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Civil way: 25 May 2012

24 May 2012
Issue: 7515 / Categories: Features , Civil way , Procedure & practice
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Nine lives too many & a concurrence conundrum for George

RIGHT CITES

That’s Civil way and the Beano, Sun and Star Law Reports virtually out of the window. The Lord Chief Justice’s Practice Direction: Citation of Authorities (2012) [2012] All ER (D) 190 (Mar), which tinkers with previous directions on the topic, disposes of the rubbish. It is intended to have application in all courts, civil and criminal, below the Supreme Court.

If you are citing an authority to the court then you are required to produce a report from the Official Law Reports if they have covered the case. They are favoured because they contain a summary of the argument. And if they have not covered the case, you can rely on the All England or Weekly Law Reports. Where the case has escaped all three publications, a report from one of the authoritative specialist series of reports will be acceptable, provided there is a headnote and the report is by someone holding a senior courts qualification. Should none of them have

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NEWS
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