OSCOLA referencing style is used when submitting work for a module for the School of Law. Due to the complexity of particular sources, some entries are very detailed. Make sure to fully read each page.
Cases fall under Section 2: Primary Sources in the OSCOLA guide and therefore only go in the footnotes and not the bibliography.
All cases before 2001 must have one law report citation only:
Case name Law Report Citation.
1 Case name (year) or [year] Volume (if needed) Report Abbreviation First page of the report Court (if not self evident) Pinpoint page or [pinpoint paragraph] if required.
1 Donoghue v Stevenson [1932] AC 562.
You will need to look at the law report hierarchy and find the best report to cite - see the How to Find the Best Law Report guide. To see which brackets you need to use, look at the Finding How Journals Are Organised in Lexis+ and Westlaw guidance.
All cases after 2001 must have a neutral citation and one law report citation only:
Case name Neutral Citation, Law Report Citation.
1 Case Name [year] court number, [year] OR (year) volume (if needed) report abbreviation first page.
1 Begum v Special Immigration Appeals Commission [2020] EWCA Civ 918, [2020] 1 WLR 4267.
You will need to look at the law report hierarchy and find the best report to cite - see the How to Find the Best Law Report guide. To see which brackets you need to use, look at the Finding How Journals Are Organised in Lexis+ and Westlaw guidance.