The Law Reports
Under the title The Law Reports , the Incorporated Council of Law Reporting for England and Wales has published judgments from England and Wales since 1875. If a case was published in the Law Reports , this reference should be given priority, which makes the Law Reports the quasi-official collection of judgments the English higher courts makes. In addition, the publisher's LexisNexis Butterworths own collection, the All England Law Reports , out. Cases prior to 1866 can be found in the English Reports , also published by the ICLR. Cases decided between 1865 and 1875 can be found in a collection also titled Law Reports (abbreviation LR ). From 1875 the collection was divided into several series:
title | abbreviation | Period | ISSN |
Appeal cases | AC | Since 1890 | ISSN 0265-1246 |
Appeal cases | App Cas | 1875-1890 | |
Chancery cases | Ch. | Since 1891 | ISSN 0265-1211 |
Queen's Bench / King's Bench | QB / KB | Since 1952 |