OSCOLA Referencing Cheat Sheet: How to Cite Cases, Legislation and Journals

OSCOLA errors cost marks unnecessarily. Most law students know OSCOLA is required. Far fewer have actually internalised the rules well enough to apply them correctly under time pressure without checking a guide.

This cheat sheet gives you every OSCOLA rule you need in one place, formatted for quick reference during essay writing and exam revision.

It covers:

• Cases — how to cite in text and in footnotes, short form for subsequent references, neutral citations and law report citations
• Legislation — Acts, statutory instruments, EU legislation, and how to handle amendments
• Books — single and multiple authors, edited collections, chapters in edited books
• Journal articles — standard format, electronic journals, and how to handle page numbers
• Official and government publications — Command Papers, Law Commission reports, Hansard
• Online sources — websites, news articles, and how to handle sources without stable URLs
• Subsequent references — ibid, above n, and when to use each

Designed to be printed or kept open alongside your work. Covers every source type you are likely to encounter across an LLB or GDL without requiring you to consult the full OSCOLA guide.