Template:Cite CommonLII

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Usage[edit]

This template is used to cite cases available in the Commonwealth Legal Information Institute (CommonLII) database. You should look up the case you wish to cite on CommonLII, then refer to the URL of the web page on which the case appears to fill in the information required by the template.

Template[edit]

General[edit]

{{cite CommonLII
|litigants    = 
|link         = 
|court        = 
|year         = 
|num          = 
|pinpoint     = 
|parallelcite = 
|date         = 
|courtname    = 
|juris        = 
}}

or

{{cite CommonLII|litigants=|link=|court=|year=|num=|pinpoint=|parallelcite=|date=|courtname=|juris=}}

Cases from the English Reports[edit]

{{cite CommonLII
|litigants    = 
|link         = 
|reporter     = ER
|fullstops    = on
|year         = 
|num          = 
|volume       = 
|firstpage    = 
|pinpoint     = 
|parallelcite = 
|date         = 
|courtname    = 
|juris        = 
}}

or

{{cite CommonLII|litigants=|link=|reporter=ER|fullstops=on|year=|num=|volume=|firstpage=|pinpoint=|parallelcite=|date=|courtname=|juris=}}

Parameters[edit]

All parameters are optional unless otherwise specified.

Parameter	Description
Case name
litigants	The names of the litigants separated with v or v. for versus (in other words, the case name), like this: "`Chee Siok Chin v. Attorney-General`".
link	The name of a Wikipedia article about the case, for example: "`Yong Vui Kong v. Public Prosecutor`". This will be linked to the names of the litigants specified using the `\|litigants=` parameter.
CommonLII link (general format): http://www.commonlii.org/[country]/cases/court/year/num.html
court	Mandatory: The neutral citation code used by CommonLII to identify the court that decided the case, as follows: SGCA: Court of Appeal of Singapore SGHC: High Court of Singapore UKLawRpAC: House of Lords and Privy Council The template currently only handles cases decided by the above courts, or case summaries from the above series. Please update the template if you wish to include additional courts or series, or leave a message on the talk page if you need help with this.
year	Mandatory: the year of the decision.
num	Mandatory: the case number.
*CommonLII link (cases from the English Reports): http://www.commonlii.org/uk/cases/EngR/year/num*.pdf
reporter	Mandatory: to cite a case that is published in the English Reports, type `reporter=ER`.
fullstops	Use `fullstops=on` to have the abbreviation for the English Reports display as "E.R." rather than "ER", which is the default.
year	Mandatory: the year of the decision.
num	Mandatory: the case number.
volume	Mandatory: the volume number of a case reported in the English Reports.
firstpage	Mandatory: the first page number of a case reported in the English Reports.
Other information
pinpoint	The page or paragraph number at which information or a quotation you are referring to appears, like this: "`528`", "`p. 528`" or "`para. 25`". When referring to a range of pages or paragraph numbers, separate the starting and ending numbers with an en dash like this: "`528–530`".
date	The date that the case was decided. You may enter the date in any format accepted by the template {{date}}, such as "`9 October 1998`" or "`1998-10-09`". It will appear a day-month-year format.
parallelcite	Parallel citations to the case, like this: "`[2006] 4 S.L.R.(R.) 541 at 547–548, para. 9`". If there is more than one parallel citation, separate the citations with commas.
courtname	The court that decided the case. The name of the court can be wikilinked, like this: "`[[High Court of Singapore\|H.C.]]`". To have the template automatically indicate the court and jurisdiction of a case, type "`courtname=auto`".
juris	The jurisdiction that decided the case, such as "`Singapore`". It is unnecessary to use this parameter if you are already using "`courtname=auto`".

Examples[edit]

Wikitext	Result
`{{cite CommonLII \|litigants=Chee Siok Chin v. Attorney-General \|court=SGHC \|year=2006 \|num=153 \|parallelcite=[2006] 4 S.L.R.(R.) 541 at 547–548, para. 9 \|courtname=auto}}`	Chee Siok Chin v. Attorney-General [2006] SGHC 153, [2006] 4 S.L.R.(R.) 541 at 547–548, para. 9, High Court (Singapore)
Cases from the English Reports
`{{cite CommonLII \|litigants=Dimes v. Grand Junction Canal Proprietors \|link=Dimes v Grand Junction Canal \|reporter=ER \|fullstops=on \|year=1852 \|num=789 \|volume=10 \|firstpage=301 \|parallelcite=3 H.L. Cas. 759 \|courtname=[[judicial functions of the House of Lords\|House of Lords]] \|juris=UK}}`	Dimes v. Grand Junction Canal Proprietors (1852) 3 H.L. Cas. 759, 10 E.R. 301, House of Lords (UK)