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Part of the public policy agenda of BAILII has been to promote a system of vendor and media neutral citation in the United Kingdom and Ireland (see Mowbray, Greenleaf and Chung, "A Uniform Approach for Vendor and Media Neutral Citation", Edinburgh 2000).
| United Kingdom House of Lords | [year] UKHL number |
| United Kingdom Privy Council | [year] UKPC number |
| England and Wales Court of Appeal (Civil Division) | [year] EWCA Civ number |
| England and Wales Court of Appeal (Criminal Division) | [year] EWCA Crim number |
| England and Wales High Court (Administrative Court) | [year] EWHC Admin number |
The courts that have "official" vendor/media neutral citations from 14 January 2002 are the:
| England and Wales High Court (Chancery Division) | [year] EWHC number (Ch) |
| England and Wales High Court (Patents Court) | [year] EWHC number (Pat) |
| England and Wales High Court (Queen's Bench Division) | [year] EWHC number (QB) |
| England and Wales High Court (Administrative Court) | [year] EWHC number (Admin) |
| England and Wales High Court (Commercial Court) | [year] EWHC number (Comm) |
| England and Wales High Court (Admiralty Court) | [year] EWHC number (Admlty) |
| England and Wales High Court (Technology & Construction Court) | [year] EWHC number (TCC) |
| England and Wales High Court (Family Division) | [year] EWHC number (Fam) |
For 2002 onwards, there are no duplicated EWHC numbers (ie there is not a
[2002] EWHC 1 (QB) as well as a [2002] EWHC 1 (Comm) ). However the
non-authoritative Bailii-assigned citations for earlier years do use the same
number for judgments given in different divisions of the English High Court, so
for these judgments it is necessary to cite the division suffix as well as the
number.
Citing cases in the courts of England and Wales
Where cases are to be cited in court, practitioners should comply with the Practice Notes on Citation of Authorities (Court of Appeal (Civil Division) [1995] 1 WLR 1096; [1995] 3 All ER 256 and [1996] 1 WLR 854; [1996] 3 All ER 382, the requirements of which are reproduced in section 8 of the Practice Statement on Judgments and on BAILII's Disclaimer page.
| Scotland High Court of Justiciary | [year] HCJT number |
| Scotland Court of Criminal Appeal | [year] HCJAC number |
| Scotland Court of Session, Outer House | [year] CSOH number |
| Scotland Court of Session, Inner House) | [year]CSIH number |
In line with international standards, references to paragraphs within a judgment should be in square brackets and the end of the citation (to distinguish them from page numbers) as in:
Bettison and Others v. Langton and Others [2001] UKHL 24 at [11]