This page outlines the general requirements and policy for summaries of Canadian case law as part of the Canadian law Wikiproject.
Generally, naming convention for Court decisions should conform to the "style of cause" format of the Canadian Guide to Uniform Legal Citation (in legal circles referred to as the "McGill Guide"). Description of this format can be found in the case citation article. Note that in the style of cause the "v" should be italicized. Since 2010, the McGill Guide specifies that citations do not use full stops in the style of cause or in the reporter names.
Most of the recent Supreme Court decisions have their short "index" title at the beginning of the decision. This form usually conforms to the McGill Guide format, but when in doubt use the shorter or simpler version. Cases that go by nicknames, such as "Patriation Reference", are allowable but proper title is generally preferred where there is no compelling reason to use it. Older case names that use different naming conventions, such as Leary v The Queen, are permissible, especially if they are better known by the older title, otherwise standard format should prevail.
When citing a case within an article, it is permissible to use inline citation to the Supreme Court Reports or neutral citation, but any further sources should be put in a foot note.
Ideally, programmed infoboxes could be generated for all levels of case law.
{{ Infobox SCC}} should be used to standardize SCC case law and to allow easy edits to the format of all the cases at once. Go to its page for details on how to use it.
{{ Infobox court case}} can be used for non-SCC case law where necessary.
The case name should be followed by the neutral citation (if available) then followed by the most official reporter. So for Supreme Court decisions the case should be named as:
All other citations should be put in the infobox or a footnote.
Typically a summary is divided into four sections.
This page outlines the general requirements and policy for summaries of Canadian case law as part of the Canadian law Wikiproject.
Generally, naming convention for Court decisions should conform to the "style of cause" format of the Canadian Guide to Uniform Legal Citation (in legal circles referred to as the "McGill Guide"). Description of this format can be found in the case citation article. Note that in the style of cause the "v" should be italicized. Since 2010, the McGill Guide specifies that citations do not use full stops in the style of cause or in the reporter names.
Most of the recent Supreme Court decisions have their short "index" title at the beginning of the decision. This form usually conforms to the McGill Guide format, but when in doubt use the shorter or simpler version. Cases that go by nicknames, such as "Patriation Reference", are allowable but proper title is generally preferred where there is no compelling reason to use it. Older case names that use different naming conventions, such as Leary v The Queen, are permissible, especially if they are better known by the older title, otherwise standard format should prevail.
When citing a case within an article, it is permissible to use inline citation to the Supreme Court Reports or neutral citation, but any further sources should be put in a foot note.
Ideally, programmed infoboxes could be generated for all levels of case law.
{{ Infobox SCC}} should be used to standardize SCC case law and to allow easy edits to the format of all the cases at once. Go to its page for details on how to use it.
{{ Infobox court case}} can be used for non-SCC case law where necessary.
The case name should be followed by the neutral citation (if available) then followed by the most official reporter. So for Supreme Court decisions the case should be named as:
All other citations should be put in the infobox or a footnote.
Typically a summary is divided into four sections.