Template:Oscola/doc

How to use this template

This template is used to cite cases heard by the various courts of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland in the format established by OSCOLA.

Usage: {{Oscala | code | year | volume | reporter | page/judgment | court | pinpoint }}

where code is the citation format code given below, year is the year the case was decided, volume is the first number/number-letter sequence following the date in the case citation, reporter is the publication reporting the case, page/judgment is the first page of the case in the reporter or the judgment number, court is the court where the case was adjudicated, and pinpoint is the page where the quoted material is referenced. This is usually included after naming a case, such as: Donoghue v Stevenson, {{Oscola|PROP|1952||AC|562|HL Sc|}}.

Format selection

There are three primary formats used to cite a case: the proprietary format organized by date, the proprietary format where dates represent additional information, and the neutral format. Codes indicate which format is intended.

Formats

• PROP for a proprietary reporter organized by date
• PROPN for a proprietary reporter (dates additional) (Also pre-1865 citations)
• NEUT for a neutral citation

Proprietary by Date
Bigos v Bousted, [1951] 1 All ER 92 (KB)	{{Oscola|PROP|1951|1|All ER|92|KB|}}
Propriety (Date Additional)/Pre-1865 Case
Johnson v Royal Mail Steam Packet Co, (1866) LR 3 CP 38 (CCP)	{{Oscola|PROPN|1866|LR 3|CP|38|CCP|}}
Neutral Citation
Rottman v MPC, [2002] 20 UKHL	{{Oscola|NEUT|2002||20|UKHL||}}