 A case citation refers to the publication details that can help you find a case. Here is a case citation for the case Fox and Percy. We start the citation with the case name. These are the parties in the decision. In speech, the V between the parties' names is spoken as and in civil cases, and as against in criminal cases. We have the year the case was handed down in brackets. Volumes of law reports are organised either by year or by volume. Round brackets tell us the law report is organised by volume. The square brackets tell us the law report is organised by year. Next is the volume number. Although not all law reports have volumes, like some that are organised by year. Next is the abbreviation for the law report. This citation is to the Commonwealth law reports. Then the page number that the case starts on. The case citation tells us where we can find this case online and in hard copy. We can find the case of Fox and Percy in the Commonwealth law reports in volume 214. The case starts on page 118. Each case citation will be completely unique to that case. We can use the citation details to research case law databases online as a special code to find a case. If you need help with the case citation, ask us at the library.