Guide to UK law reports and their citations
Below is a list of the most common domestic series not published by ICLR but cited in our reports. The abbreviation forms part of a citation that may be prefaced by a year in square brackets (the year of publication) or by a year in round brackets (the year of judgment), followed by a volume number (if applicable) and ending with either a page or case number.
| ACD | Administrative Court Digest |
| Admin LR | Administrative Law Reports (1989–1999) |
| BCC | British Company Cases (1983–1989) |
| BCC | British Company Cases (1990 onwards) |
| BHRC | Butterworths Human Rights Cases |
| BLR | Building Law Reports |
| BMLR | Butterworths Medico-Legal Reports |
| BPIR | Bankruptcy and Personal Insolvency Reports |
| CCLR | Community Care Law Reports |
| CCLR | Consumer Credit Law Reports |
| CLC | Commercial Law Cases |
| CMLR | Common Market Law Reports |
| COD | Crown Office Digest (1998–2000) |
| Con LR | Construction Law Reports |
| Costs LR | Costs Law Reports |
| CP Rep | Civil Procedure Reports |
| Cr App R | Criminal Appeal Reports |
| Cr App R (S) | Criminal Appeal Reports, Sentencing |
| Crim LR | Criminal Law Review |
| CTLC | Consumer and Trading Law Cases |
| Ecc LJ | Ecclesiastical Law Journal |
| EG | Estates Gazette |
| EGLR | Estates Gazette Law Reports |
| ELR | Education Law Reports |
| EMLR | Entertainment and Media Law Reports |
| Env LR | Environmental Law Reports |
| Fam Law | Family Law |
| FCR | Family Court Reporter |
| FSR | Fleet Street Reports |
| HLR | Housing Law Reports (1981–2001) |
| HLR | Housing Law Reports (2002 onwards) |
| HRLR | Human Rights Law Reports |
| IL Pr | International Litigation Procedure |
| Imm AR | Immigration Appeal Reports |
| Independent, 18 September 1992 | The Independent Law Reports |
| INLR | Immigration and Nationality Law Reports |
| IRLR | Industrial Relations Law Reports |
| JP | Justice of the Peace Reports |
| JPL | Journal of Planning and Environment Law |
| Ll L Rep | Lloyd’s List Law Reports (1919–1950) |
| Lloyd’s Rep Bank | Lloyd’s Law Reports, Banking |
| LRLR | Lloyd’s Reinsurance Law Reports (1995–1997) |
| Lloyd’s Rep IR | Lloyd’s Law Reports, Insurance and Reinsurance (1998–) |
| Lloyd’s Rep Med | Lloyd’s Law Reports, Medical (1998–2006) |
| Lloyd’s Rep PN | Lloyd’s Law Reports, Professional Negligence |
| L & TR | Landlord and Tenant Reports |
| Med LR | Medical Law Reports (1989–1997) |
| NI | Northern Ireland Law Reports |
| NLJ | New Law Journal |
| P & CR | Property, Planning and Compensation Reports |
| [1997] PIQR P25 | Personal Injuries and Quantum Reports (PI pages) |
| [2001] PIQR Q86 | Personal Injuries and Quantum Reports (Quantum pages) |
| PLR | Planning Law Reports |
| PNLR | Professional Negligence and Liability Reports |
| RPC | Reports of Patent Cases |
| RVR | Rating and Valuation Reporter |
| SC | Session Cases |
| SC(J) | Session Cases (Justiciary) |
| SLT | Scots Law Times |
| SJ | Solicitors Journal |
| The Times, 9 July 1982 | The Times Law Reports |
| UKHRR | United Kingdom Human Rights Reports |
| WTLR | Wills and Trusts Law Reports |
See also the Cardiff Index to Legal Abbreviations (www.legalabbrevs.cardiff.ac.uk) which has a very useful search engine for looking up titles of series from their abbreviations (and vice versa).
