Following the coming into force of amendments to Ontario’s Rules of Civil Procedure on January 1st, 2010, the Ontario E-Discovery Implementation Committee (EIC) released new documents regarding e-discovery and e-trials.
The four documents on e-discovery are closely linked to the amendments requiring a discovery plan and the imposition of the principle of proportionality in that field:
- Checklist for Preparing a Discovery Plan
- Discovery Plan (Long Form)
- Discovery Plan (Short Form)
- Proportionality Chart (Document Production)
On e-trials, a first document provides information on logistics, costs and strategy and while a second is a guide for counsels dealing with e-trials.
All these documents are accessible on the Ontario Bar Association’s website and are open for public comments until June 30, 2010. Many other e-discovery documents are accessible from this page.
With the arrival of 2010, the new 
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