Thursday, December 16, 2010

Medium Neutral Citation and the elusive paragraph number

Has anyone noticed that some judgments from the Queensland Supreme Court have been published online with appropriate medium neutral citations but without paragraph numbering?  This makes pinpoint citation in these instances impossible. The judgments in question seem generally to be given ex tempore.

I had some interesting feedback on this topic from both the Victorian Supreme Court Librarian and the Tasmanian Supreme Court Librarian. In both of these courts an Associate will add paragraph numbering where it is required.

It would be useful for us to follow the full recommendations of  the AIJA Guide to Uniform Production of Judgments too.