70102 Lecture Notes - Lecture 10: Postnuptial Agreement, Family Law Act 1975, Ratio Decidendi
Case Note – Foundations of Law
Readings
• Elizabeth Ellis, Principles and Practice of Australian Law (Thomson Reuters, 3rd ed, 2013)
[6.40]-[6.53].
• Cook et al, Laying Down the Law (LexisNexis Butterworths 10th ed, 2017) 155-162 (on ratio
decidendi). This is available as an e-reading on the UTS Library website.
What to include ( in order)
- Case name and citation
This citation must be the most authoritative version of the case! What this means is that it
is the offiial douet, like a oowealth report. This is i aordae with the AGLC
2.3.1 Law Report Series
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Document Summary
Readings: elizabeth ellis, principles and practice of australian law (thomson reuters, 3rd ed, 2013) [6. 40]-[6. 53]: cook et al, laying down the law (lexisnexis butterworths 10th ed, 2017) 155-162 (on ratio decidendi). This is available as an e-reading on the uts library website. This citation must be the most authoritative version of the case! What this means is that it is the (cid:858)offi(cid:272)ial do(cid:272)u(cid:373)e(cid:374)t(cid:859), like a (cid:272)o(cid:373)(cid:373)o(cid:374)wealth report. This is easy to locate in the case note, and you would just list them. Court e. g high court, lower court etc. All of the above can also be done as an introduction, like so: Jonah v white (2012) 48 fam lr [562], is a case held on appeal in the full court of the family. Court of australia, wherein ms jonah is the applicant, and mr white is the respondent. It is important to whatever you are told to do though. Only what is relevant to the case.