More recent cases on the same topic can be found in paperback supplements accompanying the main volume. If you find case digests in the Canadian Abridgment that seem relevant, you should then ordinarily find the full-text decision of the court by using the citation given at the end of the digest. At the front of each volume of the Canadian Abridgment is a Table of Abbreviations which explains the abbreviations used in the publication. The Canadian Case Citations is organized alphabetically by case name. A key to the symbols that indicate how a case has been treated in subsequent decisions can be found at the bottom of each page.
Court rules govern procedure in lawsuits.
Each court usually requires documents to be in a particular form. These forms can be found in the foregoing publications. Forms and precedents or sample agreements can be found in such publications as O'Brien's Encyclopedia of Forms . To update legislation, use the Canada Statute Citator for federal statutes or the Ontario Statute Citator for Ontario statutes. You should also ordinarily check to make sure there are no pending bills that would affect the statute in question by consulting the Weekly Bulletin Service pages found in the front of Volume 1 of the Canada Statute Citator or the Ontario Statute Citator .