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)

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

See Also

• Rules of Court