Is there any case law that supports the argument that formality is more important than formality?
Alberta, Canada
The following excerpt is from Mathews v. Mathews, 1987 CanLII 3357 (AB QB):
Indeed, an argument has been made in cases such as Fawkes v. Swayzie (1899), 31 O.R. 256 (Div. Ct.), which might suggest that the less formality in the circumstances in which the decision was made, the more formality is useful in the perfection of the order.
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