Ontario Court of Appeal Will Email Judgments
A notice to the profession on the Ontario Court of Appeal website reads:
Electronic Delivery of Copies of Reasons for Judgment
On January 1, 2010 the court will modernize its procedure for delivery of copies of its reasons for judgment to counsel and litigants.
Rather than requiring litigants or counsel to attend at the registry office of the court to obtain a paper copy of the decision, the court will send a PDF copy of the signed judgment by e-mail to those counsel and litigants who have provided an e-mail address. Copies will continue to be available for those parties who do not have an e-mail address or who have made a specific request to receive of a paper copy of the decision at the court’s registry office.
Modernize. Yes. . . I’m biting my tongue. . .
I suppose that moving from “we’ll fax it you if you give us a fax number” to “we’ll email it to you ….” qualifies as a change, and therefore modernizing, particularly if the faxing process at the ONCA end still requires inserting paper into fax machine.