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Legal Research and Writing Skills: Case Citation Index

Examples of Correct Irish Case Law Citations

Unreported Judgments

Reported Judgments

Doyle Shipping Group v Stena Line Ltd. [2017] IEHC 727

Law Society of Ireland v Motor Insurers' Bureau of Ireland (MIBI) [2017] IESC 31

Doyle v Banville [2018] 1 IR 505

Dunne v Heffernan [1997] 3 IR 431

Thomas Redmond v Ireland and the Attorney General [2016] 1 ILRM 301

*see further OSCOLA Ireland 2016

Citation Index for Irish Case Law

Current Reported Cases Series

Unreported Judgments/Neutral Citations

IR (Irish Reports 1894- current)

ILRM (Irish Law Reports Monthly 1976- current)

IEHC (High Court)         

IECA (Court of Appeal)

IESC (Supreme Court)

 

Extended List of Reported Irish Cases Series

Irish Reports Series

Ir Law Rec (Irish Law Recorder 1st series vols 1-4)

Ir Law Rec NS  (Irish Law Recorder (ns) vols 1-6)

Ir Law Rep (Irish Law Reports vols 1-13)

Ir Eq R (Irish Equity Reports vols 1-13)  

ICLR/ Ir Com Law Rep (Irish Common Law Reports 2nd series vols 1-17)      

Ir Ch R (Irish Chancery Reports vols 1-17)

IRCL (Irish Reports, Common Law 3rd series vols 1-11)  

Ir Eq (Irish Reports Equity vols 1-11)

LR Ir (Law Reports Ireland vols 1-32)

IR (Irish Reports)

1827 – 1831

1833 – 1838

1838 – 1850

1838 – 1850

1850 – 1866     

1850 – 1866     

1866 – 1878

1866 – 1878

1879 – 1893

1894 –current 

Other Irish Reported Cases

Ir Jur (Irish Jurist vols 1-18)

NIJ (New Irish Jurist and Local Gov Rev 1-5)

Law Journal (IFS) vols 1-4

Ir Jur (Irish Jurist + Irish Jurist Reports vols 1-31)

Ir Jur NS (Irish Jurist (new series))

ILRM (Irish Law Reports Monthly)

1849 – 1866

1900 – 1905

1931 – 1934

1931 – 1965

1966 –current

1976 –current

*see the Cardiff Index to Legal Abbreviations for a comprehensive list of abbreviations for law reports including Ireland.

Citation Index for UK Case Law

Current Reported Cases Series

Unreported Judgments/Neutral Citations

QB (Queen’s Bench)        (Westlaw UK)

KB (King’s Bench)

Ch (Chancery Division)

AC (Appeal Cases)

WLR (Weekly Law Reports)

All ER (All England Reports)  (Lexis+UK)

EWHC Ch (England and Wales High Court, Chancery Division)  Westlaw UK

EWHC QB (England and Wales High Court, Queen's Bench Division)

EWCA Civ (England and Wales Court of Appeal, Civil Division)

EWCA Crim (England and Wales Court of Appeal, Criminal Division)