Cases refer to other cases by using the name and a reference. Here follows a very incomplete list and explanation of such references:
| Our Style | Publication | Style / eg | From/to | Note |
| Neutral Citations | Neutral Citations are those now allocated independently of any commercial court series, and are generally preferred. | |||
| EWCA Civ | [2004] EWCA Civ 664 | Court of Appeal – Civil Division | ||
| ALR | Australian Law Reports | [2002] 194 ALR 161 | ||
| ALL ER | All England | [1983] 3 All ER 242 | Published by Lexis-Nexis. Reputable general series starting from the mid-1930s. Publishes 3-4 volumes a year with 100 or so cases per volume. | |
| CLR | Commonwealth Law Reports | The authorised reports for the High Court of Australia. Published by Thompson/Reuters of Australia and wikipedia | ||
| CP Rep | Civil Procedure Reports | [2010] CP Rep 40 | ||
| EGLR | Estates Gazette Law Reports | [1995] 2 EGLR 134 | ||
| EMLR | Entertainment and Media Law Reports | [2004] EMLR 2 | 1993 - | |
| EngR | English Reports | [1828] EngR 115 | 1220 – 1865 | |
| FLR | Family Law Reports | [1996] 1 FLR 80 | ||
| Gazette | The Law Society’s Gazette carries several case summaries in most issues. | |||
| HLR | Housing Law Reports | |||
| ICR | Industrial Cases Reports | [1984] ICR 525 | A respected series covering employment law. | |
| INLR | Immigration and Nationality Law Reports | [2010] INLR 632 | ||
| IPR | Intellectual Property Reports | (1990) 19 IPR 455 | ||
| IRLR | Industrial Relations Law Reports | [1991] IRLR 518 | ||
| NPC | New Property Cases | |||
| NZLR | New Zealand Law Reports | |||
| PIQR | Personal Injuries and Quantum Reports | [2010] PIQR P16 | ||
| P&CR | Property and Compensation Reports | P & CR | ||
| QB | Queen’s Bench | [1991] 1 QB 88 | ||
| Times | The Times Law Reports are respected summaries which have been produced in slightly different ways over many years. | |||
| WLR | Weekly Law Reports | W L R | 1953 - | A major series published by the Incorporated Council of Law Reporting. The original aim was to bring case reports out quickly – thus weekly publishing, and in practise it tended to be first to the punch. It is very well respected. They tend to publish 300-400 decisions a year. |
Years: Reports are organised differently. Where volumes are published annually, and the case is to be found by looking for the year, and then perhaps the volume within the year, the year is surrounded by [square brackets]. Others are located primarily by reference to sequentially numbered volumes. Here the year is only an incidental guide to the age of case rather than a primary means of finding it. In such cases the year if added should be within ordinary (curved brackets). It must be said that this is much honoured in the breach.
