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| The CaseSearch editors use various scopes of research to ascertain how the cases since they were heard have been treated in subsequent cases. The full list of reports covered in this research and the courts, are available via the CaseSearch Scopes/Coverage link. |
| Apld | Applied: used where the court in the annotating case (which is a superior jurisdiction) has applied the principle(s) of law enunciated in the annotated case by a court of inferior jurisdiction to a new set of facts. |
| Apprvd | Approved: used where the court in the annotating case has approved the decision of an inferior court in unrelated proceedings although the decision is not necessary for the disposition of the annotating case. |
| Consd | Considered: used where the court in the annotating case has discussed the legal principles of the annotated case but has not actually followed, applied, distinguished etc it. |
| Dbtd | Doubted: used where the court in the annotating case has disagreed with the decision in the annotated case but either it was unnecessary to overrule the decision or the court had no power to do so. |
| Disapprvd | Disapproved: similar to where doubted is used, except that the court has clearly stated that the reasoning in the annotated case is wrong. |
| Distd | Distinguished: used where the court in the annotating case has decided that it need not follow the decision in the annotated case, by which it would otherwise be bound, because of some salient difference between it and the annotated case. |
| Expld | Explained: used where the court in the annotating case has interpreted the decision in the annotated case and stated what it means. |
| Extd | Extended: used in similar circumstances to ‘applied’, except that the annotating case extrapolates the principles of law further. |
| Folld | Followed: used where the court in the annotating case has expressed itself bound by the decision in the annotated case which is by a court of a co-ordinate or superior jurisdiction. |
| NF |
Not followed: used where the court in the annotating case has declined to follow the decision in the annotated case which is by a court of co-ordinate jurisdiction. |
| Overd | Overruled: used where the court in the annotating case has decided that the decision in the annotated case, which was given by a court of inferior jurisdiction in unrelated proceedings, is wrong. |
The Appeal proceedings section of the CaseSearch entry has the following annotations used by the courts:
| Affirming | The decision in the primary case is upheld on appeal. |
| Reversing | The decision in the primary case is overturned on appeal. |
| Varying | The decision in the primary case is only partly reversed or partly affirmed by the subsequent case. It is particularly used in circumstances where the court in the subsequent case has altered the quantum of damages awarded or the sentence imposed in the primary case. |
What do the colours mean?
The colours merely highlight and draw attention to the particular types of treatment. They do not change or add to the meaning of the annotation.
Negative treatments - such as disapproved, not followed, overruled and reversed - are coloured red.
Positive treatments - such as followed, applied, approved and affirmed are coloured green.
Treatments indicating caution required - are coloured amber, and can be everything from a distinguishing or explaining treatment (indicating that the law is still good but does not apply in the circumstances), to a varying treatment to a questioning (sometimes called a 'doubting') treatment.
Neutral treatments - such as considered and cited, are coloured black.