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Legal Abbreviations and Acronyms List

This is a list of commonly used abbreviations & acronyms. You will nd more complete lists from Raistrick's Index to Legal Citations and Abbreviations (340.0148/RAI) in the reference section of the Law Library and on the online Cardiff Index to Legal Abbreviations at http://www.legalabbrevs.cardiff.ac.uk/ A.C. All E.R. All E.R. (D) B.C.L.C. Brit. J. Criminol. Bus. L.R. B.Y.B.I.L. C.F.L.Q. Ch. C.I.L. Civ. Lit. C.L.J. C.L.P. C.L.Y. C.M.L.R. C.M.L. Rev. Cr. App. R. Cr. App. R. (S) Crim. L.R. D. & R. E. & P. E.A.T. E.B.L.R. E.C.R. E.E.L.R. E.G.C.S. E.H.R.L.R. E.H.R.R. E.I.P.R. E.L.M. E.L.R. ENDS Env. Law E.O.R. EWCA EWHC Fam. Fam. Law Fam. M. F.C.R. F.L.R. F.S.R. Law Reports Appeal Cases All England Law Reports All England Law Reports Digest Butterworths Company Law Cases British Journal of Criminology Business Law Review British Year Book of International Law Child and Family Law Quarterly Law Reports Chancery Division Contemporary Issues in Law Civil Litigation Cambridge Law Journal Current Legal Problems Current Law Year Book Common Market Law Reports Common Market Law Review Criminal Appeal Reports Criminal Appeal Reports (Sentencing) Criminal Law Review Decisions & Reports of the European Court of Human Rights International Journal of Evidence and Proof Employment Appeals Tribunal European Business Law Review European Court Reports European Environmental Law Review Estates Gazette Case Summaries European Human Rights Law Review European Human Rights Reports European Intellectual Property Review Environmental Law and Management European Law Review ENDS Report Environmental Law Equal Opportunities Review England & Wales Court of Appeal (neutral citation) Civ = Civil division, Crim = Criminal division England & Wales High Court (neutral citation) Law Reports Family Division Family Law Family Matters Family Court Reporter Family Law Reports Fleet Street Reports

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Housing Law Reports Howard Journal of Criminal Justice Human Rights Law Journal International and Comparative Law Quarterly Industrial Cases Reports In-House Lawyer International Journal of Discrimination and the Law Insolvency Law and Practice Industrial Law Journal International Journal of the Sociology of Law Industrial Relations Law Bulletin Industrial Relations Law Reports Journal of Business Law Journal of Civil Liberties Journal of Common Market Studies Journal of Criminal Law Journal of Environmental Law Journal of International Banking Law Journal of Law and Society Justice of the Peace & Local Government Law Journal of Planning and Environment Law Justice of the Peace and Local Government Law Reports Judicial Review Journal of Social Welfare and Family Law Juridical Review Law Reports Kings Bench Knights Industrial Reports United States Supreme Court Reports, Lawyers' Edition, 2nd Series Legal Executive Lloyds Maritime and Commercial Law Quarterly Law Quarterly Review Legal Studies Law Society Gazette (also known as Gazette) Medico-Legal Journal Medical Law Review Modern Law Review Northern Ireland Legal Quarterly New Law Journal Ofcial Journal of the European Communities/Union C = Information and notices, L = Legislation Oxford Journal of Legal Studies Law Reports Probate, Divorce and Admiralty Property, Planning & Compensation Reports Public Law Professional Negligence Law Reports Queens Bench Review of European Community and International Environmental Law Statutory Instrument Solicitors Journal Student Law Review Scots Law Times Statute Law Review Times Law Reports United Kingdom House of Lords (neutral citation) Web Journal of Current Legal Issues Weekly Law Reports Yearbook of European Law

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July 2007 PC2157