Practice Direction: Citation of Authorities
| Jurisdiction | England & Wales |
| Date | 2012 |
| Year | 2012 |
| Court | Senior Courts |
Practice - Citation of authorities - Senior Courts, county courts and magistrates’ courts - The Law Reports to be cited in preference to all other series - Otherwise Weekly Law Reports or All England Law Reports to be cited in preference to other series - Signed reports with headnote to be preferred to other reports - Official transcript to be referred to only if case not reported - Unreported cases not usually to be cited unless containing relevant statement of legal principle not found in reported authority - Citation of reproductions of reports in electronic form -
1 This practice direction is issued in order to clarify the practice and procedure governing the citation of authorities and applies throughout the Senior Courts of England and Wales, including the Crown Court, in county courts and in magistrates’ courts.
Repeal2 Practice Direction (Court of Appeal: Citation of Authority) [1995] 1 WLR 1096 of 22 June 1995, Practice Statement (Court of Appeal: Authorities) [1996] 1 WLR 854 of 15 May 1996, paragraph 8 of Practice Statement (Supreme Court: Judgments) [1998] 1 WLR 825 of 22 April 1998, paragraph 3 of Practice Direction (Judgments: Form and Citation) [2001] 1 WLR 194 of 11 January 2001, and, in so far as they remain in force, paragraphs 10.1 and 10.2 of Practice Direction (Court of Appeal (Civil Division)) [1999] 1 WLR 1027 of 19 April 1999 are hereby revoked.
Variation3 Practice Direction (Criminal Proceedings: Consolidation) [2002] 1 WLR 2870 of 8 July 2002 (as amended) is varied so that all references to paragraph 10.1 of Practice Direction (Court of Appeal (Civil Division)) [1999] 1 WLR 1027 are to read as references to paragraphs 5–13 of this practice direction.
4 Practice Direction 52 supplementing CPR Pt 52 is varied so that paragraph 15.11(2) reads as follows:
Citation of authority“The bundle of authorities should comply with the requirements of Practice Direction (Citation of Authorities) [2012] 1 WLR 780 and in general— (a) have the relevant passages of the authorities marked; (b) not include authorities for propositions not in dispute; and (c) not contain more than ten authorities unless the scale of the appeal warrants more extensive citation.”
5 When authority is cited, whether in written or oral submissions, the following practice should be followed.
6 Where a judgment is reported in the official Law Reports (AC, QB, Ch, Fam)...
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