Erskine May Abbreviations
5 November 2021
| Abbreviation | Description |
| 2RC | Second Reading Committee |
| AC | Law Reports, Appeal Cases |
| ACTR | Australian Capital territory reports |
| AIR | All India Reports |
| All ER | All England Law Reports, 1942–date |
| ALJR | Australian Law Journal Reports |
| ALR | Australian Law Reports |
| App | Appendix |
| App Cas | Law Reports, Appeal Cases, 1975–1890 |
| arts | articles |
| B | Bidder’s Locus Standi Reports, 1920–1936 |
| C | Paper presented to Parliament by Royal Command, 1870–1900 |
| Cav Deb | Sir Henry Cavendish’s Debates of the House of Commons, 2 volumes, 1768–1771 (1841–42) |
| CFSP | Common Foreign and Security Policy |
| Ch App | Law Reports, Chancery Appeals, 1865–1875 |
| CJ | Journals of the House of Commons |
| cl | clause |
| CLR | Commonwealth Law Reports |
| Cm | Paper presented to the House of Commons by Royal Command, 1986–date |
| Cmd | Paper presented to the House of Commons by Royal Command, 1919–1956 |
| Cmnd | Paper presented to the House of Commons by Royal Command, 1956–1986 |
| Co | Committee |
| Colchester | Charles Abbot, Lord Colchester, Diary and Correspondence, 3 volumes (1861) |
| Con LR | Construction Law Reports |
| CPA | Commonwealth Parliamentary Association |
| C & R | Clifford and Rickards’ Locus Standi Reports, 1873–1884 |
| CRR | Canadian Rights Reporter |
| C & S | Clifford and Stephens’ Locus Standi Reports, 1867–1872 |
| CSCE | Conference on Security and Co-operation in Europe |
| Denison | J E Denison, Notes from my Journal when Speaker (1900) |
| d’Ewes | Sir Symonds D’Ewes, Journal of all the Parliaments during the reign of Queen Elizabeth (1682) (facsimile reprint 1973) |
| DLC | Delegated Legislation Committee |
| DLR | Dominion law Reports [Canada], series 1–4, 1912–date |
| Dow & Ry (KB) | Dowling and Ryland’s Reports, King’s Bench, 1822–1827 |
| Ecc LJ | Ecclesiastical Law Journal |
| ECHR | European Court of Human Rights |
| EHRR | European Human Rights Reports |
| EM | Explanatory Memorandum |
| EN | Explanatory Notes |
| ER | English Reports of all decisions previous to 1866, 178 volumes (1900–1930) |
| Euro Co | European Committee |
| EVEL | ‘English Votes for English Laws’ |
| EWCA | Court of Appeal judgement (England and Wales) |
| EWHC | High Court judgment (England and Wales) |
| ex p | Ex parte |
| F | Federal Reporter |
| FCA | Federal Court of Australia |
| FCO | Foreign and Commonwealth Office |
| F (HL) | Fraser’s Court of Session cases, Fifth Series |
| Grey Deb | Ed Anchitell Grey, Debates of the House of Commons, 10 volumes, 1667–1684 (1789) |
| Hatsell | John Hatsell, Precedents of Proceedings in the House of Commons, 4 volumes (1818) |
| HC | House of Commons paper |
| HC(A)A 1978 | House of Commons (Administration) Act 1978 |
| HC Deb | Parliamentary Debates (Official Report of the House of Commons) (Hansard) (1909–date) |
| HL | House of Lords paper |
| HL Deb | Parliamentary Debates (Official Report of the House of Lords) (Hansard) (1909–date) |
| IPSA | Independent Parliamentary Standards Authority |
| IPU | Inter-Parliamentary Union |
| Ir Eq | Irish Reports, Equity, Fourth Series, 1866–1877 |
| IRLR | Industrial Relations Law Reports |
| JP | Justice of the Peace |
| KB | Law Reports, King’s Bench |
| LCO | Legislative Competence Order |
| LJ | Journals of the House of Lords |
| LJ (CH) | Law Journal, Chancery, 1822–1946 |
| LRCP | Law Reports, Common Pleas, 1865–1875 |
| LR Eq | Law Reports, Equity, 1865–1875 |
| LR HL | Law Reports, English and Irish Appeals, 1866–1875 |
| LSR | Locus Standi Reports, 1936–1960, 1960–1983, 1983–1991 and 1991–2006 |
| LT | Law Times Reports, 1859–1947 |
| LT (OS) | Law Times Reports, Old Series |
| Mass | Massachusetts Reports |
| Morison | WM Morison, Decisions of the Court of Session, 1526–1808, 22 volumes (1811) |
| NATO | North Atlantic Treaty Organisation |
| NPO | National Parliament Office |
| NSWLR | New South Wales Law Reports, 1971–date |
| NSWSC | New South Wales Supreme Court |
| NZAR | New Zealand Administrative Reports |
| OR | Ontario Reports |
| OSCE | Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe |
| Parl Deb | Parliamentary Debates, 1803–1908 |
| Parl Hist | Parliamentary History of England to 1803 |
| Pat App HL (SC) | Paton’s House of Lords Appeals, 1726–1784 |
| PBC Deb | Public Bill Committee debates |
| PC | Privy Council |
| PCPF | Parliamentary Contributory Pension Fund |
| PL | Public Law |
| QB | Law Reports, Queen’s Bench Division, 1891–1900, 1952–date |
| QBD | Law Reports, Queen’s Bench Division, 1875–1890 |
| QSC | Queensland Supreme Court Reports |
| r | rule |
| R & M | Rickards and Michael’s Locus Standi reports, 1885–1889 |
| Rot Parl | Ed J Strachey and J Pridden, Rotuli Parliamentorum, 1278–1503, 6 volumes (1832) |
| R & S | Rickards and Saunders’ Locus Standi Reports, 1890–1894 |
| s | section |
| SA | South African Law Reports |
| S & A | Saunders and Austin’s Locus Standi Reports, 1895–1904 |
| SASR | South Australian State Reports, 1865–date |
| S & B | Saunders and Bibber’s Locus Standi reports, 1905–1919 |
| SC | Session Cases |
| sch | Schedule |
| SCR | Canadian Law Reports (Supreme Court), 1949–date |
| Sc Stg Co | Scottish Standing Committee |
| SEM | Supplementary Explanatory Memorandum |
| SI | Statutory Instrument |
| SLT | Scots Law Times, 1893–date |
| Standing Order | Standing Order (private business) |
| SO No | Standing Order (public business) |
| SOCPA | Serious Crime and Police Act 2005 |
| SR (NSW) | State Reports, New South Wales, 1901–1970 |
| STC | Simon’s Tax Cases, 1973–date |
| St Co | Standing Committee |
| St Co Deb | Standing Committee Debates |
| State Tr | Ed TB and TJ Howell, A Complete Collection of State Trials (1163–1820), 33 volumes (1809–20); and new series (NS) ed J Macdonell (1820–1858), 8 volumes (1888–1898) |
| TEU | Treaty on European Union |
| TLR | Times Law Reports, 1884–date |
| TNA | The National Archives |
| UKHL | House of Lords judgment |
| UKPC | United Kingdom Privy Council decision |
| UKSC | United Kingdom Supreme Court judgment |
| US | United States Supreme Court Reports |
| VR | Victorian Reports |
| VSCA | Victoria Court of Appeal |
| WH | Westminster Hall |
| WLR | Weekly Law Reports |
| WS | Written Ministerial Statements |