How do I cross-reference using subsequent citations and short form? (OSCOLA)
The first time you reference a source, full details should be given in the footnote. For subsequent citations, a short form of the reference can be given, followed by a cross reference (in brackets) to the fully referenced footnote. For cases, the short form is normally the first significant party name, and for books and articles the first author's surname. Pinpointing can also be used at the end of short forms.
Example (Where footnote 3 refers to footnote 2; and footnote 4 and 6 refers to footnote 1; and footnote 7 refers to footnote 5)
1 Paul Richards, Law of Contract (14th edn, Pearson Education Limited 2019) 5. 2 Caroline Maughan and Julian Webb, Lawyering Skills and the Legal Process (2nd edn, Cambridge University Press 2005). 3 Maughan (n 2) 75. 4 Richards (n 1) 15. 5Carlill v Carbolic Smoke Ball Co [1893] QB 256 (CA). 6 Richards (n 1) 25. 7Carlill (n 5) 258.
