Legal Abbreviations

Abbreviations used in the legal system are often found in published works such as books, court records, and law reports. Everyone who reads a legal document will be able to comprehend what is being presented in writing with the help of a common set of abbreviations, like the like the Cardiff index to legal abbreviations. This is a very important reason why having a common index of legal abbreviations is very important. If you want to attend law school in the UK, you should become proficient in the abbreviations used in each legal report as quickly as possible. We have complied our own index to legal abbreviations below:

AC                               Appeal Cases (LR)

All ER                         All England Law Reports (LR)

BCC                            British Company Law Cases (LR)

BCLC                          Butterworths Company Law Cases (LR)

CA                               Court of Appeal (G/JB)

CE                               Council of Europe (G/JB)

Ch                               Chancery Division Cases (LR)

Ch App                       Chancery Appeal Cases (LR)

Ch D                           Chancery Division Cases (LR)

CL                               Current Law (J)

CLI                              Current Legal Information (J)

CL                               Cambridge Law Journal (J)

CLP                             Current Legal Problems (J)

CLR                             Commonwealth Law Reports (LR)

CMLR                         Common Market Law Reports (LR)

CMLRev                     Common Market Law Review (J)

Conv                           Conveyancer and Property Lawyer (J)

Cr App Rep               Criminal Appeal Reports (LR)

Crim L Rev                Criminal Law Review (J)

Crim LQ                     Criminal Law Quarterly (J)

EAT                             Employment Appeal Tribunal (G/JB)

ECHR                         European Court of Human Rights (G/JB)

ECJ                            European Court of Justice (G/JB)

EG                              Estates Gazette (J)

EHRR                         European Human Rights Reports (LR)

EHRLR                       European Human Rights Law Review (J)

ELJ                             European Law Journal (J)

ELRev                        European Law Review (J)

Env LR                       Environmental Law Reports (LR)

ER                               English Reports (LR)

EWHC                        High Court

EWCA Civ                 Court of Appeal, Civil Division

EWCA Crim               Court of Appeal, Criminal

FLR                             Family Law Reports (LR)

FSR                             Fleet Street Reports (LR)

HL                               House of Lords (G/JB)

IRLR                            Industrial Relations Law Reports (LR)

JBL                             Journal of Business Law (J)

J Crim L                     Journal of Criminal Law (J)

KB                               King’s Bench (LR)

Lloyd’s Rep               Lloyd’s Law Reports (LR)

LQR                            Law Quarterly Review (J)

LSG                             Law Society Gazette (J)

MLR                            Modern Law Review (J)

NLJ                             New Law Journal (J)

OJ                               Official Journal of the European Union (J)

OJLS                           Oxford Journal of Legal Studies (J)

PC                               Judicial Committee of the Privy Council (G/JB)

PL                                Public Law (J)

QB                               Queen’s Bench (LR)

SJ                                Solicitors’ Journal (J)

SLT                             Scots’ Law Times (J)(LR)

SLR                             Student Law Review (J)

Soc L                          Socialist Lawyer (J)

TLR                             Times Law Reports (LR)

UKHL                          House of Lords

WLR                            Weekly Law Reports (LR)

YB Eur L                    Yearbook of European Law (J)