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U+0029 ) RIGHT PARENTHESIS ())
U+FF08 ( FULLWIDTH LEFT PARENTHESIS
U+FF09 ) FULLWIDTH RIGHT PARENTHESIS
U+FD3E ﴾ ORNATE LEFT PARENTHESIS
U+FD3F ﴿ ORNATE RIGHT PARENTHESIS
U+2E28 ⸨ LEFT DOUBLE PARENTHESIS
U+2E29 ⸩ RIGHT DOUBLE PARENTHESIS
U+207D ⁽ SUPERSCRIPT LEFT PARENTHESIS
U+207E ⁾ SUPERSCRIPT RIGHT PARENTHESIS
U+208D ₍ SUBSCRIPT LEFT PARENTHESIS
U+208E ₎ SUBSCRIPT RIGHT PARENTHESIS
U+239B ⎛ LEFT PARENTHESIS UPPER HOOK
U+239C ⎜ LEFT PARENTHESIS EXTENSION
U+239D ⎝ LEFT PARENTHESIS LOWER HOOK
U+239E ⎞ RIGHT PARENTHESIS UPPER HOOK
U+239F ⎟ RIGHT PARENTHESIS EXTENSION
U+23A0 ⎠ RIGHT PARENTHESIS LOWER HOOK
U+23DC ⏜ TOP PARENTHESIS (⏜)
U+23DD ⏝ BOTTOM PARENTHESIS (⏝)
U+27EE ⟮ MATHEMATICAL LEFT FLATTENED PARENTHESIS
U+27EF ⟯ MATHEMATICAL RIGHT FLATTENED PARENTHESIS
U+2983 ⦃ LEFT WHITE CURLY BRACKET
U+2984 ⦄ RIGHT WHITE CURLY BRACKET
U+2985 ⦅ LEFT WHITE PARENTHESIS (⦅)
U+2986 ⦆ RIGHT WHITE PARENTHESIS (⦆)
U+2E59 ⹙ TOP HALF LEFT PARENTHESIS
U+2E5A ⹚ TOP HALF RIGHT PARENTHESIS
U+2E5B ⹛ BOTTOM HALF LEFT PARENTHESIS
U+2E5C ⹜ BOTTOM HALF RIGHT PARENTHESIS
U+2768 ❨ MEDIUM LEFT PARENTHESIS ORNAMENT
U+2769 ❩ MEDIUM RIGHT PARENTHESIS ORNAMENT
U+276A ❪ MEDIUM FLATTENED LEFT PARENTHESIS ORNAMENT
U+276B ❫ MEDIUM FLATTENED RIGHT PARENTHESIS ORNAMENT
U+0029 ) RIGHT PARENTHESIS ())
U+FF08 ( FULLWIDTH LEFT PARENTHESIS
U+FF09 ) FULLWIDTH RIGHT PARENTHESIS
U+FD3E ﴾ ORNATE LEFT PARENTHESIS
U+FD3F ﴿ ORNATE RIGHT PARENTHESIS
U+2E28 ⸨ LEFT DOUBLE PARENTHESIS
U+2E29 ⸩ RIGHT DOUBLE PARENTHESIS
U+207D ⁽ SUPERSCRIPT LEFT PARENTHESIS
U+207E ⁾ SUPERSCRIPT RIGHT PARENTHESIS
U+208D ₍ SUBSCRIPT LEFT PARENTHESIS
U+208E ₎ SUBSCRIPT RIGHT PARENTHESIS
U+239B ⎛ LEFT PARENTHESIS UPPER HOOK
U+239C ⎜ LEFT PARENTHESIS EXTENSION
U+239D ⎝ LEFT PARENTHESIS LOWER HOOK
U+239E ⎞ RIGHT PARENTHESIS UPPER HOOK
U+239F ⎟ RIGHT PARENTHESIS EXTENSION
U+23A0 ⎠ RIGHT PARENTHESIS LOWER HOOK
U+23DC ⏜ TOP PARENTHESIS (⏜)
U+23DD ⏝ BOTTOM PARENTHESIS (⏝)
U+27EE ⟮ MATHEMATICAL LEFT FLATTENED PARENTHESIS
U+27EF ⟯ MATHEMATICAL RIGHT FLATTENED PARENTHESIS
U+2983 ⦃ LEFT WHITE CURLY BRACKET
U+2984 ⦄ RIGHT WHITE CURLY BRACKET
U+2985 ⦅ LEFT WHITE PARENTHESIS (⦅)
U+2986 ⦆ RIGHT WHITE PARENTHESIS (⦆)
U+2E59 ⹙ TOP HALF LEFT PARENTHESIS
U+2E5A ⹚ TOP HALF RIGHT PARENTHESIS
U+2E5B ⹛ BOTTOM HALF LEFT PARENTHESIS
U+2E5C ⹜ BOTTOM HALF RIGHT PARENTHESIS
U+2768 ❨ MEDIUM LEFT PARENTHESIS ORNAMENT
U+2769 ❩ MEDIUM RIGHT PARENTHESIS ORNAMENT
U+276A ❪ MEDIUM FLATTENED LEFT PARENTHESIS ORNAMENT
U+276B ❫ MEDIUM FLATTENED RIGHT PARENTHESIS ORNAMENT
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You don't escape square brackets in LaTeX if you want them typeset. \[ and \] are basically synonyms for \begin{displaymath} and \end{displaymath}, (or \begin{equation*} and \end{equation*} with amsmath loaded), and will make the enclosed content typeset in a unnumbered displayed math equation on a separate line, which is clearly not what you want.
In conclusion you should simply write
[2007] EWCA Civ 1042
verbatim to get the output
[2007] EWCA Civ 1042
Edit: As noted in the comments, this will not work in the special cases where the brackets follow a macro (as in \item [2007] EWA) or if it comes first in a row in a tabular. In these situations one should group the brackets inside braces as {[2007]} EWA.
You also could try this: {[2007]}
I see quite a number of news articles that have a word, usually a connecting word, contained inside square brackets. Almost all of the time, the sentence wouldn’t make any sense without the word in question.
E.g “The Olympic Games will be cancelled [if] the pandemic isn’t under control”.
Why is this?