Ontario Superior Court Practice, 2013 Edition + E-Book

Description

The Superior Standard for Practising Civil Litigation

 

Ontario Superior Court Practice, 2013 Edition plus forms volume provides annotated Rules highlighting the crucial information and principles you need to argue on the fly. Eschewing a simplistic case digest format, you'll find clear, well-organized statements of the current law and practice, along with easy-to-scan examples of its application throughout, all with footnoted references to the case law citations.

 

More Guidance, More Tables and Charts and More E-Book Functionality

• Rule by rule guidance on rapidly changing practice issues
• "Practice Notes" throughout — annotating the Rules and statutes with focus on the governing principles for interpreting and applying the provision, with footnoted references to leading decisions
• Causes of action, defences and remedies tables — unique and comprehensive listing of over 50 of the most common civil claims and heads of damages, detailing the necessary elements that must be pleaded, referenced by the leading case law
• Substantive and procedural limitation periods — Ontario and federal statutory limitation periods tables identify all procedural timelines under each rule and provide an overview of the common law of limitation periods
• All-at-a-glance tables and charts of technical information such as calculation of solicitor fees in a class action
• Solicitors Act annotated — with rules governing the assessment and collection of accounts as reflected in the leading cases
• Only LexisNexis e-books contain hyperlinks to full text cases and are optimized for all mobile devices not just BlackBerry®

What’s New in the 2013 Edition

• Expanded commentary on:
  • Summary judgments, reflecting the analysis in the Court of Appeal ground-breaking decision in Combined Air v. Flesch, along with numerous examples of how the courts applied this analysis in 2012 summary judgment decisions
  • Rule 17 service ex juris case in light of the Supreme Court of Canada’s decision in Van Breda
  • The increasing use of Rule 21 motions, with examples of the latest case law
• Recent case law on other evolving areas such as:
  • Class actions
  • Calculation of limitation periods
  • Discovery and e-discovery
  • Small claims procedures, including the non-availability of discovery
• Recently issued Superior Courts of Justice Practice Directions
• Recent amendments to:
  • Courts of Justice Act from S.O. 2009, c. 33
  • Rules of Civil Procedurefrom O. Reg. 436/10
  • Rules of the Small Claims Court from O. Reg. 56/12
  • And much more

Billing Method: Annual Publication – Standing Order Terms Apply

Table of Contents

Main Volume
    Tables
          Procedural Limitation Periods
          Substantive Limitation Periods
          Civil Appeal Routes
          Causes of Action, Defences and Remedies
    Statutes
          Courts of Justice Act
          Class Proceedings Act
          Law Society Act (selected sections)
          Solicitors Act
          Limitations Act, 2002
          Evidence Act
          Judicial Review Procedure Act
    Rules
          Rules of Civil Procedure
          Small Claims Court Rules
          Family Law Rules
    Tariffs and Fees
    Appendices
    Forms Volume
Author/Contributor

The Honourable Mr. Justice Todd Archibald, The Honourable Gordon Killeen and James C. Morton

The Honourable Mr. Justice Todd Archibald has been a Superior Court Justice since 1999. He is a Co-Editor of the National Annual Review of Civil Litigation, and a former Litigation Partner with the Toronto law firm of Borden & Elliot.

The Honourable Gordon Killeen was a Judge of the District Court and Superior Court of Justice from 1973 until his retirement in 2007. He was also a member of the Civil Rules Committee from 1990 to 2007.

James C. Morton heads the Litigation Group at Steinberg Morton Hope & Israel LLP. He is a Certified Specialist of the Law Society of Upper Canada in civil litigation, and past Chair of the Ontario Bar Association Civil Litigation Executive.

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