When citing a paper 1 criminal case, do I need the full name or just the defendant?

So I know for tort and contract cases I need both the claimant and the defendant to get the best marks. But for paper 1, would I get away with just writing Lamb instead of R v Lamb? Same goes for all criminal cases as Ive always been told just the name is enough (White, Pagett, etc).

Reply 1

UoL Students

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I would say that it depends on whether or not you have a word count. If you have a word count than I would recommend just putting the defendant's name so e.g White, Pagett to save on words.

However if this is a written exam and you do not have a word account than I don't see an advantage of not doing R v White. It will be easy to remember as it will likely be R or DPP and is unlikely to add a significant more amount of time. It would be beneficial in case you end up with an examiner with specific preferences (although this is unlikely).

Claire
Law LLB Student

Reply 2

L_Turner07

Original post by UoL Students

I would say that it depends on whether or not you have a word count. If you have a word count than I would recommend just putting the defendant's name so e.g White, Pagett to save on words.
However if this is a written exam and you do not have a word account than I don't see an advantage of not doing R v White. It will be easy to remember as it will likely be R or DPP and is unlikely to add a significant more amount of time. It would be beneficial in case you end up with an examiner with specific preferences (although this is unlikely).
Claire
Law LLB Student

Ok cool, I’ll just remember the R or DPP as it isn’t much extra. Thanks!