Template:Cite BAILII/doc

Usage

This template is used to cite judgments listed in the BAILII database. You should look up the case you wish to cite on BAILII, then refer to the URL of the web page on which the case appears to fill in the information required by the template.

Template

{{cite BAILII
|litigants    = 
|link         = 
|country      = 
|court        = 
|division     = 
|year         = 
|num          = 
|para         = 
|parallelcite = 
|date         = 
|courtname    = 
|juris        = 
}}

or

{{cite BAILII|litigants=|link=|country=|court=|division=|year=|num=|para=|parallelcite=|date=|courtname=|juris=}}

Parameters

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: "Council of Civil Service Unions v. Minister for the Civil Service".
link	The name of a Wikipedia article about the case, for example: "Council of Civil Service Unions v Minister for the Civil Service". This will be linked to the names of the litigants specified using the |litigants= parameter.
BAILII link: http://www.bailii.org/country/cases/court/division/year/num.html#parapara
country	Mandatory: The code used by BAILII indicating the jurisdiction or "country" of the case, as follows: ie: Republic of Ireland nie: Northern Ireland scot: Scotland uk: certain courts of the United Kingdom, namely, the House of Lords, Judicial Committee of the Privy Council, and the Supreme Court of the United Kingdom Omit this parameter for cases from the courts of England and Wales.
court	Mandatory: The neutral citation code used by BAILII to identify the court that decided the case, as follows: EWCA: Court of Appeal of England and Wales EWCC: County Court of England and Wales EWHC: High Court of Justice (High Court of England and Wales) EWMC: Magistrates' Court of England and Wales EWPCC: Patents County Court of England and Wales IECCA: Court of Criminal Appeal of Ireland IEHC: High Court of Ireland IESC: Supreme Court of Ireland NICA: Court of Appeal in Northern Ireland NICC: Crown Court in Northern Ireland NIHC: High Court of Justice in Northern Ireland ScotCS: Scottish Court of Session ScotHC: Scottish High Court of Justiciary ScotSC: Scottish Sheriff Court UKHL: House of Lords UKPC: Judicial Committee of the Privy Council UKSC: Supreme Court of the United Kingdom
division	Mandatory for some cases: For some cases, you will need to enter a code used by BAILII to identify the division of the court that decided the case.
year	Mandatory: the year of the decision.
num	Mandatory: the case number.
para	A paragraph number of the case that you wish to cite.
Other information
date	The date that the case was decided. You may enter the date in any format accepted by the template {{date}}, such as "22 November 1983" or "1983-11-22". It will appear a day-month-year format.
parallelcite	Parallel citations to the case. Separate the citations with commas, like this: "[1985] A.C. 374, [1984] 3 All E.R. 935".
courtname	The court that decided the case. The name of the court can be wikilinked, like this: "[[Judicial functions of the House of Lords|House of Lords]]".
juris	The jurisdiction that decided the case, such as "England and Wales" or "Scotland". For Privy Council cases, to achieve a result like "Privy Council (on appeal from Jamaica)", use "courtname=[[Judicial Committee of the Privy Council|Privy Council]]" and "juris=Jamaica". The template will automatically add the words "on appeal from".

Examples

Wikitext	Result
{{cite BAILII|litigants=Council of Civil Service Unions v. Minister for the Civil Service|link=Council of Civil Service Unions v Minister for the Civil Service|country=uk|court=UKHL|year=1983|num=6|date=22 November 1983|parallelcite=[1985] A.C. 374, [1984] 3 All E.R. 935|courtname=[[Judicial functions of the House of Lords|House of Lords]]|juris=UK}}	Council of Civil Service Unions v. Minister for the Civil Service [1983] UKHL 6, [1985] A.C. 374, [1984] 3 All E.R. 935 (22 November 1983), House of Lords (UK)
{{cite BAILII|litigants=R. (Bancoult) v. Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs (No. 2)|link=R (Bancoult) v Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs (No 2)|court=EWCA|division=Civ|year=2007|num=498|parallelcite=[2008] Q.B. 365}}	R. (Bancoult) v. Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs (No. 2) [2007] EWCA Civ 498, [2008] Q.B. 365
{{cite BAILII|country=uk|court=UKPC|year=1983|num=2|parallelcite=[1983] 2 A.C. 629|courtname=[[Judicial Committee of the Privy Council|P.C.]]|juris=Hong Kong}}	[1983] UKPC 2, [1983] 2 A.C. 629, P.C. (on appeal from Hong Kong)