BarTalk June 2002
Volume 14, Number 3

Practice Direction: Citation of Unreported Judgments in Submissions to the Court

To ensure that all parties have an opportunity to properly consider unreported judgments, counsel and self-represented litigants should not rely upon unreported reasons for judgment in the course of making either oral or written submissions to the court, without first providing a copy to the opposing party. Reasons for Judgment published on the BC Superior Court’s Web site, other court Web sites or other widely available electronic databases such as Quicklaw and eCarswell are considered to be reported decisions for the purposes of this directive.

For the complete Practice Direction (May 10, 2002) see www.courts.gov.bc.ca

This article was published in the June 2002 issue of BarTalk and is subject to the copyright by the British Columbia Branch of the Canadian Bar Association, 2005, all rights reserved.