APPENDIX 4: ENGLAND AND WALES OFFICIAL REPORT SERIES AND NEUTRAL CITATIONS

For guidance on citation of decisions from England and Wales, see rule 8.4.

Official reports

The official reports for England and Wales are called the Law Reports. The main series in the Law Reports are listed below with the relevant abbreviation and time period.

Admiralty and Ecclesiastical Cases
LR A & E	Admiralty and Ecclesiastical Cases	1865–1875
Appeal Cases
LR HL	English and Irish Appeal Cases and Peerage Claims, House of Lords	1866–1875
LR S & D	Scotch and Divorce Appeal Cases, House of Lords	1888–1875
LR PC	Privy Council Appeals	1865–1875
App Cas	Appeal Cases	1875–1890
AC	Appeal Cases	1891–
Chancery
LR Eq	Equity Cases	1865–1875
LR Ch App	Chancery Appeal Cases	1865–1875
Ch D	Chancery Division	1875–1890
Ch	Chancery Division	1891–
Common Pleas
LR CP	Common Pleas	1865–1875
CPD	Common Pleas Division	1875–1880
Crown Cases Reserved
LR CCR	Crown Cases Reserved	1865–1875
Exchequer
LR Ex	Exchequer	1865–1874
Ex D	Exchequer Division	1875–1880
Family
Fam	Family Division	1972–
Probate and Divorce
LR P & D	Probate and Divorce	1865–1875
PD	Probate Division	1875–1890
P	Probate Division	1891–1971
Queens's and King's Bench
LR QB	Queen's Bench	1865–1875
QBD	Queen's Bench	1875–1890
QB	Queen's Bench	1891–1900
KB	King's Bench	1901–1952
QB	Queen's Bench	1952–

Neutral citations

The following list indicates when the various neutral citations were officially adopted.

Note that some earlier decisions have been given what look like neutral citations by the British and Irish Legal Information Institute (BAILII). These are not official and should not be used.

Supreme Court (UKSC) House of Lords (UKHL) Privy Council (UKPC) Court of Appeal (Civil) (EWCA Civ) Court of Appeal (Criminal) (EWCA Crim) High Court (Administrative Court) (EWHC)* High Court (Admiralty Division) (EWHC)* High Court (Chancery Division) (EWHC)*

Oct ober 2009 Jan uary 2001 Jan uary 2001 Jan uary 2001 Jan uary 2001 Jan uary 2001 Jan uary 2002 Jan uary 2002

High Court (Commercial Court) (EWHC)* High Court (Family Division) (EWHC)* High Court (Mercantile Court) (EWHC)* High Court (Patents Court) (EWHC)* High Court (Queen's Bench Division) (EWHC)* High Court (Technology and Construction Court) (EWHC)* Family Court (EWFC) Court of Protection (EWCOP)

January 2002 January 2002 January 2002 January 2002 January 2002 January 2002 April 2014 April 2014

* The divisions and specialist courts of the High Court all have the court identifier “EWHC”. They are distinguished by indicating the division or specialist court after the judgment number in round brackets.

The following identifiers are used.

Administrative Court Family Division Admiralty Division Patents Court Chancery Division Queen’s Bench Division Commercial Court Technology and Construction Court Mercantile Court

(Admin) (Fam) (Admlty) (Pat) (Ch) (QB) (Comm) (TCC) (Mercantile)