Legal research and writing

Judicial treatment refers to what subsequent court decisions have said about a particular case.  It also refers to what cases have said about statutes or sections of a statute.

Research is not complete until the researcher looks at judicial treatment of the case or statute provision.

Searching for judicial consideration of a case or statute is called "noting up."

Noting-up Case Law includes: 

1. Looking at the case history to see if it is still good law: appeal treatment of the case
2. Looking at judicial treatment: If subsequent judges have commented on, followed or not followed the case

Noting-up Statutes includes: 

1. Reviewing currency of the statute: do you need the most current version of the statute or specific section?
2. Judicial consideration: how have cases interpreted sections of a statute. 

Noting-up Online: 

Noting-up in print

Noting-up online

Noting-up in Print

Noting-up in print is necessary when looking at earlier statutes (prior revisions or historical annual statutes).  Online noting-up only covers acts from RSBC 1996 and RSC 1985 onwards.