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Law reports & cases: full text

Scope

This table is not comprehensive, particularly about overseas content. 

Unreported Australian cases link to AustLII in the table but may also be accessible on the court websites, Lexis Advance, Westlaw Australia or other sources.

Many of the older UK case reports from 1220-1867 are available through the 'ER' (English Reports). See HeinOnline's Chart of Reports (nominate reports) for a list of reports incorporated into the ER.

Abbreviations

Abbreviation Title Jurisdiction Access
A Crim R Australian Criminal Reports AU Westlaw Australia
AAR Administrative Appeals Reports AU Westlaw Australia
AATA Administrative Appeals Tribunal of Australia AU AustLII
ABC Australian Bankruptcy Cases AU Storage
ABC (NS) Australian Bankruptcy Cases (new series) AU Storage
AC Law Reports, Appeal Cases (1891 – ) - Official Law Reports of the Incorporated Council of Law Reporting for England and Wales UK ICLR
ACCR Australian Consumer Credit Reports AU Lexis
ACL Australian Current Law Reporter AU Lexis
ACLC Australian Company Law Cases AU CCH
ACLR Australian Company Law Reports AU Lexis
ACompT Australian Competition Tribunal AU AustLII
ACopyT Copyright Tribunal AU AustLII
ACSCC Australian Consumer Sales and Credit Law Cases AU Storage
ACSR Australian Corporations and Securities Reports AU Lexis
ACTCA Supreme Court of the Australian Capital Territory - Court of Appeal AU AustLII
ACTLR Australian Capital Territory Law Reports - Authorised law reports of the Australian Capital Territory Supreme Court AU Westlaw Australia
ACTR Australian Capital Territory Reports AU Lexis
ACTSC Australian Capital Territory Supreme Court AU AustLII
AEG Australian Estate and Gift Duty Cases AU Storage
AILR Australian Industrial Law Reports AU CCH
AIPC Australian Intellectual Property Cases AU CCH
AIRC Australian Industrial Relations Commission AU AustLII
AJR Australian Jurist Reports AU HeinOnline
ALD Administrative Law Decisions (Including Administrative Law Notes) Authorised law reports of the Administrative Appeals Tribunal AU Lexis
ALJR Australian Law Journal Reports AU

Westlaw Australia vol. 32 (1958) -present and Storage vol.1 (1927) - vol. 31
ALN  Administrative Law Notes - See ALD  AU Lexis
All ER All England Law Reports UK

Lexis
All ER Rep All England Law Reports Reprints UK

Lexis
All ER Rep Ext All ER Reprints Extension UK

Lexis
ALR Australian law reports AU Lexis
ALT Australian law times AU HeinOnline
ANZ ConvR Australian and New Zealand conveyancing reports AU/NZ CCH
ANZ Ins Cas Australian & New Zealand insurance cases AU/NZ CCH
APA Australian planning appeal decisions AU Storage
App Cas Law reports, appeal cases (second series) UK ICLR
AR (NSW) Industrial arbitration reports, New South Wales AU Storage
ARLR Australian resources law reports AU Westlaw Australia
ASAL Australian sales and fair trading law cases AU CCH
ASC Australian consumer sales and credit law cases AU CCH
ASTLR Australian succession and trusts law reports AU Westlaw Australia
ATC Australian tax cases AU CCH
ATD Australian tax decisions AU Storage
ATPR Australian trade practices reports AU CCH
ATR Australian tax reports AU Westlaw Australia
Aust Contract Reports Australian contract reports AU CCH
Aust Torts Reports Australian Torts Reports AU CCH
C (NSW) The New South Wales bankruptcy cases AU Storage
BCLC Butterworths company law cases UK Storage
BFRA Banking and Finance Reports of Australia AU Westlaw Australia
BPR Butterworths property reports AU Storage
Bus LR The Business Law reports UK ICLR
CAR Commonwealth arbitration reports AU Storage
Ch Law Reports, Chancery Division (1891 – ) - Official Law Reports of the Incorporated Council of Law Reporting for England and Wales UK ICLR
ChD Law reports, chancery division (2nd series) - 1875 to 1890 UK ICLR
CLR Commonwealth law reports - Authorised law reports for the High Court of Australia AU Westlaw Australia
CPD Law reports, common pleas division UK ICLR
Cr App R Criminal appeal reports UK Westlaw UK
Cr App R (S) Criminal appeal reports (sentencing) UK Westlaw UK
CTBR Commonwealth taxation board of review decisions AU Storage
DCLR Lawbook Co's District Court law reports (NSW) AU Westlaw Australia
DDCR Dust diseases and compensation reports AU Westlaw Australia
DLR Dominion law reports Can CanLII
EOC Equal opportunity cases AU CCH
ER English reports UK HeinOnline
Ex D Law reports, exchequer division UK ICLR
Fam Law Reports Family Division (1972 – ) - Official Law Reports of the Incorporated Council of Law Reporting for England and Wales UK ICLR
FamCA Family Court of Australia AU AustLII
FamCAFC Family Court of Australia - full court AU AustLII
Fam LR Family law reports AU Lexis
FCA Federal Court of Australia AU AustLII
FCAFC Full Court of the Federal Court of Australia AU AustLII
FCCA Federal Circuit Court of Australia AU AustLII
FCR Federal court reports - Authorised law reports for the Federal Court of Australia AU Westlaw Australia
FCWA Family Court of Western Australia AU AustLII
FLC Family law cases AU CCH
FLR Federal law reports AU Westlaw Australia
FMCA Federal Magistrates Court of Australia AU AustLII
FMCAfam Federal Magistrates Court of Australia - Family Law AU AustLII
HCA High Court of Australia AU AustLII
HPC Hayward's patent cases UK Storage
ICR Industrial Cases Reports UK ICLR
IPR Intellectual property reports AU Lexis
IR Industrial reports AU Westlaw Australia
IRCA Industrial Relations Court of Australia AU AustLII
IRTA Immigration Review Tribunal of Australia AU AustLII
KB Law reports, King's bench UK ICLR
LGERA Local government and environmental reports of Australia  AU Westlaw Australia
LGR New South Wales local government reports AU Storage
LR A & E Law reports, admiralty and ecclesiastical UK ICLR
LR CCR Law reports, crown cases reserved UK ICLR
LR Ch App Law reports, chancery appeal cases UK ICLR
LR CP Law reports, common pleas UK ICLR
LR Eq Law reports, equity cases UK ICLR
LR Ex Law reports, exchequer cases UK ICLR
LR HL Law reports, English & Irish appeals UK ICLR
LR (NSW) Law reports, New South Wales AU AustLII
LR PC Law reports, privy council appeal cases UK ICLR
LR P & D Law reports, probate & divorce cases UK ICLR
LR QB Law reports, Queen's bench (1st series) UK ICLR
LR Sc & Div Law reports, House of Lords Scotch & divorce appeal cases UK ICLR
LT Law times reports UK Storage
LT(A)R Land titles (Australia) reports AU Westlaw Australia
MCD Magistrates' court decisions NZ Storage
NNTTA National Native Title Tribunal of Australia AU AustLII
NSWCA New South Wales Court of Appeal AU AustLII
NSWCCA Supreme Court of New South Wales - Court of Criminal Appeal AU AustLII
NSW Conv R New South Wales conveyancing reports AU CCH
NSWDC District Court of New South Wales AU AustLII
NSWIRComm Industrial Relations Commission of New South Wales AU AustLII
NSWLR New South Wales law reports - Authorised law reports for the Supreme Court of New South Wales AU

Lexis 

and Westlaw Australia
NSWR New South Wales reports AU Storage
NSWSC New South Wales Supreme Court AU AustLII
NSW SCR New South Wales supreme court reports AU Storage
NTCA Northern Territory Court of Appeal AU AustLII
NTLR Northern Territory law reports - Authorised law reports for the Northern Territory Supreme Court AU Westlaw Australia
NTR Northern Territory reports AU Lexis
NTSC Northern Territory Supreme Court AU AustLII
NZLR New Zealand law reports - Authorised law reports for the New Zealand Supreme Court, Court of Appeal and High Court NZ Lexis
P Law Reports, probate UK ICLR
PD Law Reports, probate, divorce and admiralty division UK ICLR
PNGLR Papua and New Guinea law reports PNG Storage
PTSR Public and third sector law reports UK ICLR
QADT Anti-Discrimination Tribunal Queensland AU AustLII
QB Law Reports, Queen’s Bench Division (1891 – 1901, 1952 – ) - Official Law Reports of the Incorporated Council of Law Reporting for England and Wales UK ICLR
QBD Law reports, Queen's bench division UK ICLR
QBT Queensland Building Tribunal AU AustLII
QCA Supreme Court of Queensland - Court of Appeal AU AustLII
QCAT Queensland Civil and Administrative Tribunal AU AustLII
QCLLR Queensland crown lands law reports AU Lexis
QConvR Queensland conveyancing reports AU CCH
QCR Queensland criminal reports AU Storage
QDC Queensland District Court Decisions AU AustLII
Qd R Queensland reports - Authorised law reports for the Queensland Supreme Court (Cited as 'Qd R' from 1958 to 2019. 'QR' from 2019 on) AU

Lexis

and Westlaw Australia
QIC Queensland Industrial Court AU AustLII
QICmr Queensland Information Commissioner Decisions AU Officer of the Information Commissioner: Queensland
QIRComm Queensland Industrial Relations Commission AU AustLII
QLAC Land Appeal Court of Queensland AU AustLII
QLC Land Court of Queensland AU AustLII
QLCR Queensland land court reports AU Lexis
QLJ Queensland law journal reports AU Westlaw Australia
QMC Magistrates Court of Queensland AU AustLII
QPEC Queensland Planning and Environment Court AU AustLII
QPELR Queensland planning & environment law reports AU Lexis
QPLR Queensland planning law reports AU Storage
QR Queensland reports - Authorised law reports for the Queensland Supreme Court (Cited as 'Qd R' from 1958 to 2019. 'QR' from 2019 on) AU

Lexis

and Westlaw Australia
QSC Supreme Court of Queensland AU AustLII
QSCR Queensland Supreme Court Reports AU Westlaw Australia
RPC Reports of patent, design and trade mark cases UK Oxford Academic
RRTA Refugee Review Tribunal of Australia AU AustLII
S Shaw's session cases, 1st series UK Westlaw UK
SADC District Court of South Australia AU AustLII
SAIRC South Australian Industrial Relations Court AU AustLII
SALR South Australian law reports AU AustLII
SASC Supreme Court of South Australia AU AustLII
SASR South Australian state reports - Authorised law reports for the Supreme Court of South Australia AU

Westlaw Australia (1951-)

and AustLII (1920-50)
SCR Supreme court reports (Canada) CAN HeinOnline
SLT Scots law times UK Westlaw UK
SR (NSW) State reports New South Wales AU Westlaw Australia
SR (WA) State reports Western Australia AU Westlaw Australia
St R Qd State reports of Queensland AU

Westlaw Australia

and Lexis
Tas LR Tasmanian Law Reports AU AustLII
Tas R Tasmanian reports - Authorised law reports for the Supreme Court of Tasmania AU

Westlaw Australia (1992-)

and AustLII (1958-91) 
Tas SR Tasmanian state reports AU AustLII
TASSC Supreme Court of Tasmania AU AustLII
TLR Times law reports UK HeinOnline
UKHL United Kingdom House of Lords UK BaiLII
UKSC United Kingdom Supreme Court UK BaiLII
VAR Victorian administrative reports AU Westlaw Australia
VCC County Court of Victoria AU AustLII
V Conv R Victorian conveyancing reports AU CCH
VLR Victorian law reports AU AustLII
VLT Victorian law times and legal observer AU AustLII
VR Victorian reports - Authorised law reports for the Supreme Court of Victoria AU

Lexis

and Westlaw Australia
VSC Supreme Court of Victoria AU AustLII
VSCA Supreme Court of Victoria - Court of Appeal AU AustLII
WADC District Court of Western Australia AU AustLII
WALR Western Australian law reports AU AustLII
WAR Western Australian reports - Authorised law reports for the Supreme Court of Western Australia AU Westlaw Australia
WASC Supreme Court of Western Australia AU AustLII
WASCA Supreme Court of Western Australia - Court of Appeal AU AustLII
WCR (NSW) Workers' compensation reports, New South Wales AU Storage
WCR (Qld) Workers' compensation reports, Queensland AU Storage
WLR Weekly law reports UK ICLR
WN (NSW) Weekly notes, New South Wales AU Storage
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