Judgments on the 'Net.

• Author: Footz, Valerie

Historically, the federal government and British Columbia have been seen as trail blazers on the Internet with regard to to making the judgments of major courts available for free on the Internet. On May 6, 1999, Alberta became the latest province to allow the public to access decisions. To see what other decisions from tribunals and commissions are available, search the Access to Justice Network (www.acjnet.org) by Browsing by Subject and choosing Judicial Decisions. Below is a chart which illustrates the free judgments from major Canadian courts currently available or in the planning stages on the Internet.

[Part 1 of 3] Jurisdiction Date Formats & Court Coverage Available Canada. Federal Court Reported since HTML, of Canada 1993 and WordPerfect, unreported since RTF 1996 Canada. Supreme Court Since 1989 HTML, Text, of Canada WordPerfect, RTF Decisions of the Supreme 1983-1995 Original Court of Canada relative (WordPerfect), to the Canadian Charter HTML of Rights and Freedoms Alberta. Court of Appeal Since 1998 HTML, WordPerfect Alberta. Court of Watch web site Queen's Bench Alberta. Provincial Court Since 1998 HTML, of Alberta WordPerfect British Columbia. Since 1996 Text Court of Appeal British Columbia. Since 1996 Text Supreme Court Northwest Territories. 1998 PDF Court of Appeal and Supreme Court Ontario. Court of Justice Watch web site Ontario. Superior Court of Justice Watch web site [Part 2 of 3] Jurisdiction & Court Access Canada. Federal Court Searchable and of Canada browsable Canada. Supreme Court Searchable and of Canada browsable Decisions of the Supreme Searchable and Court of Canada relative browsable to the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms Alberta. Court of Appeal Browsable and searchable on...