PH 7.00
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
Identify the long form
AR (Case reporter)
Identify the error in this citation:
Young v Zukowski, 2024 AB 593
The “Court” is not specified (should be “ABKB” instead of just AB)
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
Which jurisdiction passed the following Act?
Immigration Services Act, SS 2024, c14
Saskatchewan
(SS stands for “Statutes of Saskatchewan”)
COAL 5.1.3
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)
Identify the long form
DLR (3d) (Case reporter)
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”
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
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
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
Identify the long form
ABSRB (Tribunal)
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
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
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.)
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).
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).
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
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
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
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
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.
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
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
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