"PAPER MUST VANISH FROM THIS COURT": CANADIAN JUDGE ORDERS E-TRIAL TO PREVENT COURTS BECOMING MUSEUM PIECES

April 11, 2014 · by gexall · in Civil Procedure, Disclosure, Members Content

At a time when increased resources are promised to the court it is interesting to read the observations in the Canadian Courts of Brown J in the case of Broome Financial Corporation -v- Bank of Montreal 2014 ONSC 2178 (CanLII). Essentially get rid of the wind up record player and use something a lot...

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Tags: Civil Procedure Rules, Directions, Disclosure, e-disclosure, Trial bundles

3 Responses

Paul Sachs · April 11, 2014 at 06:23:28 · →

The UK Supreme Court has taken this position by default and insists that all bundles are presented as bookmarked PDF files. Also we have helped in the production of e-Bundles for UK courts where the judge has used the overriding objective to insist on electronic bundles in court.

If your judge takes a similar position then call us for assistance. Producing an eBundle is quicker, easier and less costly than traditional methods, especially in the area of late arriving documents. There is no paper in the court room and early access to documents by all involved in the run up to trial.

We are a commercial e-Bundling company.
Simon Dewsbury · April 11, 2014 at 08:25:04 · →

I’m glad to see that in Canada they still have judges who are aware that the court ‘still remains a service’: perhaps we can persuade him to change jurisdictions and move to our Court of Appeal?
Simon Dewsbury · April 11, 2014 at 15:02:54 · →

…and I rather disgree with the judge’s substantive ‘new is best’ point. Mostly I can work best from a document on screen but sometimes I want paper documents on my desk to compare.

The judge uses a musical metaphor; well, I was listening to MP3s yesterday, but in the evening I also got out my old vinyl (mono) copy of the Beatles’ ‘Revolver’ to play to my kids. Both have a place