Handle With Care: Joint Document Books In Civil Trials - Litigation, Mediation & Arbitration
To print this article, all you need is to be registered or login on Mondaq.com. Two cases that the Ontario Court of Appeal decided in the last year illustrate how much thought and care must go into preparing a Joint Document Book ( JDB) for a civil trial. Errors made regarding JDBs were key to the Court allowing both appeals and ordering new trials. Such books are regularly filed in commercial cases and other civil actions, so it is important to understand the rulings. The Two Court of Appeal Decisions In the first case, Girao v Cunningham, 2020 ONCA 260, the plaintif...
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