This study guide has been designed to bring together information about legal abbreviations. References to law reports or law journals use abbreviations for the name of the law report or journal. This guide provides a list of the most commonly used abbreviations to resources held in the UTS Library collection as well as links to more comprehensive lists of legal abbreviations. If you are still unable to locate your particular legal abbreviation, ask at the Research Help Desk at the UTS Library.
This is a guide to commonly used legal abbreviations. It is NOT a complete listing.
If you cannot find your abbreviation try this online database:
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| ABBREVIATION | FULL TITLE | CALL NO. |
| AAR | Administrative Appeals Reports | 344.9407/31 |
| ABC |
Australian Bankruptcy Cases 1928-1964 1999+ |
344.9407/6 |
| AC | Appeal Cases [3] | 344.4107/7 1891- 344.4107/6 1875-1890 (UK) |
| ACLC | Australian Company Law Cases [4] | 344.9407/17 |
|
ACLR |
Australian Company Law Reports cont'd by |
344.9407/13 |
| A Crim R | Australian Criminal Reports [5] | 344.9407/19 |
| ACSR | Australian Corporations and Securities Reports [6] | 344.9407/13 |
| ACTR | Australian Capital Territory Reports [6] (bound with Australian Law Reports) |
344.9407/2 |
| AILR | Australian Industrial Law Review 1961-96 con't by Australian Industrial Law Reports [7] 1997+ |
347.46/71 |
| AITR | Australian & New Zealand Income Tax Reports formerly Australian Income Tax Reports cont.by ATR |
344.9407/23 |
| ALD | Administrative Law Decisions [8] | 344.9407/15 |
| ALJR | Australian Law Journal Reports [9] | 344.9407/3 |
| All ER | All England Law Reports [10] (UK) | 344.4107/28 |
| ALL ER Rep | All England Law Reports Reprint [3] (UK) | 344.4107/28 |
| ALR | Australian Law Reports [11] 1973+ Australian Argus Law Reports, 1960-1973 Argus Law Reports, 1895-1959 |
344.9409/6 |
| APA or APAD | Australian Planning Appeal Decisions | 344.9407/22 |
| AppCas | Appeal Cases [3] 1875-1890 (UK) | 344.4107/6 |
| AR(NSW) | Industrial Arbitration Reports, N.S.W | 344.94407/22 |
| ASC | Aust. Consumer Sales & Credit Law Reporter (-1997) cont'd by Australian Consumer Sales & Credit Law cases [12] |
347.67/6 & 344.9407/30 347.76/24 |
| AspMC | Aspinall's Reports of Maritime Cases | 344.4107/35 |
| ATC | Australian Tax Cases [13] | 344.9407/24 |
| ATD | Australian Tax Decisions, 1930-1945 cont'd by Australasian Tax Decisions, 1945-1969 |
344.9407/24 344.9407/24 |
| ATPR | Australian Trade Practices Reports [14] | 344.9407/27 |
| ATR | Australasian Tax Reports 1969-1990/ Australian Tax Reports [15] 1991+ |
344.9407/23 344.9407/23 |
| BC(NSW) | New South Wales Bankruptcy Cases 1890-1899 | 344.94407/18 |
| Beor | Queensland Law Reports by Beor 1878-80 | 44.94307/2 |
| CAR | Commonwealth Arbitration Reports | 344.9407/26 |
| CC | Crown Cases | 344.4107/12 |
| Ch or ChD |
Chancery Division [16] | 344.4107/10,11 |
|
CLC cont. |
Australian Company Law Cases [17] | 344.9407/17 |
| CLR | Commonwealth Law Reports [18] | 344.9407/4 |
| CMLR | Common Market Law Reports [16] | 341.028/1 |
| CP or CPD | Common Pleas [16] 1865-1880 | 344.4107/13,14 |
| CrimAppR | Criminal Appeal Reports [16] | 344.4107/39 |
| CTBR(NS) | Commonwealth Taxation Board of Review Decisions (New Series) | 344.9407/25 |
| DCR | New South Wales, District Court Reports [19] | 344.94407/10 |
| DLR | Dominion Law Reports [16] | 344.7107/1 |
| EHRR | European Human Rights Reports [16] | 341.024/1 |
| E & IApp | House of Lords,English & Irish Appeals [16](UK) | 344.4107/3 |
| Eq | Equity Cases [16]1865-1875 (UK) | 344.4107/9 |
| ER | The English Reports [16] (UK) | 344.4107/1 |
| ExD | Exchequer Division [16] (UK) | 344.4107/15,16 |
| Fam | Family Division [16] (UK) | 344.4107/23, 11 |
| FamLN | Family Law Notes (bound with Fam.L.R.) | 344.9407/9 |
| FamLR | Family Law Reports [20] | 344.9407/9 |
| FCR | Federal Court Reports [21] | 344.9407/32 |
| FLC | Family Law Cases [22] | 344.9407/10 |
| FLR | Federal Law Reports [23] | 344.9407/5 |
| HL | House of Lords, English & Irish Appeals (1866-75) (UK) | 344.4107/3 |
| IPR | Intellectual Property Reports [24] | 344.9407/33 |
| IR | Industrial Reports | 344.9407/35 |
| IR | The Irish Reports [16] (UK) | 344.41507/1 |
| KB | King's Bench [16] (UK) | 344.4107/19 |
| Legge | Legge's Supreme Court Cases, NSW 1825-62 | 344.94407/1 |
| LGATR (NSW) | Local Government Appeals Tribunal Reports of NSW 1972-80 | 344.94407/16 |
| LGR | N.S.W.Local Government Reports, 1911-1956 | 344.94407/21 |
| LGERA | Local Government and Environmental Reports of Australia 1993- Local Government Reports of Australia, 1956-1992 |
344.9407/8 |
| LJ | The Law Journal Reports [25] (Chancery, Equity, King's/Queen's Bench, Privy Council) |
344.4107/25 |
| LlLR or LILRep | Lloyd's List Law Reports [16] | 344.4107/41 |
| LRPC | Privy Council App [16] 1865-1875 (UK) | 344.4107/5 |
| LR(NSW) or LR NSW |
New South Wales Law Reports 1880-1900 | 344.94407/5 |
| LT | Law Times Reports [25] (UK) | 344.4107/26 |
| LVR | Land & Valuation Court Reports (NSW) | 344.94407/14 |
| NSWLR | New South Wales Law Reports [26] 1971+ | 344.94407/9 |
| NSWWN | see WN (NSW) | |
| NSWR | New South Wales Reports 1960-70 | 344.94407/8 |
| NTR | Northern Territory Reports [27] 1973+ | 344.9407/2 |
| NZLR | New Zealand Law Reports [28] | 344.93107/2 |
| P or PD | Probate Division [25] | 344.4107/21-23 |
| QB | Queen's Bench [25] | 344.4107/18,19 |
| QdR |
Queensland Reports [29] 1958+ |
344.94307/2 |
| QSR | State Reports, Queensland 1902-1957 | 344.94307/2 |
| SALR | South Australian Law Reports 1865-1920 | 344.94207/1 |
| SASR |
South Australian State Reports [16] 1921-1999 |
344.94207/1 |
| SR(NSW) | State Reports, New South Wales 1901-1970 cont'd by NSWLR |
344.94407/6 |
| SR(WA) | State Reports, Western Australia | 344.94107/3 |
| TasLR | Tasmanian Law Reports [30] 1897-1936 | 344.94607/1 344.94607/2 |
| TasR | Tasmanian Reports [30] 1977+ | 344.94607/2 |
| TasSR | Tasmanian State Reports 1937-76 | 344.94607/2 |
| TBRD | Taxation Brd. of Review Decisions (Commonwealth) | 344.9407/25 |
| TLR | Times Law Reports [16] (UK) | 344.4107/27 |
| VLR | Victorian Law Reports [30] (1885-1956) | 344.94507/9 |
| VR | Victorian Reports [31] (1957- ) continues VLR | 344.94507/10 |
| WALR | Western Australian Law Reports 1899-1959 | CC 344.94107/1 |
| WAR | Western Australian Reports [30] (1960- ) | CC 344.94107/2 |
| WCR(NSW) | Workers' Compensation Reports, N.S.W. 1928-1980 | 344.94407/17 |
| WLR | The Weekly Law Reports [16] | 344.4107/29 |
| WN(NSW) | Weekly Notes, New South Wales 1884-1970 | 344.94407/7 |
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