La Trobe University

Library

Online Case Law

To check citations and judicial consideration use CaseBase or FirstPoint for Australian cases.

Listed below are some of the major sets of reported and unreported Australian, UK and New Zealand law cases which are available online. Many more overseas cases are available via Lexis.com. Check the Legal abbreviations database for a more complete listing of print and online reports.

Hints for locating cases via LexisNexisAU, FirstPoint and Westlaw

Abbreviation
Law Report series
Publisher and Searching Hints
A Crim R Australian Criminal Reports 1979+ Via FirstPoint
AC Appeal Cases 1875+ LexisNexis AU
ACLC Australian Company Law Cases 1971+
CCH
ACLR Australian Company Law Reports 1974-1989 LexisNexis AU
ACSR Australian Corporations and Securities Reports 1989+
LexisNexis AU
ACTR Australian Capital Territory Reports 1973+
LexisNexis AU
AIPC Australian Intellectual Property Cases 1998+ CCH
AILR Australian Industrial Law Reports 1988+
CCH
ALD Administrative Law Decisions 1976+
LexisNexis AU
All ER All England Law Reports 1936+ LexisNexis AU
ALR Australian Law Reports 1973+
 LexisNexis AU
App Cas Law Reports Appeal Cases (1875-1890) LexisNexis AU
ATC Australian Tax Cases 1969+ CCH
ATPR Australian Trade Practices Reports 1974+ CCH
ATR Australian Tax Reports 1970+ Via FirstPoint
Aust Contract Reports Australian Contract Reports 2000+ CCH
Aust Torts Reports Australian Torts Reports 1998+
CCH
Ch Chancery Division 1875+ LexisNexis AU
CLR Commonwealth Law Reports 1903+ Via FirstPoint
EOC Equal Opportunity Cases 1998+
CCH
ER English Reports (1220-1865) CommonLII
ER English Reports (1220-1865) HeinOnline
Fam Family Division LexisNexis AU
FamCA Family Court of Australia Decisions AustLII
Fam LR Family Law Reports 1975+
LexisNexis AU
FCA Federal Court of Australia Decisions AustLII
FCAFC Federal Court of Australia - Full Court Decisions AustLII
FCR Federal Court Reports 1984+ Via FirstPoint
FLC Australian Family Law Cases 1976+
 CCH
FLR Federal Law Reports 1956+
Via FirstPoint
FMCA Federal Magistrates Court of Australia Decisions AustLII
FMCAfam Federal Magistrates Court of Australia - Family Law Decisions AustLII
HCA High Court of Australia AustLII
HCATrans High Court of Australia Transcripts AustLII
IPR Intellectual Property Reports 1984+
LexisNexis AU
KB Law Reports, Kings Bench LexisNexis AU
LGRA, LGERA Local Government and Environment Reports 1956+ Via FirstPoint
LPT Legal Practice Tribunal (Qld) Via Supreme Court of Qld
MVR Motor Vehicle Reports 1983+ LexisNexis AU
NSWCA New South Wales Court of Appeal AustLII
NSWCCA New South Wales Court of Criminal Appeal AustLII
NSWLR New South Wales Law Reports 1971+ LexisNexis AU
NSWSC New South Wales Supreme Court AustLII
NTR Northern Territory Reports 1973+
LexisNexis AU
NZCA New Zealand Court of Appeal NZLII
NZLR New Zealand Law Reports 1958+
 LexisNexis AU
QB Law Reports, Queens Bench Division 1865+ LexisNexis AU
QCA Queensland Court of Appeal AustLII
Qd R Queensland Reports 1980+
LexisNexis AU
QSC Queensland Supreme Court AustLII
SASC Supreme Court of South Australia AustLII
SASR South Australian State Reports 1971+
Via FirstPoint
TASSC Supreme Court of Tasmania Decisions AustLII
VCAT Victorian Civil and Adminstrative Tribunal 1998+ AustLII
VR Victorian Reports 1957+
LexisNexis AU
VSC Supreme Court of Victoria AustLII
VSCA Supreme Court of Victoria - Court of Appeal AustLII
WLR Weekly Law Reports Lexis.com
Hint: search for name(latif)
or cite(1996 1 WLR 104)

Australian Unreported Judgements

via AustLII | via LexisNexis AU | via Westlaw | via Supreme Court of Victoria

Courts and Tribunals Websites



UK Unreported Judgments
BAILLI - judgments from all major United Kingdom and Irish courts. The earliest decisions date from 1996.

House of Lords judgments - all judgments delivered since 14th November 1996.

Lexis.com