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Unit 3: Sources of law: Case Law

03. Types of citation: Neutral citations (Video transcript)


The most basic full citation, if the case you’re citing was decided after 2001, is what’s known as a
neutral citation.

A neutral citation tells you the case name, the year the case was decided and the court where the
case was heard.

Additionally, the cases are numbered consecutively each year. Here’s the neutral citation for Crown
against Smith. Crown against Smith, 2004, EWCA Crim, 2187.

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