Independent Work Law Assesment

Running head: LAW
Independent Work Assignment
Name of the Student
Name of the University
Authors Note

LAW1
Introduction
For the purposes of making a report, a visit has been made to a Canadian Court to notice
and understand the court proceedings. This report contains the explanation of the court attended
in order to notice the court matters. It cannot be ignored that this type of court observation is
very vital and essential for the student of law. This type of visit helps the students to know the
court procedural system in Canada through the actual inspection of the court proceedings. The
case which has been observed is elaborated with various information, such as my expectation
regarding the court proceedings, while giving the decision whether the justice has been carried
out or not, information related to the description of the court room, behavior of the parties and
others.
1. The court which I have visited for the purpose of making this report is the Court of
Appeal for Ontario at around 10:30 am of 10th February, 2019 (Ontariocourts.ca, 2020). I
have spent around 2 hours and returned from there at around 12:30 pm. This court is
situated in momentous Osgoode Hall in downtown Toronto and deals with the wide range
of civil appeals, such as dispute related to family, property and business, bankruptcies,
negligence claims, and corporate reorganizations. Almost 25 percent of the motions are
generally heard by a judge in a year and are dealt with by panels of three judges.
2. The disputed matter which I have observed in the court was the case of a young white
skinned guy who was charged with the offense of uttering a forged cheque and pleaded
himself guilty (Barrett 2018). When I have entered in to the court room, the hearing has
started already and it was in the trial stage.
3. Apart from the judge, the other persons who were present in the court room at that time
are a clerk, a prosecutor, two defence solicitors and two corrective service officers. I have