COURT OF APPEAL FOR ONTARIO ANNUAL REPORT 2013 ISSN # 1925-7503 (Bilingual print) $PVSUPG"QQFBMGPS0OUBSJPt0THPPEF)BMMt2VFFO4USFFU8FTU5PSPOUP 0OUBSJP.)/ Table of Contents Message from Chief Justice Warren K. Winkler 3 Message from Associate Chief Justice Alexandra Hoy 5 Court Photo 6 Judges of the Court of Appeal 7 t /FX+VEJDJBM"QQPJOUNFOUT t $IJFG+VTUJDF8BSSFO,8JOLMFS3FUJSFT t *O.FNPSJBN_+VTUJDF&EXBSE8%VDIBSNF t %BUFTPG"QQPJOUNFOUPG+VEHFTPGUIF$PVSUPG"QQFBM
2013 The Year in Review Work of the Court 14 History of the Court of Appeal for Ontario 15 Information Technology 15 Working with the Media 15 Judicial Outreach Visit – Ottawa, Ontario 16 Law Clerk Programme 18 Support to Litigants, the Legal Profession and the Public 20 t %VUZ$PVOTFMBOEAmicus Curiae t 'BNJMZ-BX*OJUJBUJWFT t $SJNJOBM"QQFBM3FGPSN t *ONBUF"QQFBMT t "ENJOJTUSBUJWF*NQSPWFNFOUT t *NQSPWFE$PVSUSPPN5FDIOPMPHZ t $PVSU"DDFTTJCJMJUZ Opening of the Courts Celebration 22 t +PJOU4JUUJOHPGUIF$PVSUTPG0OUBSJP t ćF$BU[NBO"XBSE t 4QFDJBM%JWJOF*OUFSGBJUI4FSWJDFBOE.VTJDBM$FMFCSBUJPO t -BX4PDJFUZ3FDFQUJPOBU$POWPDBUJPO)BMM
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9 Dates of Appointment of Judges of the Court of Appeal
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16 Court of Appeal for Ontario Visits University of Ottawa
Chief Justice Warren K. Winkler University President and Vice-Chancellor Allan Rock Dean Nathalie Des Rosiers Opening of the Ian G. Scott Courtroom Law Clerk Programme A highlight of the visit was a special sitting of the Court of Appeal to open the Ian G. Scott Courtroom at There are 17 law clerks in the Law the University of Ottawa campus. The courtroom, named in honour of former Attorney General Ian Scott, Clerk Programme at the Court of is uniquely designed to allow law students to observe and discuss actual court proceedings, while the court Appeal. The clerks are either recent is in session, from an adjoining classroom which is separated by one-way glass. law school graduates fulfilling their articling requirements or lawyers who have recently been called to the Bar. The Law Clerk Programme is overseen by the Court’s Law Clerk Committee, consisting of Justices Laskin, Feldman, Gillese, Blair and Pepall, and Helena Likwornik, a staff lawyer at the Court. The law clerks provide invaluable research assistance to the judges of the Court of Appeal and gain unique insight into how appellate cases are argued and decided. Law clerks go on to work in Chief Justice Winkler, Associate Chief Justice Hoy and Justices Goudge, Feldman and Rouleau open the Ian G. Scott Courtroom government, academia and at leading law firms in Canada and A panel of five judges from the Court abroad. Several alumni of the of cases, including constitutional, of Appeal held a ceremonial sitting programme presently serve on the criminal, civil, commercial, family of the Court in the new courtroom. bench, including Justice Feldman of and administrative law matters. Chief Justice Winkler chaired the the Court of Appeal for Ontario and They brief the judges on upcoming panel and delivered remarks in which Justice Andromache Karakatsanis of appeals, research complex points he celebrated the opening of the the Supreme Court of Canada. of law, edit judgments, papers and courtroom and paid tribute to the life speeches, and work on special and legacy of Ian Scott. The law clerks work on a wide variety projects assigned by the judges, often working closely with staff research lawyers. The law clerks Remarks were also delivered by Justice Yves de Montigny of the Federal Court of Canada, Regional Senior frequently attend court proceedings Justice Charles Hackland of the Superior Court of Justice, Assistant Deputy Attorney General Lynne at the Court of Appeal and the Wagner, Mr. David Scott, Q.C. (Ian Scott’s brother) and Professor Bruce Feldthusen of the University nearby trial courts, where they have of Ottawa. At the end of the ceremony, Chief Justice Winkler declared the courtroom open, as students a chance to observe different styles watching the proceeding broke into spontaneous applause. of oral advocacy. A highlight of their year is a trip to Kingston, Ontario, where they assist the judges with inmate appeals. The clerkship begins each year in either August or September and continues for a period of 10 to 12 months. Each law clerk is paired with either one or two judges of the Court and then changes assignment halfway through the year. This rotation process ensures that each law clerk is exposed to different approaches to judging and a broad range of areas of law. Judges of the Court of Appeal at the Opening of the Ian G. Scott Courtroom
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Single Judge and Panel Motions
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Motions for Third Party Interventions
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29 Disposition of Appeals
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Self-Represented Litigants
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Ontario Review Board Appeals
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Statistical Data
Appeals Received 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 $JWJM 'BNJMZ $SJNJOBM *ONBUF 5PUBM
Motions Heard for Leave 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 to Appeal "MMPXFE %JTNJTTFE "CBOEPOFE
Single Judge Motions 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 'JMFE %JTQPTFE
Panel Motions 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 'JMFE %JTQPTFE
Bail Applications and 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 Reviews $SJNJOBM *ONBUF
Motions for Third Party 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 Interventions 'JMFE (SBOUFE %JTNJTTFE 4 42 42
Appeals Received, 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 Disposed and Pending "MM3FDFJWFE "MM%JTQPTFE "MM1FOEJOH 444 $JWJM3FDFJWFE $JWJM%JTQPTFE $JWJM1FOEJOH 244 $SJNJOBM 3FDFJWFE $SJNJOBM %JTQPTFE $SJNJOBM 1FOEJOH 242 'BNJMZ3FDFJWFE 'BNJMZ%JTQPTFE 'BNJMZ1FOEJOH *ODMVEFTJONBUFBQQFBMT
Average Time to Perfection 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 (months) "MM"QQFBMT $JWJM 'BNJMZ $SJNJOBM *ONBUF Average Time from Perfection to Hearing (months) 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 "MM"QQFBMT $JWJM 'BNJMZ $SJNJOBM *ONBUF
Disposition of Appeals 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 )FBSE "CBOEPOFE %JTQPTFEPG0UIFSXJTF
Appeals Heard 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 $JWJM"MMPXFE $JWJM%JTNJTTFE 222 'BNJMZ"MMPXFE 22 'BNJMZ%JTNJTTFE 42 44 $SJNJOBM"MMPXFE $SJNJOBM%JTNJTTFE *ONBUF"MMPXFE 24 24 22 *ONBUF%JTNJTTFE 5PUBM"MMPXFE 5PUBM%JTNJTTFE
Appeals Reserved 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 'BNJMZ 22 $SJNJOBM $JWJM
Ontario Review Board Appeals 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 'JMFE 42 %JTQPTFE 24 *ODMVEFTJONBUFBQQFBMT