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Which of these is the correct way to reference a book in a footnote? (Have a look at section 3.2.1 of the OSCOLA handbook if you're stuck)

Which of these is the correct way to reference a chapter from an edited book in a footnote? (Have a look at section 3.2.3 of the OSCOLA handbook if you're stuck)

Which of these is the correct way to reference a website or blog post in a footnote? (Have a look at section 3.4.8 of the OSCOLA handbook if you're stuck)

Which of these is the correct way to reference a newspaper article (which you found online) in a footnote? (Have a look at section 3.4.9 of the OSCOLA handbook if you're stuck)

Which of these is the correct way to reference a journal article (from a journal that uses volume numbers) in a footnote? (Have a look at section 3.3.1 of the OSCOLA handbook if you're stuck)

Which of these is the correct way to reference a journal article (from a journal that doesn't use volume numbers) in a footnote? (Have a look at section 3.3.1 of the OSCOLA handbook if you're stuck)

Which of these is the correct way to pinpoint page 480 of a journal article in a footnote? (Have a look at section 3.3.1 of the OSCOLA handbook if you're stuck)

Which of these is the correct way to reference a case (with a neutral citation, that has been reported in the law reports) in a footnote? (Have a look at section 2.1.3 of the OSCOLA handbook if you're stuck)

Which of these is the correct way to reference a case (without a neutral citation, that has been reported in the law reports) in a footnote? (Have a look at sections 2.1.1 or 2.1.4 of the OSCOLA handbook if you're stuck)

Which of these is the correct way to pinpoint paragraph 68 of  a case (with a neutral citation, that has been reported in the law reports) in a footnote? (Have a look at section 2.1.6 of the OSCOLA handbook if you're stuck)

Which of these is the correct way to reference an Act of Parliament in a footnote? (Have a look at section 2.4.1 of the OSCOLA handbook if you're stuck)

Which of these is the correct way to reference a statutory instrument in a footnote? (Have a look at section 2.5.1 of the OSCOLA handbook if you're stuck)

Which of these is the correct way to reference a Law Commission report in a footnote? (Have a look at section 3.4.4 of the OSCOLA handbook if you're stuck)

Solution list
Question 1

Which of these is the correct way to reference a book in a footnote? (Have a look at section 3.2.1 of the OSCOLA handbook if you're stuck)

Andrew Murray, Information Technology Law: The Law and Society, (3rd edn, OUP 2016).

Question 2

Which of these is the correct way to reference a chapter from an edited book in a footnote? (Have a look at section 3.2.3 of the OSCOLA handbook if you're stuck)

Alvaro Oliveira, ‘A Freedom under Supervision: The EU Court and Mandatory Retirement Age’ in Simonetta Manfredi and Lucy Vickers (eds), Challenges of Active Ageing: Equality Law and the Workplace (Palgrave Macmillan, 2016).

Question 3

Which of these is the correct way to reference a website or blog post in a footnote? (Have a look at section 3.4.8 of the OSCOLA handbook if you're stuck)

Maria Garcia, ‘Four Options for UK trade after Brexit’ (The Conversation, 15 July 2016) < https://theconversation.com/four-options-for-uk-trade-after-brexit-62363> accessed 25 October 2018.

Question 4

Which of these is the correct way to reference a newspaper article (which you found online) in a footnote? (Have a look at section 3.4.9 of the OSCOLA handbook if you're stuck)

Hilary Osborne, ‘Self-Employment Status – Who's next under the HMRC Spotlight’ The Guardian (London, 20 October 2016) https://www.theguardian.com/law/2016/oct/20/self-employment-status-hmrc-who-is-next-analysis accessed 25 October 2018.

Question 5

Which of these is the correct way to reference a journal article (from a journal that uses volume numbers) in a footnote? (Have a look at section 3.3.1 of the OSCOLA handbook if you're stuck)

John Murphy, ‘Misleading Appearances in the Tort of Deceit’ (2016) 75 Cambridge Law Journal 301.

Question 6

Which of these is the correct way to reference a journal article (from a journal that doesn't use volume numbers) in a footnote? (Have a look at section 3.3.1 of the OSCOLA handbook if you're stuck)

Dominic Grieve, ‘Can a Bill of Rights do Better than the Human Rights Act?’ [2016] Public Law 223.

Question 7

Which of these is the correct way to pinpoint page 480 of a journal article in a footnote? (Have a look at section 3.3.1 of the OSCOLA handbook if you're stuck)

Alicia Hinarejos, ‘Brexit and the Euro Area’ (2016) European Law Review 479, 480.

Question 8

Which of these is the correct way to reference a case (with a neutral citation, that has been reported in the law reports) in a footnote? (Have a look at section 2.1.3 of the OSCOLA handbook if you're stuck)

R v Mirza [2004] UKHL 2, [2004] 1 AC 1118.

Question 9

Which of these is the correct way to reference a case (without a neutral citation, that has been reported in the law reports) in a footnote? (Have a look at sections 2.1.1 or 2.1.4 of the OSCOLA handbook if you're stuck)

Kawarindrasingh v White [1997] 1 WLR 785 (CA).

Question 10

Which of these is the correct way to pinpoint paragraph 68 of  a case (with a neutral citation, that has been reported in the law reports) in a footnote? (Have a look at section 2.1.6 of the OSCOLA handbook if you're stuck)

Buckley v Tibber [2015] EWCA Civ 1294; [2016] QB 706 [68].

Question 11

Which of these is the correct way to reference an Act of Parliament in a footnote? (Have a look at section 2.4.1 of the OSCOLA handbook if you're stuck)

Proceeds of Crime Act 2002.

Question 12

Which of these is the correct way to reference a statutory instrument in a footnote? (Have a look at section 2.5.1 of the OSCOLA handbook if you're stuck)

European Union Referendum (Conduct) Regulations, SI 2016/219.

Question 13

Which of these is the correct way to reference a Law Commission report in a footnote? (Have a look at section 3.4.4 of the OSCOLA handbook if you're stuck)

Law Commission, Unfitness to Plead (Law Com No 364, 2016).