Preparing a winning case is all in the details. It requires familiarity not only with the issues, the evidence and the law, but with the procedural and tactical finer points of the litigation process.

 

Time to Review Your Daily Practice - Extensive Osborne Changes to Rules in force January 1, 2010

 

The extensive Osborne changes to the Rules, effective January 1, 2010, and applying immediately to existing proceedings, call for a comprehensive review of the daily practice of a civil litigator. Ontario Litigator’s Pocket Reference, 2010 Edition captures, incorporates and synthesizes all the amendments to the Rules, making it an indispensable manual for Ontario practitioners, articling students and legal support staff in their daily preparation for motions, trials and appeals.

 

Key changes to the Rules include:

 

·         Substantive and procedural changes to summary judgment

·         Changes to the times for delivery of motion materials and factums and changes to the procedure for automatic dismissal of actions and status notices

·         New requirements for parties’ agreement to a discovery plan

·         Limits on the duration of examinations for discovery and procedures for seeking additional time

·         Changes to the scope of “relevance” in discovery

·         Incorporation by reference of the Sedona Canada Principles for e-discovery

·         New requirements governing the duty of experts

·         Changes to the case management scheme (including the repeal of Rule 78 and a significantly simplified Rule 77)

·         Increase in the monetary jurisdiction of the Small Claims Court to $25,000

 

Use It Every Day

 

Twenty-four fully updated appendices comprise the balance of the book bringing together a wide range of practical information needed by lawyers and their support staff on a daily basis, including:

 

·         Province of Ontario Judicial Regions

·         Directory of Ontario Court Houses

·         Directions to Ontario Court Houses

·         Motions Court Days and Times

·         Toronto Region Case Management Masters and Key Contacts

·         Toronto Courts Telephone Directory

·         Directory of Law Firms

·         Practice Directions and Notices to the Profession (Court of Appeal) 

·         Practice Directions and Notices to the Profession (Divisional Court)                     

·         Practice Directions and Notices to the Profession (Superior Court of Justice)        

·         Practice Directions and Notices to the Profession (Specialized Courts)

·         Court Filing Fees

·         Mediators’ Fees (Rules 24.1 and 75.1)

·         Binding of Documents

·         Commercial List Forms

·         Toronto Region Case Management Masters’ Forms

·         Court Reporters and Official Examiners

·         Costs Tariff

·         Rates of Interest (Courts of Justice Act)

·         Common Causes of Action, Defences and Remedies

·         Common Limitation and Notice Periods

·         Appeal Charts

·         Standard Legal Citations

·         Directory of Web Sites for Litigators