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you if you've been watching our video how do civil lawsuits work in Ontario then you might have heard the term affidavit of documents although that phrase sounds like a confusing legal term the concept of an affidavit of documents is fairly straightforward plaintiffs and defendants must ensure that they are both aware of the evidence which will be used in their court cases if you are not sure about the difference between a plaintiff and a defendant you can go back and watch our video how do civil lawsuits work in Ontario you may have seen lawyers on television who reveal some important piece of evidence at the last possible minute in front of a judge and jury however in reality lawyers must reveal all of the evidence that they have in their possession and they must do so well in advance of any court dates in a civil lawsuit lawyers typically exchange evidence between each other by gathering all of the evidence in their clients possession making a list of all of the items and then organizing the evidence into a booklet called an affidavit of documents this booklet is a serious court document and it must be signed by the lawyer and he is or her client the affidavit of documents could eventually be read by a judge and the judge will expect that all relevant evidence has been included in each of the affidavits of documents from the defendant and from the plaintiff oftentimes court cases are decided based upon the contents of the affidavit of documents an affidavit of documents is divided into different sections these sections are called schedules the first section is called schedule a and that section contains a list of documents that are in the possession of the person who signed the affidavit and he or she is willing to show those documents to the lawyers involved in the case as well as to the court the second section is called Schedule B and that contains a list of documents that the person who signed the affidavit does not want to reveal the legal term for these private documents are called privileged documents an example of documents that are privileged and confidential are communications between a person and his or her lawyer the third section is called Schedule C and that contains a list of documents that are relevant to the court case but have been lost and are no longer in the possession of the person who signed the affidavit of documents if your lawsuit is in the province of Ontario and involves only $100,000 or less then your affidavit of documents will also have another section which is called Schedule D that section will contain a list of names and addresses of people who might have personal knowledge about issues in the case in other words this section is essentially a list of witnesses another important part of the affidavit of documents is called the lawyers certificate this certificate is your lawyers way of telling the court that he or she has explained your responsibility to reveal evidence in your...