Practice Direction (Judgments: Form and Citation)

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practice direction procedural guideline

Practice Direction (Judgments: Form and Citation) is a procedural guideline in the English civil justice system that sets out the required format and citation rules for court judgments, particularly in the Court of Appeal.

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Observed surface forms (1)

Surface form	Occurrences
Practice Directions	1

Statements (46)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	practice direction ⓘ procedural guideline ⓘ
aimsTo	improve accessibility of case law ⓘ reduce ambiguity in legal citations ⓘ
appliesIn	civil proceedings ⓘ
appliesTo	handed-down judgments ⓘ reported judgments ⓘ unreported judgments ⓘ written judgments ⓘ
appliesToCourt	County Court of England and Wales NERFINISHED ⓘ Court of Appeal of England and Wales NERFINISHED ⓘ High Court of Justice of England and Wales NERFINISHED ⓘ
bindingStatus	procedurally binding on courts to which it applies ⓘ
citationStyle	specifies neutral citation including court identifier and year ⓘ
concerns	neutral citation system in England and Wales ⓘ standardisation of judgment headings ⓘ standardisation of paragraph numbering in judgments ⓘ standardisation of party names in judgments ⓘ
country	United Kingdom ⓘ
issuedBy	senior judiciary of England and Wales NERFINISHED ⓘ
jurisdiction	England and Wales ⓘ
language	English ⓘ
legalDomain	civil procedure ⓘ
legalNature	subordinate legislation-type guidance ⓘ
legalSystem	English civil justice system ⓘ
purpose	to facilitate accurate legal citation ⓘ to secure consistency in the citation of judgments ⓘ to secure consistency in the form of judgments ⓘ
regulates	case citation format ⓘ citation of earlier authorities in judgments ⓘ heading and title of judgments ⓘ identification of parties in judgments ⓘ neutral citation of judgments ⓘ numbering of paragraphs in judgments ⓘ structure of written judgments ⓘ
relatedInstrument	Practice Directions supplementing the Civil Procedure Rules NERFINISHED ⓘ
relatedTo	Civil Procedure Rules of England and Wales NERFINISHED ⓘ Court of Appeal practice NERFINISHED ⓘ
subjectMatter	citation of judgments ⓘ form of judgments ⓘ
supports	electronic publication of judgments ⓘ
typeOfLawSource	practice direction under the authority of the courts ⓘ
usedBy	court staff ⓘ judges ⓘ law reporters ⓘ legal practitioners ⓘ

Referenced by (2)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Civil Procedure Rules (for some matters) → contains → Practice Direction (Judgments: Form and Citation) ⓘ

subject surface form: Civil Procedure Rules

this entity surface form: Practice Directions

EWCA → regulatedBy → Practice Direction (Judgments: Form and Citation) ⓘ