Template:Oscola/doc

How to use this template
This template is used to cite cases heard by the various courts of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland in the format established by OSCOLA.
 * Usage:

where code is the citation format code given below, year is the year the case was decided, volume/neutral citation jurisdiction is the first number/number-letter sequence following the date in the case citation or the code indicating the jurisdiction of the case, reporter/neutral citation division is the publication reporting the case or the division of the court (i.e. criminal, civil, administrative), page/judgment is the first page of the case in the reporter or the judgment number, court is the court where the case was adjudicated, and pinpoint is the page/paragraph where the quoted material is referenced. This is usually included after naming a case, such as: Donoghue v Stevenson  .

To do

 * Cleanup and debug: catch redlinks
 * Add support for ELI and other identifiers
 * Add support for CS1|2 parameters like access-date
 * Consider moving to CS1|2 wrapper

Format selection
There are three primary formats used to cite a case: the proprietary format organized by date, the proprietary format where dates represent additional information, and the neutral format. Codes indicate which format is intended.

Formats

 * PROP for a proprietary reporter organized by date
 * PROPN for a proprietary reporter (dates additional) (Also pre-1865 citations)
 * NEUT for a neutral citation

Jurisdiction Codes for Neutral Citation

 * uk for the United Kingdom
 * ew for England and Wales
 * scot for Scotland
 * nie for Northern Ireland

Division Codes for Neutral Citation

 * Admin for administrative
 * Civ for civil
 * Ch for chancery
 * Crim for criminal