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Northern Ireland : legal resources: Cases

An introduction to Northern Ireland Law
Subjects: Law

Northern Irish Judgments and Appeals

Print holdings of Northern Irish Law Report series

These are on open shelf, on Level 2, the entrance level to the Law Lirbary.
Their shelf marks begin Cw UK NI 100

For cases before 1925 try the Irish ReportsIrish Times Reports, or UK law reports series on other shelves on Level 2

Abbreviations and citations

There are two main series of law reports for Northern Ireland: 

NI: Northern Ireland Law Reports (from 1925)
Example: [2000] NI 281

and the

NIJB: Northern Ireland Judgments Bulletin (from 1970. Sometimes referred to as the Blue Books)
Example: [2001] NIJB 314

Print volumes of these are on Level 2, with shelf marks beginning  Cw UK NI 100.

Northern Irish Neutral Citations

NICA: Northern Ireland Court of Appeal (neutral citation)
Example: [2002] NICA 273

NIQB: Northern Ireland, High Court, Queen's Bench division (neutral citation)

NIFam: Northern Ireland, High Court, Family division (neutral citation)

NICh: Northern Ireland, High Court, Chancery division (neutral citation)

NICC: Northern Ireland Crown Court (neutral citation)

NIMag: Northern Ireland magistrates courts (neutral citation)

NICty: Northern Ireland county courts (neutral citation)