be cited Parties' Names, Volume Report Series and Series Number Starting Page, Pinpoint Jurisdiction and Court Name Year.
Parties' names should adhere to rule 2.1. However they should be followed by a (non-italic) coma.
Commas within company names before 'Inc', 'Corp' and other words indicating incorporation should omitted.

Rule 10.2:

Case Name (Nations) (Phase [Year] Report Series and Series Letters, Starting Page and Case Number, Pinpoint.

Rule 10.4.1:

Case Name (Nations) (Phase) (International Court of Justice, General List No Number, Full Date [Pinpoint].