Citation of Cases

Question 1

Name components of a citation

Answer 1

Name of the parties
Year of Publication
Volume of law report
Law report Page in Law
Report
Court

Question 2

Where are Cases from High Court Found?

Answer 2

in a series of books called Law reports. Not all cases are reported, but they carry equal weight of
importance

Question 3

Parallel citation

Answer 3

Case is reported in more than one law report more than one citation

Question 4

Electronic databases

Answer 4

Assist when you don’t have the full citation of a case
o Indexes- cases provided in alphabetical order/chronological
order
o Search engine- subject matter as a filter to get the
appropriate case
o Examples: Jutastat; Juta Law; LexisNexis; SAFLII;
Butterworths etc…

Question 5

Law Reports

Answer 5

o SALR- South African Law Report (Most HC cases can be found here)
o SACR – South African Criminal Law Reports- Criminal
o BCLR- Butterworths Constitutional Law Reports- CC
o BLLR- Butterworths Labour Law Reports- Labour
o BALR- Butterworths Arbitration Law Reports- Arbitration