APPENDIX 3

OSCOLA Ireland Quick Reference Guide

 

Primary  Sources   Secondary  Sources  

Do  not  use  full  stops  in  abbreviations.  Separate  citations   Do  not  use  superscript  for  dates  and  editions  (2nd,  not  
with  a  semi-­‐colon.  Close  footnotes  with  a  full  stop.   2nd).  
Cases Books
Give  the  party  names,  followed  by  the  neutral  citation,   Give  the  author’s  name  in  the  same  form  as  in  the  
followed  by  the  Irish  Reports  citation.  If  there  is  no  neutral   publication,  except  in  bibliographies,  where  you  should  
citation,  give  the  Irish  Reports  citation  followed  by  the   give  only  the  surname  followed  by  the  initials(s).    Give  
court  in  brackets.  If  the  case  is  not  reported  in  the  Irish   relevant  information  about  editions,  translators  and  such  
Reports,  cite  the  Irish  Law  Reports  Monthly  if  possible,  or   before  the  publisher.    Put  a  comma  after  this  information,  
other  reports  otherwise:   but  not  between  publisher  and  year.  When  pinpointing,  
Riordan  v  Ireland  [2009]  IESC  44,  [2009]  3  IR  745   give  page  numbers  at  the  end  of  the  citation,  after  the  
Doran  v  Delaney    [1998]  2  IR  61  (SC)   brackets.  
Friends  of  the  Curragh  Environment  Ltd  v  An  Bord   Bryan  McMahon  and  William  Binchy,  The  Law  of  Torts  
Pleanála  (No  2)  [2006]  IEHC  390,  [2007]  1  ILRM  386   (3rd  edn,  Butterworths  2000)  
When  pinpointing,  give  paragraph  numbers  in  square   James  Casey,  Constitutional  Law  in  Ireland  (3rd  edn,  
brackets  with  the  name  of  the  judge  at  the  end  of  the   Round  Hall  Sweet  and  Maxwell  2000)  126  
citation.  If  the  judgment  has  no  paragraph  numbers,  but   Contributions to edited books
does  have  page  numbers,  give  the  page  number  after  the  
Liz  Heffernan,  ‘Evidentiary  Rights  under  Article  38.1:  
court.  If  there  are  no  paragraph  numbers  or  page  
The  Right  to  Fair  Trial  and  Informer  Privilege’  in  Oran  
numbers,  do  not  include  a  pinpoint  reference.  
Doyle  and  Eoin  Carolan  (eds),  The  Irish  Constitution:  
TD  v  Minister  for  Education  [2001]  4  IR  259  (SC)  270  
Governance  and  Values  (Thomson  Round  Hall  2008)      
AP  v  DPP  [2011]  IESC  2  [27]  (Fennelly  J)  
Where  the  case  is  unreported  and  has  no  neutral  citation,   Journal articles
it  should  be  cited:   For  continuously  paginated  volumes:  
First  Plaintiff  v  First  Defendant  (HC,  22  February  1999)   Gerard  Hogan,  ‘Unenumerated  Personal  Rights:  Ryan’s  
Statutes and statutory instruments Case  Re-­‐Evaluated’  (1990–92)  25–27  IJ  (ns)  95  
If  page  numbering  re-­‐starts  with  each  issue:  
Interpretation  Act  2005  
Ursula  Kilkelly,  ‘Reform  of  Youth  Justice  in  Ireland:  The  
European  Convention  on  Human  Rights  Act  2003,  s   “New”  Children  Act  2001’  Part  2  (2007)  17(1)  ICLJ  2  
3(5)(a)  
Pinpoint  cites:  
European  Communities  (Electronic  Communications  
Emma  Storan,  ‘Section  117  of  the  Succession  Act  1965:  
Networks  and  Services)  (Data  Protection  and  Privacy)  
Another  Means  for  the  Courts  to  Rewrite  a  Will?’  
Regulations  2003,  SI  2003/535  
(2006)  11(4)  Conveyancing  and  Property  Law  Journal  
Electricity  Regulation  Act  1999  (Electricity)  Levy  Order   82,  85  
2005,  SI  2005/819  
Online journals
EU legislation and cases
Graham  Greenleaf,  ‘The  Global  Development  of  Free  
Consolidated  Version  of  the  Treaty  on  European  Union   Access  to  Legal  Information’  (2010)  1(1)  EJLT  
[2008]  OJ  C115/13   <http://ejlt.org//article/view/17>    accessed  1  
Council  Regulation  (EC)  139/2004  on  the  control  of   February  2011  
concentrations  between  undertakings  (EC  Merger  
Regulation)  [2004]  OJ  L24/1,  art  5   Encyclopedias
Pre-1989 cases Halsbury’s  Laws  (5th  edn,  2010)  vol  57,  para  53  
Case  272/86  Commission  v  Greece  [1988]  ECR  4875   Official publications
Post-1989 cases Constitution  Review  Group,  Report  of  the  Consitution  
Case  C-­‐156/87  Gestetner  v  Council  [1990]  ECR  I-­‐781   Review  Group  (Pn  2632,  Stationery  Office  1996)  45  
European Court of Human Rights Law Reform Commission Reports
Simpson  v  UK  (1989)  53  DR  188   Reports
Tyrer  v  UK  (1978)  2  EHRR  1   Law  Reform  Commission,  Legal  Aspects  of  Family  
A,  B  and  C  v  Ireland  App  No  25579/05  (ECHR,  16   Relationships  (LRC  101—2010)    
December  2010)   Consultation Papers and pinpointing
UK Case Law Law  Reform  Commission,  Consultation  Paper  on  Legal  
Corr  v  IBC  Vehicles  Ltd  [2008]  UKHL  13,  [2008]  1  AC   Aspects  of  Family  Relationships  (LRC  CP  55—2009)  67  
884   Websites and blogs
Bunt  v  Tilley  [2006]  EWHC  407  (QB),  [2006]  3  All  ER   Fiona  de  Londras,  ‘Adjudication,  Constitutionalism  and  
336  [35]   Trying  to  “Save”  the  ECHR’  (Human  Rights  in  Ireland,  
US Case Law 26  January  2011)  
<www.humanrights.ie/index.php/2011/01/26/adjudic
Roe  v  Wade  410  US  113  (1973)  127  
ation-­‐constitutionalism-­‐and-­‐trying-­‐to-­‐save-­‐the-­‐ecthr>  
Arcoren  v  Peters  811  F  2d  392  (8th  Cir  1987)  
accessed  30  January  2011.  
Newspaper articles
Carl  O’Brien,  ‘Woman  with  Cancer  Tells  of  her  Abortion  
Ordeal’  The  Irish  Times  (Dublin,  21  December  2010)  

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