Court of Appeal of Quebec
The search engine :
- Processes all the words of the query and the order of the words has no impact;
- Considers the space between two words as a logical AND (the default operator)
- Locates documents including the words from the same root;
- Doesn’t differentiate capital and lower cases.
| Find | Operators | Examples |
|---|---|---|
| This exact phrase Finds documents containing the exact phrase placed in quotation marks | Quotation marks " " | "Business legal transaction" |
| All these words (The default operator) Finds documents containing all the words | AND, and, no operator | divorce AND incidental appeal Modification child support |
| Any of these words Finds documents containing any or both of these words | OR, or | Judges OR lawyers |
| None of these words Finds documents containing the first word but not the second | NOT, not | pay support NOT child |
Book of authorities
Civil and criminal matter
Under section 62 of the Regulation of the Court of Appeal of Quebec in Civil Matters and section 49 of the Rules of the Court of Appeal of Quebec in Criminal Matters, books of authorities must only be filed in PDF format, both for appeals on the merits and for motions, unless the clerk requires one or more paper copies. For this purpose, parties must consult the table published below indicating the number of paper copies of the book of authorities required for each week of hearings
Number of copies of the book of authorities in paper copy format required for each week of the hearing (last update: July 31, 2024)
The parties must consult Clerk's Practice Direction No. 8 "Filing of the PDF file of the Book of Authorities", which specifies the applicable terms and conditions relating to the electronic filing of the books of authorities. The PDF file of the books of authorities must be compiled in accordance with the rules set out in the Chief Judge’s Directive entitled “Rules respecting the Preparation of the PDF file of Pleadings, Briefs, Memoranda, Books of Authorities or any Other Document”.
Penal matters
See possibility offered to the parties in Clerk's Practice Direction No. 8 ("Filing of the PDF file of the Book of Authorities"), regarding the electronic filing of the Book of authorities.