What are series of law reports?
A law report is a record of a judicial decision on a point of law which sets a precedent. Not all decisions taken in a court of law set a precedent, however interesting they may be in terms of the facts of the case or its consequences.
What are the weekly law reports?
The Weekly Law Reports is a “generalist” series of reports….The Weekly Law Reports
- Decide a new point of law; or.
- Modify an existing point of law; or.
- Explain an existing point of law; or.
- Provide useful guidance on how a particular principle of law is to be applied.
What is EWCA Civ?
Unlocking UK case citations: neutral citations Confusingly these look like law report citations but consist of the year, the court abbreviation (for example EWCA Civ) and then the case number. EW stands for England and Wales, UK for United Kingdom.
Is the appellant the plaintiff?
When a case is appealed, the terms “plaintiff” and “defendant” are seldom used. The party that appeals a ruling (regardless of whether it’s the plaintiff or defendant) is called the “appellant.” The other party responding to the appeal is called the “appellee.”
What does WLR stand for in law?
Weekly Law Reports
This is the abbreviation of the law report. Each law report series has its own abbreviation which is a universal shorthand way of referring to it. e.g. Templeton v Jacobs [1966] 1 WLR 1433 where WLR refers to the Weekly Law Reports.
Who writes the headnote in a case?
editors
What Are Headnotes? Headnotes are summaries of a point of law that appear at the beginning of a case. Headnotes are written by editors at Westlaw and Lexis (sometimes the language is verbatim from the text of the opinion).
How many volumes are there of Law Reports?
The proliferation of these reports, and uncertainty about what constituted the authoritative report of the judgment, led to the establishment of the Incorporated Council of Law Reporting (ICLR) which publishes the Official Law Reports. Many older reports were collected together and published in 172 volumes as the English Reports.
Is the weekly Law Reports published by the ICLR?
The Weekly Law Reports (WLR) are also published by the ICLR. As their name suggests, judgments are published much more quickly in these reports than in the Official Law Reports.
What are the different types of Law Reports?
There are many subject-based or specialist law reports, such as the Criminal Law Report s (Crim LR), Reports of Patent Cases (RPC), and Lloyd’s Law Reports (Lloyd’s Rep). These may be cited in the courts if the judgment is not reported in the Offficial Law Reports, the All ER or the WLR.
Which is the best law report in the world?
The Official Law Reports: Appeal Cases (AC), Queen’s Bench (QB), Family (Fam), Chancery (Ch) and earlier series of the Law Reports published by the ICLR have been the most authoritative reports (or ‘best report’) since 1865. These reports include summaries of counsels’ argument.