Jennifer Walker

Ontario Employment Standards Act Policy and Interpretation Manual – Now Online!

This entry was posted on August 16, 2019 by Jennifer Walker

Here is a terrific resource for any of you practicing employment law in Ontario: The Employment Standards Act Policy and Interpretation Manual is now available for free, online, from anywhere you can get internet access. This is straight from the Ministry of Labour’s Employment Standards Program, so it’s good stuff.

You can find the HTML version of the guide here: https://www.ontario.ca/document/employment-standard-act-policy-and-interpretation-manual

As you can see, the latest update was just a few days ago. Typically, the manual is updated a couple of times per year. We hope this helps in your research work, and also in your budget for collecting quality legal research materials for your office.

Recently Published Ottawa Decisions

This entry was posted on August 6, 2019 by Jennifer Walker

Find below recently published Ottawa decisions, available for free through CanLII.org.

Family Matters

Kopra v. Moreau (2019 ONSC 4528)
possession of the matrimonial home — spousal support — children — income — exclusive possession of the matrimonial
Justice P. MacEachern

Baker v. Baker (2019 ONSC 4491)
children — interim — birthday — mid-week overnight — school
Justice P. MacEachern

Norris v. Norris (2019 ONSC 4490)
charging — equity in the matrimonial home — equalization payment — date of separation — uncontested
Justice M. Labrosse

Director, Family Responsibility Office for the benefit of Kimberly Melissa Stewart, v. Fuhgeh (2019 ONSC 4390)
child support — income — motion — stay — arrears
Justice P. MacEachern

Demerse v. Aubry (2019 ONSC 4439)
father — child s best interests — risk — motion to change — access
Justice A. Doyle

CCLA Articling & LPP Students Breakfast & Legal Research Primer

This entry was posted on July 25, 2019 by Jennifer Walker

On August 22, the CCLA welcomes 2019-2020 articling and LPP students to our breakfast and legal research primer!

Following a light breakfast, students will take a crash course in the legal research they’ll be given over the next year, and how to get the work done. They will also have a chance to tour the CCLA library and learn about all of the resources we have available for to use at absolutely no cost.

This event is free with payment of the CCLA articling student membership registration. For $25 + HST, CCLA Articling Student Membership entitles students to 24/7 access to the CCLA Library, an Ottawa Courthouse Security Card (to bypass security in our courthouse), and other CCLA membership perks.

Registration is capped at 60 students, so make sure to register early! A waiting list will be established once we hit capacity.

To register (or to register on behalf of your students), please follow this link! If you are already a CCLA student member, please sign in to the site before proceeding and the registration will be free.

Recently Published Ottawa Decisions

This entry was posted on July 23, 2019 by Jennifer Walker

Find below recently published Ottawa decisions, available for free through CanLII.org.

Family Matters

Cuffe v. Desjardins (2019 ONSC 4365)
spousal support — income — savings — material change in circumstances — separation
Justice P. MacEachern

Brissett v. Coughlan (2019 ONSC 4330)
child — access — custody — weekend — email
Justice D. Summers

Guenette v. Morrisey (2019 ONSC 4326)
child support — undue hardship — income — access — required to pay
Justice P. MacEachern

Delulio v. Persi (2019 ONSC 4303)
income — table amount — set-off calculation — child support arrears — period
Justice P. MacEachern

Dear v. Kennedy (2019 ONSC 4302)
appraisal of the matrimonial home — separation — equalization — motion — partition
Justice M. Shelston

Beischer v. Cournoyer (2019 ONSC 4269)
pension — spousal support — income — temporary — value
Justice T. Engelking

Recently Published Ottawa Decisions

This entry was posted on July 9, 2019 by Jennifer Walker

Find below recently published Ottawa decisions, available for free through CanLII.org.

Family Matters

Stow v. Davidson (2019 ONSC 4073)
child s best interests — school — access — schedule — parent
Justice P. MacEachern

DeGroot v. Iouguina (2019 ONSC 3878)
costs — father — access — relocation — child
Justice J. Mackinnon

Wakeling v. Debassige (2019 ONSC 4058)
powwows — children — school — material change — heritage
Justice P. MacEachern

Miller v. Scott-O’Leary (2019 ONSC 3861)
school — post-secondary education programs — child support obligation — stylist — motion
Justice J. Audet

Civil Matters

Andrzejewski v. Ottawa Police Services Board (2019 ONSC 4132)
expert — police — genuine issue requiring — probable grounds to arrest — officers met the required standard
Justice R. Smith

Recently Published Ottawa Decisions

This entry was posted on June 25, 2019 by Jennifer Walker

Find below recently published Ottawa decisions, available for free through CanLII.org.

Family Matters

Marchard v. MacKenzie (2019 ONSC 3650)
child support — income — financial disclosure — custody — declared
Justice M. Linhares de Sousa

Kelly v. Kelly (2019 ONSC 3749)
two-thirds of the proceeds — interim spousal support — matrimonial home — equalization payment — pension
Justice P. MacEachern

Hoffman v. Johnson (2019 ONSC 3621)
children — father — imputed — born — income
Justice R. Maranger

Kooistra v. Rochon (2019 ONSC 3688)
father — child support — decision-making authority — costs — parenting
Justice J. Audet

Tomaszewski v. Allin (2019 ONSC 3622)
father — summer access — non-consecutive periods — child s best interest — clinicians
Justice R. Maranger

CanLII Spring 2019 Updates

This entry was posted on June 13, 2019 by Jennifer Walker

Keen observers and users of CanLII may have noticed that things look a little different lately. Last month, the CanLII team wrote about new design changes that were made on the website to help with clarity and consistency. Check out their blog post (linked above) for all the details.

For my money, I think the biggest change that you may want to familiarize yourself with is where to find additional information on decision and legislation pages. You can see on the example below, for a judicial decision, that links (or tabs) to the case history, decisions cited, subsequent case citations, and links to material on CanLII Connects are now available just below the name of the case (or legislation). Previously, these links were tucked in a bit further below.

Recently Published Ottawa Decisions

This entry was posted on June 11, 2019 by Jennifer Walker

Find below recently published Ottawa decisions, available for free through CanLII.org.

Family Matters

S.A. v. M.L. (2019 ONSC 3450)
urgent motion — supervised access — conference — costs — voluntary service agreement
Justice P. MacEachern

Mooers v. Parent (2019 ONSC 3447)
father — child support — undue hardship — income — daycare
Justice J. Audet

Pryce v. Pryce (2019 ONSC 3441)
costs thrown away — adjournment — wasted — will need to be redone — preparation
Justice P. MacEachern

Glazer v. Hill (2019 ONSC 3432)
costs — offer — child support — incurred prior to the service — proportional
Justice P. MacEachern

Armstrong v. Armstrong (2019 ONSC 3227)
husband — wife — matrimonial home — interest in the farmland — post-separation adjustments
Justice J. Audet

#ThrowbackThursday: CCLA / GCTC Lawyer Play 2009

This entry was posted on June 6, 2019 by Jennifer Walker

The 20th anniversary CCLA / GCTC Lawyer Play – War of Two Worlds – is currently running, so this week we’re throwing back to the 2009 Lawyer Play. That year, the play was written by Ottawa’s own (and CCLA Past President!) Ian Stauffer and was called Lost in Paradise.

You can find a listing of all of the past Lawyer Plays on the CCLA website. We have a few more recent posters to add, and now that renovations are complete, we’ll be re-instituting the wall of Lawyer Play posters in the Library!

Recently Published Ottawa Decisions

This entry was posted on May 28, 2019 by Jennifer Walker

Find below recently published Ottawa decisions, available for free through CanLII.org.

Family Matters

Boyer v. Brown (2019 ONSC 3011)
date of separation — interest in the matrimonial home — affair — couples counselling — infidelity
Justice S. Corthorn

Children’s Aid Society of (Ottawa) v. JR. (2019 ONSC 3012)
access visits — apartment — child — police — shelter
Justice S. Gomery

Yovcheva v. Hristov (2019 ONSC 1007)
husband — income — spousal support — wife — child support
Justice A. Doyle

Sealey v. Hoyte (2019 ONSC 2702)
offer — costs — unsupervised access — motion — favourable
Justice P. MacEachern