THE CLIC / CBA DECISION NUMBERING SYSTEM FOR CANADA I. The Canadian Law Information Council in conjunction with the Canadian Bar Association believes that there are significant advantages to the introduction of this system throughout Canada and urges its adoption. The increasing specificity of the number from left to right will assist legal research, whether it is performed manually or by computer. The alphanumeric system will be easy to read and remember and the separation of numbers from letters will avoid confusion and the transposition of numbers. In the event that the decision is appealed to the Saskatchewan Court of Appeal (as number 10222 in that court), the number would read: Would indicate a decision which was number 34012 rendered in the Court of Queen's Bench, Regina Registry office, in the Province of Saskatchewan, in 1986.
(e) a multi-digit serial number representing the decision number in that court registry.Īdditional alphanumeric elements will designate the court to which an appeal is taken and the serial decision number assigned to the appeal decision. (d) a single letter representing the particular level of court rendering the decision and (c) a two-digit number representing the location of the court registry office (b) a two-letter element representing the jurisdiction in which the decision was rendered (a) a two-digit number representing the year in which the decision was rendered The proposal provides for five basic elements of any decision number : The number would remain the same throughout the "life" of a decision (with certain additions in the case of additional decisions rendered in the same matter and appeals) and would become its primary locator number within case law reports, summary and digest services, and online retrieval systems. The proposed CLIC/CBA decision numbering system as described in this document would be implemented throughout Canada and would provide for a unique alphanumeric number to be assigned to each decision by the registrar of the court in which a decision is rendered. The increasing use of computer-assisted legal research will make it easier to locate and track any and every decision across the country but only if an appropriate numbering system is implemented which describes each decision in a unique fashion and provided that the system is easy to read and understand. In a number of instances, the retrieval of case law can be a time-consuming and frustrating process owning to the manner in which styles-of-cause are applied to cases, or because of the haphazard manner in which case law is published throughout Canada. THE CLIC / CBA DECISION NUMBERING SYSTEM FOR CANADA On the Page Layout tab, in the Page Setup group, click Line Numbers.CLIC/CBA Decision Numbering System for Canada To remove line numbers from a single paragraph, click Suppress for Current Paragraph. To remove line numbers from the entire document or section, click None. If you want to remove line numbers from multiple sections, select the sections. You can remove line numbers from the entire document, from a section, or from a paragraph.Ĭlick in the document, or click in the section or paragraph from which you want to remove line numbers. Select the Add line numbering check box, and then select the options that you want. In the Apply to list, click Selected sections. On the Layout tab, in the Page Setup group, click Line Numbers.Ĭlick Line Numbering Options, and then click the Layout tab. To start with number 1 after each section break, click Restart Each Section.įor more advanced line numbering options, such as numbering at different intervals, click Line Numbering Options, and then click Line Numbers on the Layout tab.Īdd line numbers to a section or to multiple sectionsĬlick in a section or select multiple sections. To start with number 1 on each page, click Restart Each Page. To number consecutively throughout the document, click Continuous. Click Select in the Editing group on the Home tab, and then click Select All. Note: If your document is divided into sections and you want to add line numbers to the entire document, you first need to select the document.