Library Guides: Family Law: Case law

Case law - Reported decisions

Australian Family Law Cases
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Australian Child Support Cases
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Australian De Facto Relationships Cases
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Family Law Reports

Case law - Unreported decisions

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A
Atlantic Reporter
A 2d
Atlantic Reporter, Second Series
A Crim R
Australian Criminal Reports
AALR
Australian Argus Law Reports
AAR
Administrative Appeals Reports
AAT
Administrative Appeals Tribunal
AATA
Administrative Appeals Tribunal (of Australia)
AC
Law Reports. Appeal Cases 1890-
ACAT
ACT Civil and Administrative Tribunal
ACC
Australian Company Law Cases
ACD
Administrative Court Digest
ACLC
Australian Company Law Cases
ACLR
Australian Company Law Reports
ACompT
Australian Competition Tribunal
ACopyT
Australian Copyright Tribunal
ACTAAT
Australian Capital Territory Administrative Appeals Tribunal
ACTCA
Australian Capital Territory Court of Appeal
ACTSC
Supreme Court of the Australian Capital Territory (including Full Court)
ACSR
Australian Corporations and Securities Reports
ACTR
Australian Capital Territory Reports
Ad & El
Adolphus and Ellis's Reports
Adam
Adam's Justiciary Reports
ADFDAT
Defence Force Discipline Appeal Tribunal
AER
All England Law Reports
AFTR
Australian Federal Tax Reporter
AILR
Australian Industrial Law Reports
AIN
Australian & New Zealand Insurance Cases
AIPC
Australian Intellectual Property Cases
AIRC
Australian Industrial Relations Commission
AIRCFB
Australian Industrial Relations Commission — Full Bench
AJR
Australian Jurist Reports
ALD
Administrative Law Decisions
ALJR
Australian Law Journal Reports
All ER
All England Law Reports
All ER AR
All England Law Reports Annual Review
All ER (Comm)
All England Law Reports (Commercial Cases)
All ER Rep Ext
All England Law Reports Reprint, Australian Extension Volumes
All ER Reprint
All England Law Reports Annual Review
All SA
The South African Law Reports
ALMD
Australian Legal Monthly Digest
ALR
The Argus Law Reports
ALR
Australian Law Reports
ALT
The Australian Law Times
AMC
American Maritime Cases
ANZ ConvR
Australian and New Zealand Conveyancing Reports
ANZ IC
Australian & New Zealand Insurance Cases
APAD
Australian Planning Appeal Decisions
App.Cas
Law Reports. Appeal Cases 1875-90
AR
Industrial Arbitration Reports, New South Wales
Ar Rep
Argus Reports, Victoria
Arg LR
Argus Law Reports
Arg Rep
Argus Reports
Asp
Aspinall's Reports of Maritime Cases
Asp MC
Aspinall's Maritime Cases
ASR
Australian Social Security Cases
ATC
Australasian Tax Decisions
Atk
Atkyn's Chancery Reports
ATPR
Australian Trade Practices Reporter
ATR
Australian Tax Reports
Aust Jur R
Australian Jurist Reports
Aust Jur
Australian Jurist
Aust Torts Reports
Australian Torts Reports
B & Ad
Barnewall and Adolphus's Reports
B & Ald
Barnewall and Alderson's Reports
B & C
Barnewall and Cresswell's Reports
B & S
Best and Smith's Reports
BCC
British Company Cases
BCLC
Butterworths Company Law Cases
BCLR
British Columbia Law Reports
Best & Sim
Best and Smith's Reports
Bing NC
Bingham's New Cases, English Common Pleas
Black H
Henry Blackstone's Common Pleas Reports
BLR
Building Law Reports
BLRG
Butterworths Local Government Reports
BMC
British Maritime Cases
Bos & P
Bosanquet and Puller's Reports
Bos & PNR
Bosanquet and Puller's New Reports, Common Pleas
Bott PL
Bott's Poor Law Cases
Brod & Bing
Broderip and Bingham's Reports
Brown
Brown's Reports
Bulst
Bulstrode's King's Bench Reports
Bunb
Bunbury's Exchequer Reports
Burr
Burrow's King's Bench Reports

Cab & Ell
Cababe and Ellis's Queen's Bench Reports
Can CC
Canadian Criminal Cases
Can S Ct
Canada Supreme Court Reports
Camp
Campbell's Nisi Prius Reports
CAR
Commonwealth Arbitration Reports
Car & P
Carrington and Payne's Nisi Prius Reports
CC
County Court
CC
Crown Cases
CC
Crown Court
CCA
Court of Criminal Appeal
CCP
Court of Common Pleas
CCR
County Court Reports
CF
Rescueil des arrets de la Cour Federale du Canada
Ch
Law Reports. Chancery Division
Ch App
Law Reports. Chancery Appeal Cases
Ch D
Law Reports. Chancery Division
Chit
Chitty's King's Bench Practice Reports
CLC
Australian Company Law Cases
CLR
Commonwealth Law Reports
CMLR
Common Market Law Reports
CMLR(AS)
Common Market Law Reports, Antitrust Reports
Co Rep
Coke's Reports
Coke
Coke's King's Bench Reports
Com
Comyn's Reports
Comm AR
Commonwealth Arbitration Reports
Cowp
Cowper's Reports
Cox
Cox's Reports
CP Rep
Civil Procedure Reports
CP
Law Reports. Common Pleas
CPD
Law Reports. Common Pleas Division
Crim App Rep
Criminal Appeal Reports
Crim LR
Criminal Law Review
Ct Rev (Qld)
Court of Review (Qld)
Ct of Sessions
Court of Sessions
CTBR
Commonwealth Taxation Board of Review Decisions
CTBR (NS)
Taxation Board of Review Decisions, New Series
D & R
Decisions and Reports of the European Court of Human Rights
DCR
New Zealand District Court Reports
De G & J
De Gex and Jones' Chancery Reports
De G F & J
De Gex, Fisher and Jones Reports
De G J & Sm
De Gex, Jones and Smith's Reports
De G M & G
De Gex, Macnaghten and Gordon's Reports
DFC
Australian De Facto Relationships Cases
DLR
Dominion Law Reports (Can)
DLR (2d)
Dominion Law Reports, Second Series (Can)
DLR (3d)
Dominion Law Reports, Third Series (Can)
DLR (4d)
Dominion Law Reports, Fourth Series (Can)
DPP
Director of Public Prosecutions

ECHR
European Court of Human Rights
ECJ
European Court of Justice
ECR
European Court Reports
ECR
Reports of Cases before the Court
ECR
Reports of Cases before the Court of Justice and the Court of First Instance
ECR-SC
European Court Reports. Reports of Community Staff Cases
EHRR
European Human Rights Reports
ELR
Environmental Law Reporter of NSW
EOC
Equal Opportunity Cases
EOT
Equal Opportunity Tribunal
Eq
Equity Court
Eq Cases
Law Reports, Equity Cases
ER
English Reports
ETMR
European Trade Mark Reports
ETS
European Treaty Series
EU
European Union
Eu LR
European Law Reports
Eur Court HR (ser A)
European Court of Human Rights Series A: Judgments and Decisions
Eur Court HR (ser B)
Pleadings, Oral Arguments and Documents, European Court of Human Rights
Ex D
Law Reports, Exchequer Division
F
Federal Reporter
F 2d
Federal Reporter, Second Series
F 3d
Federal Reporter, Third Series
F Supp
Federal Supplement
Fam
Law Reports, Family Division
Fam L Rep
Family Law Reporter
Fam LR
Family Law Reports (Aust)
FamCA
Family Court of Australia
FamCAFC
Family Court of Australia — Full Court
FC
Federal Court
FC
Canada Federal Court Reports
FC
Full Court
FCA
Federal Court of Australia
FCAFC
Federal Court of Australia — Full Court
FCR
Federal Court Reports
Fed LR
Federal Law Reports
FLC
Australian Family Law Cases or Family Law Cases
FLR
Family Law Reports
FLR
Federal Law Reports
FLR
The Fiji Law Reports
FMCA
Federal Magistrates' Court of Australia
FMCAfam
Federal Magistrates' Court of Australia — Family Law
FS
Federal Supplement (USA)
FWA
Fair Work Australia
FWAFB
Fair Work Australia — Full Bench

GLR
Gazette Law Reports
Hansard
Parliamentary Debates
HC of A
High Court of Australia
HCA
High Court of Australia
HCAB
High Court of Australia Bulletin
HCASL
High Court of Australia — Special Leave Dispositions
HCATrans
High Court of Australia — Transcript
HCJB
High Court Judgements Bulletin
HCt Can
High Court of Canada
HKC
Hong Kong Cases
HKCFAR
Hong Kong Court of Final Appeal Reports
HKLR
Hong Kong Law Reports
HKLRD
Hong Kong Law Reports and Digest
HL
House of Lords
HRCD
Human Rights Case Digest
HREOC
Human Rights and Equal Opportunity Commission

IASCR
Industrial Arbitration Service Current Review
IC (Qld)
Industrial Court, Qld
ICC
International Chamber of Commerce
ICJ
International Court of Justice
ICJR
International Court of Justice Reports =
Recueil des arrets, avis consultatifs et ordonnances
ICJYB
International Court of Justice Yearbook
ICR
Industrial Cases Reports
IHRR
International Human Rights Reports
ILR
International Law Reports
IMT
International Military Tribunal
IPR
Intellectual Property Reports
IR
Industrial Reports
IR
South Australian Industrial Reports
Ir R
The Irish Reports
IRC
Industrial Relations Commission
IRC of A
Industrial Relations Court of Australia
IRCA
Industrial Relations Court of Australia
IRCR
Industrial Relations Court Reports
IRT
Immigration Review Tribunal
ITELR
International Trust and Estate Law Reports
ITLOS
International Tribunal for the Law of the Sea

KBD
Law Reports. King's Bench Division 1901-51
L & TR
Landlord and Tenant Reports
L Ed
Lawyers' Edition of the Supreme Court Reports
LEC
Land and Environment Court (New South Wales)
Leg Rep
Legal Reporter
LGERA
Local Government and Environmental Reports of Australia
LGRA
Local Government Reports of Australia
Lloyd's Rep
Lloyd's Law Reports
Lloyd's Rep
Lloyd's List Law Reports
LR
Law Reports 1865-
LR Adm & Eccl
Admiralty and Ecclesiastical Cases
LR CCH
Law Reports. Crown Cases Reserved 1865-75
LR Ch App
Law Reports. Chancery Appeal Cases
LR CP
Law Reports. Common Pleas 1865-75
LR (NSW)
New South Wales Law Reports
LR Eq
Law Reports, Equity Cases 1865-75
LR Ex
Law Reports, Exchequer 1865-75
LR HL
Law Reports. English and Irish Appeals and Peerage Claims, House of Lords
LR Ind App
The Law Reports. Indian Appeals
LR PC
Law Reports, Privy Council Appeals 1865-75
LR P&D
Law Reports, Probate and Divorce Cases 1865-75
LR QB
Law Reports, Queen's Bench 1865-75
LR RP
Law Reports, Restrictive Practices 1957-72
LRC
Law Reports of the Commonwealth
LRC (Comm)
Law Reports of the Commonwealth, Commercial Law Reports
LRC (Const)
Law Reports of the Commonwealth, Constitutional and Administrative Law Reports
LRC (Crim)
Law Reports of the Commonwealth, Criminal Law Reports
LRIA
The Law Reports. Indian Appeals
LRP & D
Law Reports, Probate and Divorce Cases 1865-75
LRPC
Law Reports, Privy Council
LRPD
Law Reports, Probate Division
LRQB
Law Reports, Queen's Bench
LRQBD
Law Reports Queen's Bench Division
LT
Law Times
LTNS
Law Times Reports, New Series
LTR
Law Times Reports

Mar LCNS
Aspinall's Maritime Law Cases, New Series
MC
Magistrates' Court
Med LR
Medical Law Reports
MP
Member of Parliament
MRTA
Migration Review Tribunal of Australia
NFSC
Supreme Court of Norfolk Island
NNTTA
National Native Title Tribunal
NSWADT
New South Wales Administrative Decisions Tribunal
NSWADTAP
New South Wales Administrative Decisions Tribunal — Appeal Panel
NSWCA
New South Wales Court of Appeal
NSWCC
Compensation Court of New South Wales
NSWCCA
New South Wales Court of Criminal Appeal
NSWCSAT
Community Services Appeals Tribunal of New South Wales
NSWDC
District Court of New South Wales
NSWDRGC
Drug Court of New South Wales
NSWFTT
Fair Trading Tribunal of New South Wales
NSWIRComm
Industrial Court of New South Wales
NSWLEC
Land and Environment Court of New South Wales
NSWLR
New South Wales Law Reports
NSWR
New South Wales Reports
NSWSC
Supreme Court of New South Wales
NTCA
Northern Territory Court of Appeal
NTCCA
Northern Territory Court of Criminal Appeal
NTSC
Supreme Court of the Northern Territory (including Full Court)
NZLR
New Zealand Law Reports
MVR
Motor Vehicle Reports

OR
Ontario Reports
P
Law Reports, Probate 1891-1971
PC App
Law Reports, Privy Council Appeals
PCA
Permanent Court of Arbitration
PCIJ
Permanent Court of International Justice
PCIJ
Publications of the Permanent Court of International Justice
PD
Law Reports, Probate Division 1875-90
PDSC
Practice Direction Supreme Court (Qld)
PILCH
Public Interest Law Clearing House
PNGLR
Papua and New Guinea Law Reports
PP
Parliamentary Paper
Priv C App
Privy Council Appeals
Prob
Law Reports, Probate Division
Prob & Div
Law Reports, Probate and Divorce

Q CAR
Queensland Criminal Reports
Q Case Note
Queensland Law Reporter Case Note
Q Conv R
Queensland Conveyancing Reports
Q Ct of Cr APP
Queensland Court of Criminal Appeal
QAR
Queensland Administrative Reports
QADT
Queensland Anti-Discrimination Tribunal
QB
Law Reports, Queen's Bench 1891-1901 1952-
QBD
Law Reports, Queen's Bench Division 1875-1890
QBR
Queen's Bench Reports, (Adolphus & Ellis, New Series) 1841-1852
QBT
Queensland Building Tribunal
QC
Queen's Counsel
QCA
Queensland Court of Appeal
QCLLR
Crown Lands Law Reports (Queensland Land Court) 1859-1973
QCAT
Queensland Civil and Administrative Tribunal
QCLR
Queensland Criminal Reports
QCR
Queensland Criminal Reports
Qd R
Queensland Reports
QDC
Queensland Disctrict Court
QGAAT
Queensland Guardianship and Administration Tribunal
QI Ct
Queensland Industrial Court
QIC
Queensland Industrial Commission
QJP
Queensland Justice of the Peace Reports
QL Beor
Beor's Queensland Law Reports
QLAC
Land Appeal Court of Queensland
QLAT
Queensland Liquor Appeals Tribunal
QLC
Queensland Land Appeal Court
QLC
Land Court of Queensland
QLCR
Queensland Land Court Reports
QLJ (NC)
Queensland Law Journal (Notes of Cases)
QLJR
Queensland Law Journal Reports
QLR
Queensland Law Reporter
QLR
Queensland Law Reports
QLR (Beor)
Beor's Queensland Law Reports
QLRC
Queensland Law Reform Commission
QLRT
Queensland Land and Resources Tribunal
QMT
Queenland Medical Tribunal
QNTJB
Queensland and Northern Territory Judgments Bulletin
QPE
Queensland Planning and Environment Court
QPEC
Planning and Environment Court of Queensland
QPELR
Queensland Planning and Environmental Law Reports
QPLR
Queensland Planning Law Reports
QR
Queensland Reports
QSC
Supreme Court of Queensland
QSCR
Queensland Supreme Court Reports
QSR
Queensland State Reports
Queens LJ
Queensland Law Journal Reports
Queens LR
Queensland Law Reports by Beor 1876-1878
QWN
Queensland Weekly Notes
R Int Arb Awards
Reports of International Arbitral Awards
RCS
Recueil des arrêts de la Cour Suprême du Canada (Canada Supreme Court reports)
Rev R
Revised Reports
RIAA
Reports of International Arbitral Awards
RRTA
Refugee Review Tribunal of Australia
RRTD
Refugee Review Tribunal Decisions

S Ct
Supreme Court Reporter
S Pac LR
South Pacific Law Reports
SA
South African Law Reports
SACCA
South Australian Court of Criminal Appeal
SADC
South Australian District Court
SAEOT
South Australian Equal Opportunity Tribunal
SAERDC
Environment, Resources and Development Court of South Australia
SAI Ct
South Australian Industrial Court
SAIC
South Australian Industrial Commission
SAIR
South Australian Industrial Reports
SAIRC
Industrial Relations Court of South Australia
SAIRComm
Industrial Relations Commission of South Australia
SALR
South Australian Law Reports (1865-1920).
SAPR
South Australian Planning Reports
SAR
South Australian Industrial Reports
SASC
Supreme Court of South Australia (including Full Court until end of 2009)
SASCFC
Supreme Court of South Australia — Full Court
SASR
South Australian State Reports
SAWCAT
Workers Compensation Appeal Tribunal of South Australia
SAWCT
Workers Compensation Tribunal of South Australia
SCC
Supreme Court of Canada
Scot LR
Scottish Law Report
Scots LTR
Scots Law Times Reports
SCR
Supreme Court Reports (Canada)
SCR Legge
Legge's Supreme Court Cases (NSW)
SCR (NS) (NSW)
Supreme Court Reports (New Series) (NSW) 1878-1879
SCR (NSW)
Supreme Court Reports (New South Wales)1862-1876
SCR (Q)
Supreme Court of Queensland Reports 1860-1881
Seld Soc Rep
Selden Society Reports
SLT
Scots Law Times
So Afr LR
South African Law Reports
SALR
South Australian Law Reports (1865-1920).
SQR
State Reports Queensland
SR (NSW)
The State Reports (New South Wales)
SR (NSW) B & P
State Reports (New South Wales) Bankruptcy and Probate 1901-1970
SR (NSW) Eq
State Reports (New South Wales) Equity 1901-1970
SR (WA)
The State Reports (Western Australia)
SRQ
State Reports Queensland
SSAT
Social Security Appeals / Administrative Tribunal
SSR
Social Security Reporter
St R Qd
Queensland State Reports 1902-1957
St RQ
State Reports Queensland 1902-1957
St Tr
Cobbett and Howell's State Trials
Tas CCA
Tasmanian Court of Criminal Appeal
Tas Irreg Notes
Tasmanian Irregular Notes
Tas LRC
Tasmanian Law Reform Commission
Tas R
Tasmanian Reports
Tas R (NC)
Tasmanian Reports (Notes of Cases)
Tas SR
Tas SR (NC)
Tasmanian Reports (Notes of Cases)
TASADT
Anti-Discrimination Tribunal of Tasmania
TASCCA
Tasmanian Court of Criminal Appeal
TASFC
Supreme Court of Tasmania — Full Court
TASRMPAT
Resources Management and Planning Appeal Tribunal of Tasmania
TASSC
Supreme Court of Tasmania (including Full Court until end of 2009)
TLR
Tasmanian Law Reports
TLR
The Times Law Reports
TPCD
Trade Practices Commission Decisions and Determinations 1977-1982
TPR
Trade Practices Reports

UKHL
United Kingdom House of Lords
UKHRR
United Kingdom Human Rights Reports
UKSC
Supreme Court of the United Kingdom
UNHCR
United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees
UNHRC
United Nations Human Rights Commission
UNHRCR
United Nations Human Rights Committee Reports
UNLOS
United Nations Law of the Sea
UNLR
United Nations Law Reports
US
United States Reports
US L Ed
United States Supreme Court Reports, Lawyers Edition 1790-1955
US L Ed 2d
United States Supreme Court Reports, Lawyers Edition, Second Series 1956-
US Sup Ct
United States Supreme Court Reporter (USA) 1882-
US Sup Ct Bull
United States Supreme Court Bulletin
VAR
Victorian Administrative Reports
VCAT
Victorian Civil and Administrative Tribunal
VCC
Victorian County Court
VDBT
Victorian Domestic Building Tribunal
Vic ACR
Victorian Accident Compensation Reports
Victorian Law Reports (VLR)
Authorised reports of decisions of the Victorian Supreme Court (1875-1957).
Vic Sup Ct FC
Victorian Supreme Court Full Court
VicAD
Victorian Appeal Division
VIR
Victorian Industrial Reports
VLR
Victorian Reports; Victorian Law Reports 1875-1956
VLRC
Victorian Law Reform Commission
VMHRB
Mental Health Review Board of Victoria
VR
Victorian Reports
VRB
Veterans Review Board
VSC
Victoria Supreme Court
VSCA
Victoria Supreme Court of Appeal

WADC
District Court of Western Australia
WALR
Western Australia Law Reports
WALRC
Western Australia Law Reform Commission
War
Western Australian Reports 1960-
WASAT
Western Australia State Administrative Tribunal
WASC
Supreme Court of Western Australia
WASCA
Western Australia Court of Appeal (including Full Court until end of 2004)
WBATR
World Bank Administrative Tribunal Reports
WCR (NSW)
Workers Compensation Reports (NSW)
WCR (Qld)
Workers Compensation Reports (Queensland)
WCR (WA)
Workers Compensation Reports (Western Australia)
WIPO
World Intellectual Property Organization
WIPR
World Intellectual Property Reports 1987-
WLR
Weekly Law Reports
WN
Weekly Notes, England
WN (NSW)
Weekly Notes (NSW)
WTO
Word Trade Organization
WTR
World Tax Reports