Do you have an upcoming appeal keeping you up at night? Maybe you’re trying to map out the correct appeal route for your client? Or perhaps you just want to know more about admitting fresh evidence on appeal?
If so, then The Conduct of an Appeal by John Sopinka, Mark A. Gelowitz and David W. Rankin is the book for you!
This title can help you learn more about:
- Appellate jurisdiction and appellate powers in civil matters such as:
- appeal from the order, not the reason
- discretion to hear moot appeals
- hearing new issues/fresh evidence on appeal
- stays pending an appeal
- Appellate jurisdiction and appellate powers in criminal matters such as:
- appeals for indictable and summary conviction matters
- prerogative writs
- dangerous and long-term offender appeals
- overturning/affirming the conviction
- overturning an acquittal
- Overview of various appellate procedures in the Ontario appellate courts, Federal Courts of Canada and the Supreme Court of Canada
- Interventions on appeal
- Tips and commentary on preparing and presenting the appeal argument from the decision to appeal to drafting the factum and the do's and don'ts in the delivery of the argument
- And much more!
The Conduct of an Appeal is available on the public access computers at all our Courthouse Libraries locations. Next time you’re in the library, search for the title in the library catalogue on the computer and click on the digital access link; this will take you straight to the digital title in Lexis Advance.
We also have this title available in print. If you want to borrow the book or request scans through our document delivery service, please contact us at librarian@courthouselibrary.ca or 1-800-665-2570.
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