BC statutes judicially considered
Best practices
Judicial consideration involves looking for decisions that have considered a particular statutory provision. References are located by using the citation to the legislation. If there is not much judicial consideration of the current version of the legislation, then you must trace the legislative history of the section back and find references to the provision in earlier revisions of the legislation.
Statutes of British Columbia Judicially Considered
The Statutes of British Columbia Judicially Considered includes the most important cases considering British Columbia legislation. It provides a brief summary of the point of law covered in the case, allowing you to judge quickly whether the case is relevant to your research. It is published in looseleaf format. A new edition is published each time a new statute revision is completed.
Annotated legislation
Check whether an annotated version of your statute exists.
If there is an annotated version of your statute available, this is a good place to start.
The annotation will contain references to judicial consideration of each statutory provision, and may also cover legislative history of each provision. Sometimes the annotation will contain additional information on the section, including the policy behind it and an analysis of cases considering it.
KeyCite
KeyCite on Westlaw Canada is an electronic tool for finding judicial consideration of Canadian statutes, regulations, and rules. You can search by name or by citation for the KeyCite result. It is based on Canadian Statute Citations and has the same historical depth and treatment codes.
Canadian Statute Citations
Canadian Statute Citations is a print publication and is part of the Canadian Abridgment. It covers judicial consideration of statutes from all Canadian jurisdictions. It includes judicial consideration of legislation through successive revisions, enabling researchers to check for judicial consideration of earlier versions of the legislation.
QuickCite
QuickCite includes Canadian cases from 1992 (except coverage for Quebec is from 2005) that judicially consider the most recent revision of each jurisdiction's legislation.
CanLII
Legislation on CanLII is published with a note-up feature that links to cases considering the legislation. These links are not comprehensive and other sources should be consulted to complete your research regarding judicial consideration of the legislation.
CCH publications
CCH may have published a consolidated version of your statute with commentary for each section, such as the British Columbia Corporations Guide. Check for CCH publications on your topic using the CCH Rapid Finder Index. Updates to CCH binders may not be interfiled. They are usually put under a tab for recent developments. Be sure to always check the material under this tab, as the main volume may not contain current information.
DART: British Columbia Statute Service
Canada Law Book publishes the Dart: British Columbia Statute Service on the Internet and on CD ROM. It includes a full text consolidation of the Revised Statutes of British Columbia 1996 and Regulations, with
- selective annotations of British Columbia and Supreme Court of Canada decisions interpretating the statute, with links to case digests
- jumplinks to the full text of the judgments
- cross-references and statutory history
- Table of Statutes
Indices to case reporters
Indices to case reporters usually contain a table for statutes judicially considered. For example, the British Columbia Law Reports are published with cumulative indices containing a table for both statutes and regulations judicially considered.