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Case note

What it is

A short journal piece commenting on a single case.

How to cite using OSCOLA

As an article. Where it has no title of its own, the italic case name stands in and (note) closes the citation.

Example citation

Andrew Ashworth, ‘R (Singh) v Chief Constable of the West Midlands Police’ [2006] Crim LR 441 (note).

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