In what is very welcome news, the Ontario Superior Court of Justice has released a practice direction, effective 1 October 2011, authorizing the use of reliable online versions of court decisions for filing
in books of authorities and providing for special citation rules:
These were translated from Mandarin to English and provided to the Crown with a defence
book of authorities on self - defence.
A
comprehensive book of authorities was filed at trial by the defence and it was clear to the judge that P.L.'s belief that the person he thought he was communicating with was 25 and not underage, and thus he had taken «reasonable steps» to ascertain the age and was satisfied that she was 25 years of age.
The remaining 106 pages consist of detailed amendments to the NEB's draft conditions,
a book of authorities containing past board decisions, a consolidated version of the National Energy Board Act and the Canadian Environmental Assessment Act (in English and French) and excerpts from Enbridge's Northern Gateway evidence.
Arbitration on a point of law, with an agreed statement of relevant facts, written arguments and
books of authority, but without written or oral evidence.
Rule 44 of the Supreme Court Rules sets out what must be included in
a book of authorities.
Equity Waste Management of Canada Corp. v. Halton Hills (Town)(1997), 35 O.R. (3d) 321 (C.A.) at para. 46 Respondents»
book of authorities, Appendix B, Tab 6
Council of Canadians with Disabilities v. VIA Rail Canada Inc., [2007] 1 S.C.R. 650 Respondents»
book of authorities, Appendix B, Tab 5
Rather than spending hours making
a Book of Authorities (BOA) manually, EasyBOA can automatically create a BOA in minutes.
A particularly irritating example is
books of authorities.
In most civil cases lawyers still create hard copies of evidentiary records,
books of authorities and factums.
So who's going to put
your book of authorities together?
«I sat there as a junior, assigned to do
a book of authorities.
Asim Iqbal maintains EasyBOA,
a book of authorities assembly tool, in Blue Cloud, the company he founded in May 2015 with two equally technology - minded friends.
He prepares and assembles affidavits of documents, undertaking and refusals lists, motion materials and
books of authorities.
Also: many readers may not realize that the Divisional Court has an online list of cases that are included in a Judge's
Book of Authorities (Divisional Court) containing frequently cited cases that lawyers need not include in their facta (since the Court already has copies of them).
My confusion probably started as an articling student, as I diligently copied cases and extracts of journals and texts for inclusion on
books of authority being sent to courts and other lawyers.
In casebooks or
books of authorities, a plain version of the print - out should be provided, with only the relevant portions highlighted.
The following guidelines are given to assist counsel in preparing memorandums of argument, factums and
books of authorities: