When writing a peer review is it better protocol to quote parts of the orginal work or paraphrase? I am writing a peer review exercise and I am not sure when referring to specific parts of the paper whether it is better to quote or paraphrase them. What is the correct protocol on such this?

The review decides whether the paper gets published in a small magazine, whether that makes any difference to these things, I am not sure.
For a review it doesn't matter that much, but it's safer to quote, so that there's no chance of misinterpretation.