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Most pages that explain a procedure stop exactly where the work begins: they say “number your exhibits”, “write to the person in charge”, and then leave you in front of a blank page. These tools do the task. They replace neither a lawyer nor a court office: they take the mechanical part off your hands · the part that eats an evening and is easy to get wrong.

Three things that hold true for every tool on this page. They are free, with no account and no email address. They run inside your browser: nothing is transmitted, nothing is stored on a server, and you can disconnect from the internet before filling them in. And they give no legal advice: they lay out what you give them, and nothing more.

Preparing your evidence

My exhibit list · number and order your evidence

You enter your documents once. The tool sorts them by date, gives each one its number (P-1, P-2… for the plaintiff; D-1, D-2… for the defendant) and prints three sheets: the exhibit list you file, one label per document, and the same list reordered to match the order you plan to speak in at the hearing.

Verified 31 July 2026 · Small Claims, Court of Quebec, TAL

Request my file · ask an organisation for a copy

A letter asking a public body, a private company or a federally regulated organisation for a copy of the personal information it holds about you · with the right legal basis, the right deadline, and a follow-up sheet. The tool also tells you who to send it to.

Verified 1 August 2026 · s. 32 P-39.1, s. 98 A-2.1, s. 8(3) PIPEDA

My chronology of facts · put the events in order

One fact per line, with its date and the exhibit that proves it. The tool sorts by date, numbers, and prints a sheet where every fact with no proof stands out. Article 2803 of the Civil Code is what makes the exercise worth doing: a person who wishes to assert a right must prove the facts on which the claim is based.

Verified 1 August 2026 · C.C.Q. arts. 2803, 2804, 2857, 2858

My meeting with a lawyer · the page to set on the table

Your goal in one sentence, the facts in order, the documents you have and the ones you are missing, your questions. The Barreau du Québec advises asking for a fee estimate, detailed invoices and written confirmation of the mandate: those three questions are already in the list.

Verified 1 August 2026 · Barreau du Québec

My communications inventory · do you still have them?

Every exchange that matters · text, email, call, letter · with its date, the person and one line on what was said. The sheet highlights what you no longer hold: a text on a lost phone is not available evidence, and knowing early means knowing what to ask for.

Verified 1 August 2026 · C.C.Q. arts. 2857 and 2858

Work out a deadline

Pick a reference point · refusing a rent increase, challenging a decision, suing a municipality · give the start date, get the deadline. Each reference point shows the section it rests on and the date that section was read, and the tool never says which time limit applies to your situation: it calculates, you choose.

Checked 19 August 2026 · 14 sourced reference points · the calculation stays on your device

What is coming

More tools are in preparation, chosen the same way: a task the existing pages describe without ever carrying it out. They will appear here, dated and sourced like the rest. If a procedure is blocking you and no tool covers it, tell us: that is how this list grows.

To read rather than to do

What these tools are not

They are formatting aids, together with general legal information that is dated and sourced. They are not legal advice, not strategy, and not predictions about the outcome of a case. In Quebec, only lawyers and notaries may give legal advice (Act respecting the Barreau du Québec, ss. 128 and 133). Laws and practice change: the official source always prevails over us.