Abbreviations
Abbreviations
The following is a list (by no means comprehensive) of abbreviations commonly found in legal writing. It includes abbreviations for law report series and legal journals as well as those conventionally used in case names and citations of statutes. For detailed advice on citing cases and legislation, see the Writing and Citation Guide.
AC | Law Reports: Appeal Cases |
Admin | Administrative Court of the High Court |
AG | (1) Attorney General (2) Advocate General |
AJCL | American Journal of Comparative Law |
AJIL | American Journal of International Law |
All ER | All England Law Reports |
Anglo-Am LR | Anglo-American Law Review |
App no | application number (of European Court of Human Rights cases) |
art | article |
BC | Borough Council |
BCC | British Company Law Cases |
BTR | British Tax Review |
c | chapter (pl. cc) |
C | Command Papers (1870–99) |
CA | Court of Appeal |
CC | County Council |
CCR | Crown Cases Reserved |
Cd | Command Papers (1900–18) |
CEC | (1) European Community Cases (2) Commission of the European Communities |
CFI | Court of First Instance |
Ch | (1) Chancery Division of the High Court (2) Law Reports: Chancery Division |
CJ | (after the name of a judge) Lord Chief Justice |
cl | clause |
CL | Current Law Monthly Digest |
CLR | Commonwealth Law Reports |
Cmd | Command Papers (1919–56) |
CMLR | Common Market Law Reports |
Cmnd | Command Papers (1957– ) |
Com Ct | Commercial Court of the High Court |
CPS | Crown Prosecution Service |
Cr App R | Criminal Appeal Reports |
Crim LR | Criminal Law Review |
DC | Divisional Court |
dir | directive |
DPP | Director of Public Prosecutions |
EAT | Employment Appeal Tribunal |
ECC | European Commercial Cases |
ECHR | European Court of Human Rights |
ECJ | European Court of Justice |
ECR | European Court Reports |
EG | Estates Gazette |
EHRR | European Human Rights Report |
EJIL | European Journal of International Law |
EMLR | Entertainment and Media Law Reports |
Ent LR | Entertainment Law Review |
Eq | Law Reports: Equity |
ER | English Reports |
ET | Employment Tribunal |
EWCA Civ | Court of Appeal, Civil Division (England and Wales) |
EWCA Crim | Court of Appeal, Criminal Division (England and Wales) |
EWHC | High Court (England and Wales) |
Exch | Law Reports: Court of Exchequer |
Exor | Executor |
ex p | ex parte (on the part of) |
Exrx | Executrix |
F | (1) Family Division of the High Court (2) Federal Reporter |
Fam | Law Reports: Family Division |
FCR | Family Court Reporter |
FLR | Family Law Reports |
FSR | Fleet Street Reports |
F Supp | Federal Supplement |
HL | House of Lords |
HRLJ | Human Rights Law Journal |
ICC | International Criminal Court |
ICJ | International Court of Justice |
ICR | Industrial Cases Reports |
ILM | International Legal Materials |
ILR | International Law Reports |
Imm AR | Immigration Appeals Reports |
IRC | Inland Revenue Commissioners |
IRLR | Industrial Relations Law Reports |
ITR | Industrial Tribunals Reports |
J | (after the name of a judge) Justice |
JC | Scottish Justiciary Cases |
JPEL | Journal of Planning and Environmental Law |
KB | (1) King's Bench Division of the High Court (2) Law Reports: King's Bench Division |
LBC | London Borough Council |
LC | Lord Chancellor |
LCJ | Lord Chief Justice |
L Ed | Lawyers' Edition |
LGR | Local Government Review |
LJ | (after the name of a judge) Lord Justice/Lady Justice |
Lloyd's Rep | Lloyd's Law Reports |
LR | Law Reports |
MLR | Modern Law Review |
MR | Master of the Rolls |
NLJ | New Law Journal |
OJ | Official Journal of the European Union |
ors | others |
P | Law Reports: Probate |
PAD | Planning Appeal Decisions |
P & CR | Property and Compensation Reports |
para | paragraph |
Pat | Patents Court of the High Court |
PC | Judicial Committee of the Privy Council |
PCIJ | Permanent Court of International Justice |
PD | Practice Direction |
Pt | part |
Pty | proprietary |
QB | (1) Queen's Bench Division of the High Court (2) Law Reports: Queen's Bench Division |
r | rule (pl. rr) |
R | The Queen/King |
reg | regulation |
Res | Resolution |
RIAA | Reports of International Arbitration Awards |
s | section |
Sc | Scottish |
SC | Scottish Session Cases |
Sch | schedule |
S Ct | Supreme Court Reporter |
SI | statutory instrument |
ss | (1) subsection (2) sections |
STC | Simon's Tax Cases |
St Tr | State Trials and Proceedings |
sub nom | sub nominee (under the name) |
supp | supplement |
TC | (1) Tax Cases (2) Technology and Construction Court |
TLR | Times Law Reports |
UKHL | House of Lords (United Kingdom) |
UNGA | United Nations General Assembly |
UNSC | United Nations Security Council |
US | United States Reports (i.e. Supreme Court decisions) |
WLR | Weekly Law Reports |
WN | Weekly Notes |
