PH 7.00
Short and Sweet
Just in Case
Secondary to None
Still as a Statute
100

What does the number “9” signify in the following citation?

Beaudette v Alberta (Securities Commission), 2016 ABCA 9

That it was the 9th decision of the Alberta Court of Appeal in 2016.

COAL 6.1.1

100

Identify the long form

AR (Case reporter)


100

Identify the error in this citation:

Young v Zukowski, 2024 AB 593


The “Court” is not specified (should be “ABKB” instead of just AB)

100

What should be italicized in this citation?

SA De Smith, Judicial Review of Administrative Action, 5th ed by Lord Woolf & Jeffrey Jowell (London, UK: Sweet & Maxwell, 1995).


The title of the book should be italicized.

SA De Smith, Judicial Review of Administrative Action, 5th ed by Lord Woolf & Jeffrey Jowell (London, UK: Sweet & Maxwell, 1995).

COAL 3.1.1

100

Which jurisdiction passed the following Act?

Immigration Services Act, SS 2024, c14

Saskatchewan

(SS stands for “Statutes of Saskatchewan”)

COAL 5.1.3




200

Which court or tribunal issued the following decision?

Way v Johnson, 2023 NLSC 137

Supreme Court of Newfoundland and Labrador

CanLII Primary Law Databases
(canlii.org/en/databases.html)

200

Identify the long form

DLR (3d) (Case reporter)


Dominion Law Reports (Third Series)

Refer to  guides.library.ubc.ca/legalcitation/reports


200

What is the first sentence referenced by this citation?

Curtis v McCague Borlack LLP, 2024 ONCA 729 at para 11


“The doctrine of absolute privilege is deeply rooted in Canadian common law”

200

Assume you are citing a book. What would be the pinpoint citation for footnotes numbered 4 through 6 on page 13?

“at p 13, fnn 4-6”

COAL 3.1.1.7


200

What does “ss” mean in the following citation?

(located after “c T-6”)

Traffic Safety Act, RSA 2000, c T-6, s 169(1)

“Section”

COAL 5.1.5

300

How many “reporter” citations are required when no neutral and no CanLII Citation is available?

Two

They might be two physical print reporters, or one “Online” database and a print reporter

COAL 6.1.3


300

Identify the long form

ABSRB (Tribunal)


Alberta Surface Rights Board

www.canlii.org/en/databases.html


300

This citation indicates that the 2024 decision of the Alberta Court of Appeal affirmed a 2022 Alberta Court of King’s Bench decision.

Fill in the blank:

Jackson v Cooper, 2024 ABCA 272, ___ 2022 ABKB 609

“Aff’g”

(keep in mind the difference between “aff’d”/“aff’g” and “rev’d”/“rev’g”)

COAL 6.8.1, 6.8.2

300

What should be italicized in this citation?

E. Nelson, “Health Information Privacy and the Law: Narrowing Alberta's Accountability Gaps” (2024) 61:3 Alberta Law Review at p 517

Alberta Law Review

(Note that this is a journal article)

COAL 3.4.1.3

300

What is missing from the following citation?

Bill C-32, An Act to amend the Copyright Act, 40th Parl, 2010 (first reading 2 June 2010).

The citation is missing the Session number.

COAL 5.3.1

(This is important information because the numbering for Bills restarts at the beginning of each legislative session.)

400

TRUE OR FALSE

R v Sault Ste Marie, 1978 CanLII 11 (SCC)

is an example of a neutral citation.

FALSE

Although it may look like a neutral citation by following the “Year-Judgment Number” format, this is an example of an identifier used by CanLII. The SCC did not adopt neutral citations until 2000.

Because it's not a neutral citation, you'd need to include an additional reporter (usually the SCR - Supreme Court Reports).


400

Identify the shorthand

British Columbia Appeal Cases


BCAC

Note that this is a "case reporter" and not a collection of all decisions of the British Columbia Court of Appeal (BCCA).

guides.library.ubc.ca/legalcitation/reports

400

What’s missing in this citation?

R v Stenning, 10 DLR (3d) 224, 11 CR (NS) 68 (SCC)

The year of the decision - in this case 1970.

R v Stenning (1970), 10 DLR (3d) 224, 11 CR (NS) 68 (SCC)

COAL 6.3

400

In the following citation, what do the numbers “55” and “4” signify?

F. Hoehn & M. Stevens, “Local Governments and the Crown’s Duty to Consult” (2018) 55:4 Alberta Law Review at p 971.


It signifies the volume number (55) and the issue number (4).

COAL 3.4.1

400

Correct this citation:

Ontario Cannabis Retail Corporation Act, 2017, SO c 26, Sch 2 at s 5

It should read:

Ontario Cannabis Retail Corporation Act, 2017, SO 2017, c 26, Sch 2

Where the official title of the statute includes the year as part of the title of the statute, it should be treated as part of the title (and italicized).

COAL 5.1.2.3

500

A case between Kadiri and Liu was the 250th decision of the Alberta Court of Appeal this year. What is the full neutral citation for this case?

Kadiri v Liu, 2024 ABCA 250

Refer to COAL 6.1, generally


500

Identify the long form

CB


Trick question!

Could be either decision of the Copyright Board of Canada (Tribunal decisions)

OR

Common Bench Reports (Case reporter)

Context will tell you which acronym is right in the circumstances.


500

What is the error in this citation?

R v K Mart Canada Limited, 1979 CanLII 1191, 24 AR 505

Missing the jurisdiction and court level:

R v K Mart Canada Limited, 1979 CanLII 1191, 24 AR 505 (ABQB)

COAL 6.7


500

What is wrong with this citation?

K. Roach, B.L. Berger, E. Cunliffe, A.G. Kiyani, Criminal Law and Procedure: Cases and Materials, 12th ed (Emond, 2020) at pp 123-140.

Where there are more than three authors, you should use “et al.” when listing them.

K. Roach et al., Criminal Law and Procedure: Cases and Materials, 12th ed (Emond, 2020) at pp 123-140.

COAL 3.1.1.1

500

In the following regulation

Saskatchewan Review of Parole Ineligibility Rules, SOR/2005-99

What does “SOR” stand for?

Statutory Orders and Regulations

This indicates that these are Federal regulations (specifically enacted pursuant to the Criminal Code), despite the regulation pertaining only to Saskatchewan.

COAL 5.4.1.2

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