Precedents, Court Forms and Checklists

Note that format and content requirements vary between jurisdictions. See Rules of Court.

Preparation Checklist

• Prosecution File Checklist (Google Docs)
• Guilty Plea Checklist (Google Docs)
  • Ontario Legal Aid Guilty Plea Checklist (pdf form)
• Trial Preparation Checklist (Google Docs) or Trial Preparation Checklist

Trial Checklist

• Objections Cheatsheet

Appearances

• Designation of Counsel (650.01)

Applications

• Generic Notice of Application (Google Docs) and Generic Affidavit (Google Docs)
• Generic Draft Order (Google Docs)

Notice To Admit Evidence

Hearsay Evidence in Preliminary Inquiry

• Notice to Admit Hearsay at a Preliminary Inquiry (s. 540(7)) (Google Docs)

Business Records

• Notice to Tender Business Records (Google Docs)

Expert Evidence

• Generic Notice of Intention to Call Expert Evidence (Google Docs)

CANADA File# _______ PROVINCE OF [PROVINCE] COUNTY OF [COUNTY] IN THE [LEVEL] COURT OF [PROVINCE] BETWEEN: HER MAJESTY THE QUEEN – and – [ACCUSED NAME] NOTICE TO TENDER BUSINESS RECORDS (Section 30(7) Canada Evidence Act) WHEREAS the accused, [accused name], has been charged that on or about [dates of the offence] he/she is alleged to have committed offences contrary to section(s) [list sections] of the Criminal Code. He/she is scheduled to begin trial in [level of court], on [date of trial]; TAKE NOTICE THAT the Crown intends to tender into evidence at trial certain records, to wit: [list of documents] IF you wish to examine [the original/copies of] records to be introduced by the Crown, they are in the possession of the [organization holding records], [address of the Crown], [city], [province]. DATED at [city], [province], this ______ day of ________, 2017. _____________________________ [Crown name and title] [Internal File Code]

CANADA File# _______ PROVINCE OF [PROVINCE] COUNTY OF [COUNTY] IN THE PROVINCIAL COURT OF [PROVINCE] BETWEEN: HER MAJESTY THE QUEEN – and – [ACCUSED NAME] NOTICE OF INTENTION TO ADDUCE EVIDENCE UNDER s. 540(7)   WHEREAS the accused, [accused name], has been charged that on or about [dates of the offence] he/she is alleged to have committed offences contrary to section(s) [list sections] of the Criminal Code;   TAKE NOTICE that pursuant to the provisions of section 540(7) and (8) of the Criminal Code at the forthcoming preliminary inquiry scheduled for [date], at [time am/pm] upon these charges, the Crown will introduce records, particulars are as follows: :DATED at [city], [province], this ______ day of ________, [year]. :::_____________________________ :::[Crown name and title] [Internal File Code]

Appeals

* Generic Notice of Appeal to Court of Appeal (gdocs) * Generic Notice of Leave for Appeal to Court of Appeal (gdocs)

Official Court Forms (includes Notices, Orders, and supporting docs)

; Newfoundland and Labrador * Supreme Court Forms, Summary Conviction Appeals, and General Forms New Brunswick * Provincial Court Rules and Forms * Court of Queen's Bench Forms Nova Scotia * Nova Scotia Provincial Court Forms and Other Court Documents * Nova Scotia Supreme Court Forms (Google docs) ; Ontario * Forms under the Criminal Rules of the Ontario Court of Justice * Forms under the Criminal Proceedings Rules of the Superior Court of Justice ; Manitoba * Manitoba Courts, Provincial Court forms ** Provincial Court Practice Directives * Court of Queen's Bench Forms (Criminal) ; Alberta * Provincial Court Practice Directions and Forms * Queen's Bench Criminal Forms ; British Columbia * Provincial Court and Supreme Court (Criminal) Forms

Form of Charges

* Draft Form of Charges

Tools

* http://draw.io * http://rasterbator.net

See Also

* Rules of Court