Claim sample layout
Shows a clean order for claim summary, filed form, service notes, damages summary, and supporting exhibits.
Sample library
Sample claim, defence, affidavit, and document-file references.
Use this library to move visitors into the right kind of file quickly. It combines LegalExpt sample layouts, official Ontario forms, and recent public CanLII decisions that show how real disputes are framed in public judgments.
Sample layouts
LegalExpt website-ready sample pages
These pages are illustrative layouts you can show publicly right away. They are not live client files, but they show how a claim file, defence file, affidavit package, or document bundle can be organized.
Defence sample layout
Shows a defence package with response issues, deadlines, exhibit list, and service checklist.
Affidavit and motion materials
Shows where the affidavit, exhibits, service material, and motion checklist usually fit in a working file.
Document bundle sample
Shows a cleaner order for exhibit tabs, chronology, supporting records, and a handoff-ready summary.
Official Ontario forms
Link visitors to the current court form pages.
These are the official Ontario Small Claims Court form pages or PDFs. They are useful when a visitor wants to compare a sample layout to the actual court form.
Form 7A — Plaintiff's Claim
Official Ontario Small Claims Court claim form page.
Open Form 7AForm 9A — Defence
Official Ontario Small Claims Court defence form page.
Open Form 9AForm 15A — Notice of Motion and Supporting Affidavit
Official Ontario Small Claims Court motion and affidavit form PDF.
Open Form 15AForm 8A — Affidavit of Service
Official Ontario Small Claims Court service affidavit listed in the forms index.
Open Small Claims forms index
Public CanLII decisions
Recent public case examples from CanLII
These links point to public decisions. They are useful examples of how courts describe the dispute, evidence, and result. They are not the same thing as the filed pleadings or affidavits themselves.
Sun v Mani, 2024 CanLII 35486 (ON SCSM)
Small Claims Court real-estate / broker-representation dispute example.
Open on CanLIIMerrifield v Russel et al., 2025 CanLII 6237 (ON SCSM)
Public Small Claims decision used here as a defence-side evidence example.
Open on CanLIIStaraza v Colliopoulos, 2024 CanLII 124082 (ON SCSM)
Construction / payment dispute example with a document-heavy record.
Open on CanLII2512322 Ontario Ltd. v. Toronto Standard Condominium Corporation No. 2255, 2025 ONSC 410
Public Superior Court decision showing another current Ontario document-driven dispute.
Open on CanLII
Next step
Use the sample library, then move into the matching intake.
If the visitor needs help with a real file, the next click should be the intake form or contact page — not a dead-end block.
Public samples
Claim, defence, affidavit, and document-bundle examples for first-time visitors.
Official references
Ontario court forms for Form 7A, Form 9A, and Form 15A.
Live case examples
Recent public CanLII decisions for real-estate, defence, construction, and condo-related disputes.