Following on from this (from 2002) came the use of neutral citations where by each case was
given a neutral citation to identify it.
Not exact matches
I'll make a bold statement: I'm very very close to
giving up all those parallel
citations if the case has a
neutral citation.
As you can see, preference is
given to the
neutral citation (where available), but a parallel
citation to another print reporter is generally required.
Gary wonders whether the very prominent place
given to the
neutral citation in the McGill Guide is justified.
He proposed a universal
citation style similar to the modern
neutral legal
citation, where opinions issuing from courts would have official sequential numbers, independent from any trademark or corporate name
given by a private law report publisher.
The problem with citing to the
neutral citation only is that this
gives access to electronic versions only.