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Footnotes\t\u0013 PAGEREF _Toc89170510 \\h \u00145\u0015\u0015\n\u0013 HYPERLINK \\l \"_Toc89170511\" \u00142. Table of Statutes, Table of Statutory Instruments, Tables of Cases and Bibliography\t\u0013 PAGEREF _Toc89170511 \\h \u00145\u0015\u0015\n\u0013 HYPERLINK \\l \"_Toc89170512\" \u0014Inserting a footnote using Word\t\u0013 PAGEREF _Toc89170512 \\h \u00146\u0015\u0015\n\u0013 HYPERLINK \\l \"_Toc89170513\" \u0014Full stops\t\u0013 PAGEREF _Toc89170513 \\h \u00146\u0015\u0015\n\u0013 HYPERLINK \\l \"_Toc89170514\" \u0014Citing web addresses (URLs)\t\u0013 PAGEREF _Toc89170514 \\h \u00146\u0015\u0015\n\u0013 HYPERLINK \\l \"_Toc89170515\" \u0014Repeating references in your footnotes – using ibid and (n)\t\u0013 PAGEREF _Toc89170515 \\h \u00147\u0015\u0015\n\u0013 HYPERLINK \\l \"_Toc89170516\" \u0014Primary Sources\t\u0013 PAGEREF _Toc89170516 \\h \u00147\u0015\u0015\n\u0013 HYPERLINK \\l \"_Toc89170517\" \u0014Cases\t\u0013 PAGEREF _Toc89170517 \\h \u00147\u0015\u0015\n\u0013 HYPERLINK \\l \"_Toc89170518\" \u0014Square or round brackets?\t\u0013 PAGEREF _Toc89170518 \\h \u00147\u0015\u0015\n\u0013 HYPERLINK \\l \"_Toc89170519\" \u0014Pinpoints\t\u0013 PAGEREF _Toc89170519 \\h \u00147\u0015\u0015\n\u0013 HYPERLINK \\l \"_Toc89170520\" \u0014Italic font?\t\u0013 PAGEREF _Toc89170520 \\h \u00148\u0015\u0015\n\u0013 HYPERLINK \\l \"_Toc89170521\" \u0014Case - 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