Practice Direction (Judgments: Neutral citation): LCJ 17 Jan 2002

The practice of using the system of neutral Citation of judgements is extended to all divisions of the High Court where the judgement was given in London, with effect from January 14 2002. Numbers will be issued automatically in London, and on request from judges outside London. It will be unnecessary to include the descriptive word in brackets when citing the paragraph number of a judgment. Thus paragraph 59 in Smith v Jones (2002) EWHC 124 (QB) would be cited: Smith v Jones (2002) EWHC 124 at (59).

Judges:

Lord Woolf, Lord Chief Justice

Citations:

Times 17-Jan-2002

Jurisdiction:

England and Wales

Citing:

CitedPractice Direction on the Citation of Authorities LCJ 9-Apr-2001
The court laid down rules for restricting the citation of authorities, which rules are to be applied in all courts except criminal courts. The increase in the number of judgments series being available had come to be problematic for all involved, . .
Lists of cited by and citing cases may be incomplete.

Litigation Practice

Updated: 08 July 2022; Ref: scu.167398