INDEX
References are to paragraph numbers or to the Appendices.
A - B - C - D - E - F - G - H - I - J - K - L - M - N - O - P - Q - R - S - T - U - V - W - Y - Z
“& Anor”/ “& Ors”,
3.2.1(b)
¶ (pilcrow sign), with case numbers,
3.2.6(b)
24-hour and 12-hour clock formats,
1.2.3(c)
A
abbreviations
case name
names which should not be abbreviated,
3.2.1(b)
chapters in texts, pinpoint reference,
6.1.8(b)
court identifiers see court identifiers
judicial office
jurisdiction identifiers see jurisdiction identifiers
legal status of entities
Orders in Council that are legislative instruments,
4.3.1(c)
reference tags
United Kingdom Parliamentary Debates,
5.1.1
“above n x” format, 2.3.1(a),
2.3.1(a)(i),
2.3.1(a)(v),
2.3.2
accent marks
Accident Compensation Appeal Authority, 3.3.3(c), Appendix 1
accident compensation appeals in District Court, 3.3.3(b)
“Accident Compensation Corporation”, in case name, 3.2.1(b)
acronyms, 1.1.7(e)
Acts see statutes; statutes (specific jurisdictions)
“ad hoc”, 1.1.1(d)
Admiralty and Ecclesiastical Cases, official reports for England and Wales, Appendix 4
“aff’d” (affirmed), 3.2.11
Alcohol Regulatory and Licensing Authority, 3.3.3(c), Appendix 1
alternative spellings
amendment Acts, short titles, 4.1.1(a)
“America”, 1.1.7(d)
“am/”pm”, 1.2.3(c)
annual reports, companies, 5.4</p>
“Anzac Day”, 1.1.7(e)
Appeal Cases (AC)
official reports for England and Wales, 8.4.1(a),
Appendix 4
Privy Council judgment also reported in NZLR,
3.2.5(c)
appeals, court rules, Appendix 6
Appendix to the Journals of the House of Representatives (AJHR), 5.1.2
Law Commission reports in,
5.2.3
arbitral decisions, international, 10.3.1, 10.3.2
archived materials, 7.7.2
articles see essays and chapters in edited books; Internet materials; journal articles; newspaper and magazine articles
“Assoc”, 3.2.1(b)
Associate Judges (High Court), 1.1.6(d)(i), 3.2.9(c)
Atlantic Provinces Reports, 8.3.1(b)
Attorney-General
New Zealand Bill of Rights Act 1990, consistency of Bills,
5.4(f)
Australia
reported cases
unreported cases, general rules,
8.1
authors see under particular sources/types of information
“autrefois acquit”, 1.1.1(d)
B
bibliographies, 2.1.1, Appendix 7 (V)
Bills, 4.2
capitalisation of word “Bill”,
1.1.5
consistency with New Zealand Bill of Rights Act 1990,
5.4(f)
Government Bill not yet introduced to House,
4.2.1
identical titles within same parliamentary term,
4.2.1(b)
Member’s Bill not yet introduced to House,
4.2.1
general references, omission of bar number,
4.2.1(d)
Government Bill exposure drafts,
5.4(f)
select committee reports,
4.2.2
Statutes Amendment Bills, identification of,
4.2.1(b)
Supplementary Order Papers,
4.2.3
blogs, 7.1.1
brackets
Australian statutes, jurisdiction identifier,
9.2
Bills
Cabinet document dates,
5.2.1
Canadian cases, neutral citation, year,
8.3.3(a)
case name
suppressed names, inclusion of court file number,
3.2.1(g)
emails
international arbitral decisions, reported
international arbitral decisions, unreported
International Court of Justice/Permanent Court of International Justice
international criminal courts and tribunals, phase or type of decision,
10.2.2(b)
Internet documents
journals
multiple issue numbers within single volume not consecutively paginated,
6.4.5
letters
Māori Land Court/Māori Appellate Court
neutral citation, year of decision,
3.3.2
New Zealand Law Society papers,
6.7.2
newspaper articles
date of publication,
7.2.6
parliamentary materials
pinpoint to paragraph number,
5.1.2
select committee submission date,
5.1.3
press releases
date of publication,
7.4.5
description of document,
7.4.4
provincial legislation, post-1854,
4.1.4(d)
quoted text
reference tags
reported cases
court identifier, case without neutral citation,
3.2.7(a)
series number (overseas reports),
3.2.5(b)
speeches, location and date,
7.5.4
statutes, jurisdiction identifier,
4.1.1(c)
texts, place of publication
United Kingdom statutes, jurisdiction identifier
United Nations
Yearbook of the International Law Commission, year,
10.4.4(b)
United States
Federal Courts of Appeals, en banc decisions,
8.6.2(b)
restatements of the law, pocket parts,
9.5.4(a)
unpublished interviews
interviewer’s name,
7.3.4
transcript details,
7.3.7
WTO document, annex, title,
10.6.1
Broadcasting Standards Authority, 3.3.3(c), Appendix 1
bulleted lists, 1.2.1
Butterworths Current Law, 3.2.5(d)
C
“Cabinet”, 1.1.5
Cabinet documents, 5.2.1
Cabinet Manual, 5.2.2
Cambodia, criminal court, 10.2.2
Canada
reported cases
Supreme Court Reports, court identifier exception,
3.2.7(b)
unreported cases, general rules,
8.1
Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms, 9.3.1
Canadian Criminal Cases, 8.3.1(b)
capital letters
Internet document titles,
7.1.3
journal article titles,
6.4.3
legal persons or constitutional persons/institutions,
1.1.5
newspaper article titles,
7.2.3
paper and report titles,
5.4(b)
press release titles,
7.4.3
Yearbook of the International Law Commission, document titles,
10.4.4(a)
Cardiff Index to Legal Abbreviations, 3.2.5(a), 6.4.6
cases
citation, general rules see citation, general rules
footnote format and content see footnote format and content
historic
Lost Cases Project,
3.7.2
Internet/online sources,
7.1.9
neutral citations see neutral citations
quotations from judgments see quotations
reported see reported cases
rules for determination of how to cite case,
3.1
unreported see unreported cases
CCH series, case numbers, 3.2.6(b)
centuries, 1.2.3(e)
“cf”, 2.2.4(b)
Chancery Division (Ch), official reports for England and Wales, 8.4.1(a), Appendix 4
chapters in edited books see essays and chapters in edited books
Chief Judges, 1.1.6(d)(i)
Chief Justice, 1.1.6(d)(i), 3.2.9(c)
citation, general rules
accuracy and completeness,
2.1.1
cases/decisions see cases; Māori Land Court/Māori Appellate Court; neutral citations; reported cases; unreported cases; Waitangi Tribunal reports
legislation see Bills; secondary legislation; statutes; statutes (specific jurisdictions)
location of citation information,
2.1.2
references to a work referred to in another work,
6.9
secondary materials see essays and chapters in edited books; Internet materials; journal articles; legal encyclopaedias; looseleaf texts; online commentaries; texts; unpublished papers
citation systems
endnotes
essays and chapters in edited books, pinpoint reference,
6.2.6(b)
journal articles, pinpoint reference,
6.4.8
looseleafs, pinpoint reference,
6.3.6
modification of footnote rules for,
2.1.1
online commentaries, pinpoint reference,
6.3.6
footnotes see footnote format and content
in-text citation
modification of footnote rules for,
2.1.1
“City Council”, in case name, 3.2.1(b)
civil appeals, court rules, Appendix 6
civil aviation rules, 4.3.4
codes, 4.3.4
Colonial Law Journal (1865-1875), 3.2.5(e)
commas
international arbitral decisions, date of unreported decision,
10.3.2(f)
international criminal courts and tribunals,
journal articles, footnote or endnote, pinpoint reference,
6.4.8
legislative provisions, pinpoint reference,
4.1.1(d)
multiple paragraphs or pages, pinpoint reference,
3.2.8(b)
newspaper section titles,
7.2.4
paper and report publishers,
5.4(b)
separation of neutral citation and reported citation,
3.2.2(c)
speeches
Supplementary Order Papers, pinpoint reference,
4.2.3(d)
texts
treaties
bilateral treaties, parties’ names,
10.1.1(b)
United Nations
Yearbook of the International Law Commission, volume and part numbers,
10.4.4(d)
unpublished interviews
unreported cases, file number citation,
3.4.5(f)
Commerce Commission, 3.3.3(c), Appendix 1
“Commissioner of Inland Revenue”, in case name, 3.2.1(b)
common case names, 3.2.1(e)
Common Law Market Reports (CLMR), 10.5.1(b)(ii)
Common Pleas, official reports for England and Wales, Appendix 4
Commonwealth Law Reports (CLR), 8.2.1(a)
companies/corporate entities
“Compare” references in footnotes, 2.2.4(b)
conference papers, 6.7.2
consolidated cases, 3.2.1(i)
constitutional persons/institutions, use of capital letters, 1.1.5
contractions, 1.1.7(a)
contractual clauses (“cl”/“cls”), 1.1.7(g)
“Contrast” references in footnotes, 2.2.4(b)
conventions see treaties
Copyright Tribunal, 3.3.3(c), Appendix 1
corporate entities see companies/corporate entities
Council of Europe, 10.5
country name abbreviations, 1.1.7(d)
court identifiers
Australia
Commonwealth Law Reports, exception,
3.2.7(b)
Canada
Supreme Court Reports, exception,
3.2.7(b)
England and Wales
European Commission of Human Rights,
10.5.4(b)
European Union
international criminal courts and tribunals,
10.2.2(c)
neutral citation
particular decision of court or tribunal normally using neutral citation fails to include neutral citation,
3.3.3(d)
Scotland
United States
Supreme Court Reports, exception,
3.2.7(b)
unreported cases, file number citation,
3.4.3
Court of Appeal
neutral citation
reported cases see reported cases
suppressed names, inclusion of court file number,
3.2.1(g)
unreported cases see unreported cases; unreported cases (file number citation)
Court of Appeal (Civil) Rules 2005, 4.3.3
Court of Appeal (Criminal) Rules 2001, 4.3.3
Court of Appeal (England and Wales), 1.1.6(d)(ii)
Court of First Instance (CFI), 10.5, 10.5.1
Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU), 10.5, 10.5.1
court rules, 4.3.3
courts
see also judges
identifiers see court identifiers
Courts of New Zealand website
Supreme Court, transcripts of oral argument,
3.8
Criminal Appeal Reports, case numbers, 3.2.6(b)
criminal appeals, court rules, Appendix 6
cross-referencing in footnotes see footnote format and content
Crown, The
Crown Cases Reserved, official reports for England and Wales, Appendix 4
currency, 1.2.4
Customs Appeal Authority, 3.3.3(c), Appendix 1
D
“Dame”, 6.1.2(c)
dates
enactment/judgment/publication etc see under particular sources/types of information
expression
Declaration of Independence (He Whakaputanga o te Rangatiratanga o Nu Tirene), 4.1.1(e)
deemed regulations, 4.3.4
definitions, statutory, 4.1.1(d)
delegated legislation see secondary legislation
departmental disclosure statements, 5.4(f)
Deportation Review Authority, 3.3.3(c), Appendix 1
diacritic marks see accent marks
dictionaries
digests, 3.2.5(d)
directives, European Union, 10.5.2(a), 10.5.2(b), 10.5.2(c)
disallowable instruments not legislative instruments (DINLIs), 4.3.4
dissenting judgments, 3.2.9(d)
“District Council”, in case name, 3.2.1(b)
District Court
accident compensation appeals, court identifier,
3.3.3(b)
neutral citation
reported cases see reported cases
unreported cases see unreported cases; unreported cases (file number citation)
District Courts Reports (DCR), 3.2.3(b)(iv)
district identifier, tribunal identifier including, 3.3.3(c)
divorce, official reports for England and Wales, Appendix 4
document format see footnote format and content; format; numbers; quotations
Dominion Law Reports (DLR), 3.2.5(d), 8.3.1(b)
double quotation marks see quotation marks
“Dr”, 1.1.6(a), 6.1.2(c)
E
eBooks, 6.1.9
economic materials
General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade,
10.6.2
World Trade Organization,
10.6.1
edited versions of historical texts, 7.7.1
editorials, 7.2.2
editors
essays and chapters in edited books,
6.2.4
online commentaries,
6.3.2
elision of page/paragraph numbers, 1.2.3(a), 3.2.8(b)
ellipses
em dash, 1.2.3(g)
emails, 7.6
emphasis
Employment Court
neutral citation
Employment Relations Authority, 3.3.3(c), Appendix 1
Employment Tribunal, Appendix 1
en dashes
bilateral treaties, parties’ names,
10.1.1(b)
Māori Land Court/Māori Appellate Court, separation of case name and block name,
3.5.2(a)
paper and report titles,
5.4(b)
pinpoint reference, ranges of paragraphs or pages,
3.2.8(b)
texts
multi-volume works,
6.1.7
encyclopaedias see legal encyclopaedias
endnotes
essays and chapters in edited books, pinpoint reference,
6.2.6(b)
journal articles, pinpoint reference,
6.4.8
looseleafs, pinpoint reference,
6.3.6
modification of footnote rules for,
2.1.1
online commentaries, pinpoint reference,
6.3.6
England and Wales
see also House of Lords; United Kingdom
reported cases
Reports of Patent, Design and Trade Mark Cases,
3.2.6(b)
unreported cases, general rules,
8.1
English dictionary, use of, 1.1.1(b)
Environment Court
neutral citation
essays and chapters in edited books, 6.2
citation, general rules see citation, general rules
footnote format and content see footnote format and content
pinpoint reference,
6.2.6
“et seq”, 2.2.4(b)
“etc”, 1.1.7(a)
European cases, distinguishing between, 10.5,
European Commission of Human Rights, 10.5, 10.5.4
European Court of Human Rights, 10.5, 10.5.3
European Court of Justice (ECJ), 10.5, 10.5.1
European Union
“ex parte”, 3.2.1(d)
Exchequer, official reports for England and Wales, Appendix 4
Executive Council members, honorific titles, 1.1.6(b)
explanatory notes (Bills), 4.2.2,
extracts, cases, 3.2.5(d)
extrajudicial writing, 1.1.6(d)(v), 6.1.2(d)
Extraordinary Chambers in the Courts of Cambodia, 10.2.2
F
Family Court
fictional names in cases selected for publication on website,
3.2.1(g)
neutral citation
Family Division (Fam), official reports for England and Wales, 8.4.1(a), Appendix 4
“f”/“ff”, 2.2.4(b)
figures see numbers
file number citation see unreported cases (file number citation)
Fleet Street Reports, case numbers, 3.2.6(b)
font
footnote format and content
court identifier, case without neutral citation,
3.2.7(a)
essays and chapters in edited books, pinpoint reference,
6.2.6(b)
reference tags for cases,
2.3.2
honorifics/post-nominal titles,
6.1.2(c)
introductory signals (“See”/“Compare”/“Contrast”),
2.2.4(b)
journal articles, pinpoint reference,
6.4.8
location and content of citation information in main text,
2.1.2
looseleafs, pinpoint reference,
6.3.6
Māori language
numbering format and sequence,
2.2.1
online commentaries, pinpoint reference,
6.3.6
position of number in main text
reference tags
foreign jurisdictions see Australia; Canada; England and Wales; international criminal courts and tribunals; international materials; judges’ names; Northern Ireland Assembly; Scotland; United Kingdom; United Nations; United States
foreign language materials, 1.1.1(f)
foreign words or phrases, 1.1.1(e)
format
dates see dates
footnotes see footnote format and content
numbered and bulleted lists,
1.2.1
numbers see numbers
quoted text see quotations
forthcoming works, 6.8
French language, legal terms, 1.1.1(d)
full stops
G
Gazette_ see _New Zealand Gazette
Gazette Law Reports (GLR), 3.2.3(b)(ii)
gender-specific language, 1.1.1(a)
General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (GATT), official documents, 10.6.2
General Assembly, 4.1.3
General Court (GCE), 10.5, 10.5.1
general editors
essays and chapters in edited books,
6.2.4
online commentaries,
6.3.2
geographic names, Māori,
1.1.1(c)
Government Bill exposure drafts, 5.4(f)
government departments
capitalisation of names,
1.1.5
government publications, [[GovernmentPublications]5.2]]
see also parliamentary materials
Law Commission reports,
5.2.3
New Zealand Gazette see New Zealand Gazette
official citation available,
5.4(d)
press releases, official document reference,
7.4.4
grammar
H
Halsbury’s Laws of England
abbreviations for nominate reports,
8.4.2(b)
reissue information,
6.5.1
Hansard, 5.1.1
He Whakaputanga o te Rangatiratanga o Nu Tirene (Declaration of Independence), 4.1.1(e)
headings
“he”/“his”, 1.1.1(a)
High Court
neutral citation
pre-1980, use of “SC” as court identifier,
3.2.7(a)
reported cases see reported cases
unreported cases see unreported cases; unreported cases (file number citation)
High Court (England and Wales), 1.1.6(d)(ii)
High Court Rules 2016, 4.3.3
historic judgments
Lost Cases Project,
3.7.2
historical materials
archived materials,
7.7.2
edited or translated versions of texts,
7.7.1
honorific titles
judges
House of Commons, Parliamentary Debates, 5.1.1
House of Lords
Parliamentary Debates,
5.1.1
Human Rights Review Tribunal, 3.3.3(c), Appendix 1
hyphens
I
“Ibid”, 2.3.1(a)(i)
Immigration Advisors Complaints and Disciplinary Tribunal, 3.3.3(c), Appendix 1
Immigration and Protection Tribunal, 3.3.3(c), Appendix 1
imperial legislation, 4.1.2, 9.4.1
imperial measurement, units of, 1.1.7(b)
“(in liq)”, 3.2.1(b)
“(in rec)”, 3.2.1(b)
“In re”/“In the matter of”, 3.2.1(d)
“(in stat man)”, 3.2.1(b)
“Inc”, 3.2.1(b)
initialisms, 1.1.7(e), 2.1.3
Intellectual Property Office of New Zealand, 3.3.3(c), Appendix 1
international criminal courts and tribunals, 10.2.2
International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda, 10.2.2
International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia, 10.2.2
International Education Appeal Authority, 3.3.3(c), Appendix 1
International Law Commission, 10.4.4
International Law Reports (ILR), 10.3.1(e)
international materials, 10
European materials, generally,
10.5
European Union
General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade,
10.6.2
International Court of Justice/Permanent Court of International Justice,
10.2.1
United Nations see United Nations
World Trade Organization,
10.6.1
International System of Units, 1.1.7(b)
Internet materials, 7.1
citing to paper source,
7.1.1
paper version difficult to access,
7.1.1
pinpoint reference,
7.1.7
website name different from author’s name,
7.1.5
interviews, 7.3
place of interview,
7.3.5
position of interviewee,
7.3.3
programme and broadcast details,
7.3.5
publication in journal or text,
7.3.1
transcript details,
7.3.7
in-text citation
modification of footnote rules for,
2.1.1
introductory signals in footnotes (“See”/“Compare”/“Contrast”), 2.2.4(b)
italics
international arbitral decisions: reported
international arbitral decisions, unreported
International Court of Justice/Permanent Court of International Justice
international criminal courts and tribunals, phase or type of decision,
10.2.2(b)
Internet document titles,
7.1.3
journal article titles,
6.4.3
legal terms, Latin and French words,
1.1.1(d)
newspaper article titles,
7.2.3
newspaper section titles,
7.2.4
online commentary titles,
6.3.3
press release titles,
7.4.3
United Nations
Yearbook of the International Law Commission, document titles,
10.4.4(a)
J
journal articles, 6.4
citation see citation, general rules; footnote format and content
journal title abbreviations,
6.4.6
pinpoint reference,
6.4.8
judges
judicial hierarchy, foreign jurisdictions,
1.1.6(c)
names see judges’ names
judges’ names
subsequent references to a particular judge,
1.1.6(d)(i)
unreported cases, file number citation,
3.4.8
judgments
citation, general rules see citation, general rules
footnote format and content see footnote format and content
historic
Lost Cases Project,
3.7.2
Internet/online sources,
7.1.9
Māori Land Court/Māori Appellate Court see Māori Land Court/Māori Appellate Court
neutral citations see neutral citations
quotations from see quotations
reported see reported cases
rules for determination of how to cite judgment,
3.1
unreported see unreported cases
jurisdiction, statement of, where common court name, 1.1.6(c)
jurisdiction identifiers
Australia
Canada
New Zealand
overseas legislation, generally,
4.1.1(c)
United Kingdom
national parliaments, post-1998,
9.4.3(b)
pre-1998 constitutional reforms,
9.4.2
justified text, Appendix 7 (III)
K
keyboard shortcuts
“The King”, as party, 3.2.1(c)
King’s Bench (KB), official reports for England and Wales, 8.4.1(a)
L
land transport rules, 4.3.4
Land Valuation Tribunal, 3.3.3(c), Appendix 1
language
spelling see spelling
“laser”, 1.1.7(e)
Latin, legal terms, 1.1.1(d)
Law Commission reports, 5.2.3
“Law Lords”, 1.1.6(a), 1.1.6(d)(ii)
law reports (New Zealand)
citation rules, generally see reported cases
law reports (specific jurisdictions)
Australia
Canada
citation rules, generally see reported cases (specific jurisdictions)
England and Wales
European Commission of Human Rights,
10.5.4
international arbitral decisions,
10.3.1
International Court of Justice/Permanent Court of International Justice,
10.2.1
United States
Lawyers and Conveyancers Disciplinary Tribunal, 3.3.3(c), Appendix 1
Lebanon, Special Court for, 10.2.2
Legal Aid Tribunal, 3.3.3(c), Appendix 1
Legal Citations for Aotearoa New Zealand database, 3.2.5(a), 6.4.6
legal encyclopaedias, 6.5
Laws of England
abbreviations for nominate reports,
8.4.2(b)
reissue information,
6.5.1
reissue information,
6.5.1
legal entity abbreviations, 1.1.7(h), 3.2.1(b)
legal persons/institutions, use of capital letters, 1.1.5
legal terms, Latin and French words, 1.1.1(d)
legislation see Bills; secondary legislation; statutes; statutes (specific jurisdictions)
legislative abbreviations, 1.1.7(f), 4.1.1(d)
Legislative Council (1841-1853), 4.1.3
legislative instruments, 4.3.1
letters, 7.6
letters patent, 4.3.5
“lex causae”, 1.1.1(d)
“lex loci delicti”, 1.1.1(d)
Licensing Authority of Secondhand Dealers and Pawnbrokers, 3.3.3(c), Appendix 1
Liquor Licensing Authority, 3.3.3(c), Appendix 1
lists, 1.2.1
looseleaf texts, 6.3
pinpoint reference,
6.3.6
Lord Chancellor (England and Wales), 1.1.6(d)(ii)
Lord Chief Justice (England and Wales), 1.1.6(d)(ii)
Lost Cases Project, 3.7.2
“Ltd”, 1.1.7(h), 3.2.1(b)
M
Macassey’s Reports (1861-1872), 3.2.5(e)
macrons, 1.1.1(c)
magazine articles see newspaper and magazine articles
main text, general rules
abbreviations see abbreviations
capital letters see capital letters
dates
emphasis
footnotes see footnote format and content
italics see italics
language see language; spelling
legislative provisions, abbreviations,
4.1.1(d)
numbered and bulleted lists,
1.2.1
numbers see numbers
personal names see judges’ names; names, personal
punctuation see punctuation
quotations, format see quotations
male pronouns, 1.1.1(a)
“man”/“men”/“mankind”, 1.1.1(a)
Māori Land Court/Māori Appellate Court, 3.5
applications involving succession,
3.5.2(c)
applications with no “subject matter”,
3.5.2(d)
separation of case name and block name,
3.5.2(a)
applications filed by Chief Registrar or Deputy Registrar,
3.5.1(c)
current minute books and their abbreviations,
3.5
district Appellate Court minute books,
3.5
minute book citation,
3.5.5
minute book reference,
3.5.4
organisation of decisions,
3.5
pinpoint reference,
3.5.6
Māori words and phrases
explanations of key concepts in text or footnotes,
1.1.1(c)
margins
Master of the Rolls, 1.1.6(d)(ii)
Masters (High Court), 1.1.6(d)(i), 3.2.9(c)
media releases see press releases
Members of Parliament, 1.1.6(b)
metric measurement, units of, 1.1.7(b)
monetary amounts, 1.2.4
Motor Vehicle Disputes Tribunal, 3.3.3(c), Appendix 1
“Mr”/“Mrs”/“Ms”, 1.1.6(a)
N
names, countries, 1.1.7(d)
names, courts see court identifiers; courts
names, personal
authors see under particular sources/types of information
footnotes, references to titles in,
6.1.2(c)
judges see judges’ names
parties see reported cases; unreported cases
peerage titles
unpublished interviews
National Assembly for Wales, 9.4.3(b)
neutral citations
adoption by senior courts,
3.1(a)
year (distinguishing from report series citations),
8.3.3(a)
England and Wales, Appendix 4,
8.4.4
particular decision of court or tribunal normally using neutral citation fails to include neutral citation,
3.3.3(d)
reported cases
report series organised by volume number,
3.2.3(a)
separation from reported citation,
3.2.2(c)
unreported cases
New Zealand Administrative Reports (NZAR), 3.2.3(b)(iii)
see also law reports (New Zealand); reported cases
New Zealand Bill of Rights Act 1990, consistency of Bills, 5.4(f)
New Zealand Council for Law Reporting, 3.2.5(c)
New Zealand Court of Appeal Reports (1867-1877), 3.2.5(e)
New Zealand dollar amounts, 1.2.4
New Zealand Gazette
Orders in Council, publication of
instruments in their own right,
4.3.2
legislative instruments,
4.3.1
proclamations, publication of,
4.3.6
New Zealand Jurist (1873-1879), 3.2.5(e)
New Zealand Jurist Reports (New Series) (1875-1879), 3.2.5(e)
New Zealand Law Reports (NZLR)
see also law reports (New Zealand); reported cases
Privy Council judgment also reported in AC,
3.2.5(c)
New Zealand Law Society papers, 6.7.2
New Zealand Legal Information Institute (NZLII), judgment numbering system, 3.2.2(a), 3.3
“New Zealand”/“NZ”, 1.1.7(d)
New Zealand’s Lost Cases Project, 3.7.2
news media releases see press releases
newspaper and magazine articles, 7.2
date of publication,
7.2.6
pinpoint reference,
7.2.7
place of publication
title of newspaper and section titles,
7.2.4
nominate reports (England and Wales), 8.4.2
non-governmental papers and reports, 5.4
Northern Ireland Assembly, 9.4.3(b)
nouns, capitalisation of, 1.1.5
numbered lists, 1.2.1
numbers
in dates see dates
in monetary amounts,
1.2.4
report series, numbering see reported cases
text edition number,
6.1.4
Nuremberg, war crimes tribunal, 10.2.2
O
“obiter dictum/obiter dicta”, 1.1.1(d)
official information, 5.3
Official Journal of the European Union (OJ), 10.5.1(b)(ii), 10.5.2(c)
official place names, Māori, 1.1.1(c)
Ombudsmen findings/reports, 5.4(f)
omissions, quoted text, 1.2.2(a)(ii), 1.2.2(b)(v)
online commentaries, 6.3
pinpoint reference,
6.3.6
online Hansard, 5.1.1
online legal encyclopaedias, 6.5.2, 6.6.2
online materials see emails; Internet materials; newspaper and magazine articles; online commentaries; online Hansard; online legal encyclopaedias
online template, styles for university work, Appendix 7 (I)
Orders in Council
instruments in their own right,
4.3.2
legislative instruments,
4.3.1
ordinal numbers, 1.2.3(f)
Ordinances (pre-1854), 4.1.3
organisation names
overseas jurisdictions see Australia; Canada; England and Wales; international criminal courts and tribunals; international materials; judges’ names; Northern Ireland Assembly; Scotland; United Kingdom; United Nations; United States
Oxford commas (serial commas), 1.1.2
P
page numbers
eBooks also available in hardcopy,
6.1.9(a)
starting page/pinpoint reference see under particular sources/types of information
paper requirements, High Court Rules, Appendix 6
papers and reports, 5.4
see also government publications; Internet materials; parliamentary materials
official citation available,
5.4(d)
online working papers,
7.1.1
New Zealand Law Society papers,
6.7.2
paragraph numbers
eBooks also available in hardcopy,
6.1.9(a)
pinpoint reference see under particular sources/types of information
parallel citations, 3.2.10
Parliament
“Parliament”/“parliamentary”,
1.1.5
Speaker of the House of Representatives: “Rt Hon”,
1.1.6(b)
parliamentary materials, 5.1
see also government publications
Law Commission reports in,
5.2.3
select committees
United Kingdom Parliamentary Debates,
5.1.1
part numbers, report series, 3.2.4(b), 3.2.4(c)
pawnbrokers, licensing authority, 3.3.3(c), Appendix 1
peerage titles
“per”, 3.2.9(a)
“per se”, 1.1.1(d)
percentages, 1.2.3(a)
Permanent Court of International Justice, 10.2.1
personal names see names, personal
personal pronouns, 1.1.1(a)
pilcrow sign (¶), with case numbers, 3.2.6(b)
pinpoint references see under particular sources/types of information
place names, Māori, 1.1.1(c)
“plc”, 3.2.1(b)
pleadings, numbers in, 1.2.3(a)
“pm/”am”, 1.2.3(c)
podcasts, 7.1.8
post-nominal titles, 1.1.6(a), 6.1.2(c)
press releases, 7.4
date of publication,
7.4.5
description of document,
7.4.4
government document reference,
7.4.4
pinpoint reference,
7.4.6
“prima facie”, 1.1.1(d)
Prime Minister: “Rt Hon”, 1.1.6(b)
Principal Judges, 1.1.6(d)(i)
Private Security Personnel Licensing Authority, 3.3.3(c), Appendix 1
Privy Council
citation of judgment reported in NZLR and AC,
3.2.5(c)
Commonwealth Law Reports, court identifier,
3.2.7(b)
neutral citation
probate, official reports for England and Wales, Appendix 4
proclamations, 4.3.6
“Professor”/“Prof”, 1.1.6(a), 6.1.2(c)
proper nouns, capitalisation of, 1.1.5
prose see abbreviations; capital letters; emphasis; italics; judges’ names; language; names, personal; punctuation
provincial legislation, post-1854, 4.1.4(d)
provincial legislative councils (1848-1853), 4.1.3
provisional Ordinances, pre-1854, 4.1.3(a)
“Pty”, 1.1.7(h), 3.2.1(b)
publication dates see under particular sources/types of information
punctuation
see also brackets; commas; en dashes; full stops; hyphens; quotation marks; spaces; symbols
papers and reports
quotations
superscript footnote numbers in main text,
2.2.1
Yearbook of the International Law Commission, document titles,
10.4.4(a)
Q
Queen
“Her Majesty, the Queen”,
1.1.5
Queen’s Bench (QB), official reports for England and Wales, 8.4.1(a), Appendix 4
Queen’s Counsel (QC)
quotation marks
double
AJHR document titles,
5.1.2
essay or chapter titles in edited books,
6.2.3
Internet document titles,
7.1.3
journal article titles,
6.4.3
newspaper article titles,
7.2.3
press release titles,
7.4.3
single
quotation marks within journal article titles,
6.4.3
quotation marks within online article titles,
7.1.3
quotations
grammar: quotations forming part of sentence in text,
1.2.2(b)(iii)
R
“R” (Regina/Rex), 3.2.1(c)
radio interviews see interviews
ranges of numbers, 1.2.3(g)
“ratio decidendi/rationes decidendi”, 1.1.1(d)
“Re”, 3.2.1(d)
Real Estate Agents Disciplinary Tribunal, 3.3.3(c), Appendix 1
reference tags
“Regional Council”, in case name, 3.2.1(b)
regnal years, Appendix 5
United Kingdom, pre-1963 statutes,
9.4.1(d)
regulations
New Zealand see Orders in Council
Regulatory Impact Statements, 5.4(f)
reported cases, 3.2
Cardiff Index to Legal Abbreviations,
3.2.5(a)
case history (“aff’d”/“rev’d”),
3.2.11
additional information about parties,
3.2.1(b)
case involving more than one action,
3.2.1(b)
company and other legal status abbreviations,
3.2.1(b)
multiple cases with same parties in same court,
3.2.1(h)
names which should not be abbreviated,
3.2.1(b)
subsequent elevation in office,
3.2.9(e)
Legal Citations for Aotearoa New Zealand database,
3.2.5(a)
multiple judgments, court identifier,
3.2.7(a)
neutral citation available
report series organised by volume number,
3.2.3(a)
separation from reported citation,
3.2.2(c)
neutral citation unavailable,
3.1(b)
overseas see reported cases (specific jurisdictions)
pinpoint reference,
3.2.8
report series
judgment followed by an appeal under same headnote,
3.2.6(a)
year
change in law report structure,
3.2.3(b)
reported cases (specific jurisdictions)
Australia
Canada
Supreme Court Reports, court identifier exception,
3.2.7(b)
England and Wales
Reports of Patent, Design and Trade Mark Cases,
3.2.6(b)
European Commission of Human Rights,
10.5.4
general rules see reported cases
International Court of Justice/Permanent Court of International Justice,
10.2.1
Scotland
neutral citation available,
8.5.2
United States see United States
reported international arbitral decisions, 10.3.1
reports see government publications; papers and reports; parliamentary materials
Reports of International Arbitral Awards (RIAA), 10.3.1(e)
Reports of Patent, Design and Trade Mark Cases, case numbers, 3.2.6(b)
research papers, 6.7.1
“rev’d” (reversed), 3.2.11
“Rt Hon”, 1.1.6(b)
rules, statutory see Orders in Council
rules (DINLIs), 4.3.4
rules of court, 4.3.3
Rwanda, criminal tribunal, 10.2.2
S
“s” vs “z”, 1.1.1(b)
Scotland
see also United Kingdom
reported cases
neutral citation available,
8.5.2
statutes of the Scottish Parliament,
9.4.3(b)
unreported cases, general rules,
8.
secondary legislation, 4.3
Orders in Council
instruments in their own right,
4.3.2
legislative instruments,
4.3.1
other instruments (DINLIs),
4.3.4
secondary materials see essays and chapters in edited books; Internet materials; journal articles; legal encyclopaedias; looseleaf texts; online commentaries; texts; unpublished papers
secondhand dealers, licensing authority, 3.3.3(c), Appendix 1
Security Council resolutions, 10.4.2
“See”/“See also” references in footnotes, 2.2.4(b)
select committees
seminar papers, 6.7.2
Senior Counsel (SC)
serial commas (Oxford commas), 1.1.2
“sic”, 1.2.2(b)(iii)
Sierra Leone, Special Court for, 10.2.2
signals in footnotes (“See”/“Compare”/“Contrast”), 2.2.4(b)
signature requirements, High Court Rules, Appendix 6
single quotation marks see quotation marks
“Sir”, 6.1.2(c)
social media, 7.1.10
Social Science Research Network (SSRN), 7.1.1
Social Security Appeal Authority, 3.3.3(c), Appendix 1
solicitor filing documents, High Court Rules, Appendix 6
“Solicitor-General”, in case name, 3.2.1(b)
sources, citation generally see citation, general rules
sovereign see Queen
spaces
Speaker of the House of Representatives: “Rt Hon”, 1.1.6(b)
Special Court for Lebanon, 10.2.2
Special Court for Sierra Leone, 10.2.2
speeches, 7.5
minister or official speaker,
7.5.2
unpublished conference papers,
6.7.2
spelling
alternative
Internet document titles,
7.1.3
journal article titles,
6.4.3
newspaper article titles,
7.2.3
paper and report titles,
5.4(b)
press release titles,
7.4.3
quoted text: mistakes and errors (and use of “sic”),
1.2.2(b)(iii)
United Kingdom, pre-1963 statutes,
9.4.1(a)
Yearbook of the International Law Commission, document titles,
10.4.4(a)
Standing Orders, 5.1.4
“stare decisis”, 1.1.1(d)
statutes, 4.1
see also Bills
capitalisation of word “Act”,
1.1.5
citation, general rules see citation, general rules
footnote format and content see footnote format and content
Treaty of Waitangi and Declaration of Independence,
4.1.1(e)
Ordinances, pre-1854,
4.1.3
overseas see statutes (specific jurisdictions)
Statutes Amendment Bills, identification of, 4.2.1(b)
statutes (specific jurisdictions)
United Kingdom
modern statutes: post-1998,
9.4.3
modern statutes: pre-1998 constitutional reforms,
9.4.2
United States
restatements of the law,
9.5.4
statutory regulations (legislative instruments) see secondary legislation
Student Allowance Appeal Authority, 3.3.3(c), Appendix 1
succession to Māori land, 3.5.2(c)
superscript footnote numbers in main text, 2.2.1
Supplementary Order Papers (SOPs), 4.2.3
suppressed names, 3.2.1(g)
Supreme Court
High Court, pre-1980, distinction,
3.2.7(a)
reported cases see reported cases
transcripts of oral argument,
3.8
unreported cases see unreported cases; unreported cases (file number citation)
Supreme Court (England and Wales), 1.1.6(d)(ii)
Supreme Court Reports (SCR), court identifier exception, 3.2.7(b)
Supreme Court Rules 2004, 4.3.3
symbols
¶ (pilcrow sign), with case numbers,
3.2.6(b)
T
Taxation Review Authority, 3.3.3(c), Appendix 1
television interviews see interviews
template, styles for university work, Appendix 7 (I)
Tenancy Tribunal, 3.3.3(c), Appendix 1
texts, 6.1
citation, general rules see citation, general rules
essays and chapters see essays and chapters in edited books
footnote format and content see footnote format and content
Māori language see Māori words and phrases
pinpoint reference,
6.1.8
place of publication,
6.1.6
reference tags see reference tags
year of publication, multi-volume work, 6.1.7
theses, 6.7.1
times, 1.2.3(c)
titles (names) see judges’ names; names, personal
titles (works) see under particular sources/types of information
Tokyo, war crimes tribunal, 10.2.2
transcripts
Supreme Court oral argument,
3.8
unpublished interviews,
7.3.7
translations
foreign language words or phrases,
1.1.1(e)
translated versions of historical texts,
7.7.1
treaties, 10.1
Treaty of Waitangi, 4.1.1(e)
tribunals, neutral citation, 3.3.3(c), Appendix 1
tweets, citation of, 7.1.10
U
“ultra vires”, 1.1.1(d)
Uniform Resource Locators (URLs), 7.1.6
United Kingdom
see also England and Wales; House of Lords; Scotland
Parliamentary Debates,
5.1.1
pre-1998 constitutional reforms,
9.4.2
United Nations
constitutive documents, general form,
10.4.1
International Law Commission,
10.4.4
treaties see treaties
United States
Supreme Court Reports, court identifier exception,
3.2.7(b)
neutral citation available (public domain citations),
8.6.3(c)
restatements of the law,
9.5.4
“United States”/“USA”/“America”,
1.1.7(d)
units of measurement, 1.1.7(b)
university work, additional style rules, Appendix 7
unpublished interviews see interviews
unpublished papers, 6.7
New Zealand Law Society papers,
6.7.2
unreported cases
case name,
3.2.1,
3.4.2 additional information about parties,
3.2.1(b)
case involving more than one action,
3.2.1(b)
company and other legal status abbreviations,
3.2.1(b)
multiple cases with same parties in same court,
3.2.1(h)
names which should not be abbreviated,
3.2.1(b)
historic judgments
Lost Cases Project,
3.7.2
neutral citation available
general rule for use,
3.1(a),
3.3, [[UnreportedCases]3.4]]
neutral citation unavailable see unreported cases (file number citation)
overseas see reported cases (specific jurisdictions)
unreported cases (file number citation)
court abbreviation,
3.4.3
Court of Appeal,
3.4.1(b) minutes and rulings given during trial,
3.4.7
separation of file number from date of judgment,
3.4.5(f)
District Court,
3.4.1(d) minutes and rulings given during trial,
3.4.7
pinpoint reference,
3.2.8, 3.4.2
separation of file number from date of judgment,
3.4.5(f)
High Court,
3.4.1(c) minutes and rulings given during trial,
3.4.7
separation of file number from date of judgment,
3.4.5(f)
other courts and tribunals,
3.4.1(e) minutes and rulings given during trial,
3.4.7
separation of file number from date of judgment,
3.4.5(f)
Supreme Court,
3.4.1(a) minutes and rulings given during trial,
3.4.7
separation of file number from date of judgment,
3.4.5(f)
transcripts of oral argument,
3.8
unreported cases (specific jurisdictions)
unreported international arbitral decisions, 10.3.2
V
“v” in case name, 3.2.1(a)
video podcasts, 7.1.8
volume numbers, report series, 3.2.4
vowel modifiers
W
Waitangi Tribunal reports, 3.3.3(b), 3.6
Wales
see also United Kingdom
cases see England and Wales
statutes of the National Assembly,
9.4.3(b)
war crimes tribunals, 10.2.2
Weathertight Homes Tribunal, 3.3.3(c), Appendix 1
webinar papers, 6.7.2
Weekly Law Reports (WLR), 8.4.1(b)
Western Weekly Reports, 8.3.1(b)
working papers, online, 7.1.1
works referred to in another work, 6.9
World Trade Organization (WTO), official documents, 10.6.1
Y
Yearbook of the International Law Commission (YILC), 10.4.4
years
cited decisions see international materials; Māori Land Court/Māori Appellate Court; reported cases; unreported cases; Waitangi Tribunal reports
Orders in Council that are legislative instruments,
4.3.2(b)
regnal see regnal years
statutes, enactment see statutes; statutes (specific jurisdictions)
texts, year of publication, multi-volume work,
6.1.7
Youth Court
Yugoslavia, criminal tribunal, 10.2.2
Z
“z” vs “s”, 1.1.1(b)