Mr. Brendan Ryan:

It is critical that court decisions are recorded accurately to ensure orders, warrants and so forth drafted by the court registrar are correct. The court registrar normally makes a record in court of the judge's decision. Since 2008, all registrars have had access to digital audio recordings. Most of our more senior, competent and experienced registrars are used to drafting orders, warrants and so forth, but if they have any doubt at all, they can go back to their office and listen back to the court proceedings. Indeed, they can listen back in the courtroom itself. They can access the sound files from a court sitting at a particular time and listen back to what the judge said. In that way, they can avoid any issues arising with regard to the accuracy of a warrant or court order.