Answered By: Bissy Ithack
Last Updated: Jul 19, 2024     Views: 2396

The neutral citation system is defined in s.63 (8) of the Supreme Court Practice Directions as follows:

“A neutral citation is a court-approved system of citation that is independent of the series of law reports or other publications and unique to each written judgment. Each written judgment from a particular level of Court is assigned a sequential number, starting from 1 at the beginning of each calendar year.”

Example:

Singapore neutral citation

Search by neutral citation in the LawNet database (NUS Law staff and students, please login with your LawNet login ID and password provided by NUS Law Administrators. Others, please access LawNet through the library website) to find a Singapore case. Supreme Court judgments (2000 -) and case summaries are available from the court website. The latest judgments from the Supreme Court, State Courts, and Family Court are available on the Free Resources page of the LawNet database.

 

UK neutral citation

See a list of main neutral citations used in the courts in England and Wales here.

Please use the ICLR, Westlaw, Lexis Advance Singapore or Bailii to find UK cases.

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