Recently Published Ottawa Decisions

Posted on by Jennifer Walker

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

Family Matters

Piaskoski v. Piaskoski (2024 ONSC 5474)
Family law — Access and custody — Child support — Retroactive
Justice J. Audet

Williams v. Caron (2024 ONSC 5148)
Divorce — Grounds — Custody and access — Support — Imputing Income
Justice N. Somji

Civil Matters

Bunda v. Carry (2024 ONSC 5491)
Civil procedure — Parties — Adding parties — Small claims proceedings — Jurisdiction
Justice R. Ryan Bell

Hannan v. Scouts Canada (2024 ONSC 5361)
Practice — Evidence — Stated case — When appropriate
Justice C. MacLeod

Cornell v. Trudeau (2024 ONSC 5343)
Torts — Defamation — Civil Conspiracy — Civil procedure — Summary dismissal
Justice R. Ryan Bell

Abraham v. Abraham (2024 ONSC 5315)
Arbitration — Awards — Setting aside — Prerogative writs — Appeal from award
Justice R. Ryan Bell

Tipu v. Munchi et al. (2024 ONSC 5310)
Disability — Medical malpractice — Litigation Guardian — Civil procedure — Parties under a disability
Justice H. Williams

Armstrong v. Atkinson (2024 ONSC 5264)
Civil procedure — Costs — Parties liable for costs — personally
Justice R. Ryan Bell

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Recently Published Ottawa Decisions

Posted on by Jennifer Walker

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

Family Matters

Ginese v. Fadel (2024 ONSC 5199)
Family law — Maintenance — Calculation of income
Justice J. Audet

Abdul-Ridha v. Kandil (2024 ONSC 5089)
Family law — Parenting time — Child support — Arrears — Retroactive child support
Justice M. Labrosse

Ecclestone v. Griffiths (2024 ONSC 5066)
Family law — Divorce — Spousal support
Justice C. MacLeod

Children’s Aid Society of Ottawa v. S.P. et al (2024 ONSC 5006)
Statutes — Interpretation — Words and phrases — “the child”
Justice J. Audet

Lissansky v. Alas (2024 ONSC 5033)
Family law — Custody — schools — Relocation — Child’s settling into new environment — Best interests of the child
Justice N. Somji

Nowlan v. Nowlan (2024 ONSC 4933)
Family law — Custody and access — Parenting time — Child support — Care of the child
Justice T. Engelking

Civil Matters

Fowlie v. Spinney (2024 ONSC 5080)
Torts — Defamation — Anti-Slapp
Justice H. Williams

North House Foods Ltd. Proposal (2024 ONSC 5040)
Bankruptcy — Proposals — Costs
Justice C. MacLeod

Nykilchuk v. 2244301 Ontario Inc. et al (2024 CanLII 87565)
Civil procedure — Expert reports — Extension of time — Rules of Civil Procedure
Associate Justice M. Fortier

Auguste v. Ottawa Police Services et al. (2024 ONSC 4956)
Practice — Motions — Rules of Civil Procedure — Grounds — Vexatious litigants
Justice S. Corthorn

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Rangefindr: New Tool for Criminal Sentencing

Posted on by Brenda Lauritzen

We’re thrilled to announce that Rangefindr, a resource for Criminal Sentencing, is now available for use remotely at your own office! Researching sentencing quantums can be frustrating and time-consuming, but this tool can point you to relevant case law within minutes. While we haven’t had direct access to this tool at the CCLA before, I’ve been getting some of our library colleagues to run searches on it for me for years, so I’m very excited we can offer it to all Ontario lawyers now! This access was made possible through LiRN (Legal Information and Resource Network).

How to Get Remote Access

Rangefindr is available both here at the library and remotely through your LSO resource portal. To get your login credentials, email greatlibrary@lso.ca with your name and Law Society number. NOTE: rangefindr.ca and HeinOnline use the same username and password, so if you are already able to access HeinOnline, please skip this step.

Once you have your login and password, click here to login to rangefindr.ca.

Training

Learn more about the tool that helps lawyers and judges find criminal sentencing ranges in minutes instead of hours! We have three upcoming training sessions as well as some resources:

Online Training Sessions (Zoom):

Short explainer about how to use RangeFindr (2:14 min)

Getting Started With rangefindr.ca Guide (pdf)

Acknowledgements

This pilot project will run from September 1, 2024 to December 31, 2025 through the Innovation and Equity of Access to Legal Information project funded by The Law Foundation of Ontario, and we thank the Law Foundation for this opportunity.

LiRN would also like to extend its thanks to the Great Library for their assistance in making remote access possible for lawyers, articling students, and paralegals as well as courthouse library staff.

 

Newly Received Materials from LSO CPD

Posted on by Amanda Elliott

Below are some of the most recent LSO CPD materials added to the library collection and are now available for free online! Come by the library to read these in print or click on the linked titles below to download the articles from AccessCLE.

The Annotated Powers of Attorney for Property and for Personal Care 2024 (January 24, 2024)

  • Providing accessible legal services to older adults / Alyssa Lane
  • Effective communication with older adults / Graham Webb
  • General information for the grantor of a continuing power of attorney for property / Jennifer Corak

The Eight-Minute Commercial Leasing Lawyer 2024 (February 28, 2024)

  • Acting for a subtenant entering into a sublease : what to watch for / Marco Gammone, Zoi Samonas
  • Leasing to franchised businesses : a deep dive into the relationship of franchisors and leases / Cassandra Da Re
  • Data privacy and cybersecurity considerations in commercial leasing / Stuart Chaimberg, Matthew Marriott, Safa Warsi
  • The legal landscape : commercial leases and licenses and electric vehicle charging stations / Marta Lewycky, Sumaya Sherif
  • What tenants need to know about construction liens / Robert Iaccino, Luigi Pasqualitto

Eight-Minute Administrative Law and Practice 2024 (March 5, 2024)

  • What’s happened to Doré? What should we do about the Charter? (presentation slides) / Justin Safayeni
  • Costs awards against disciplined professionals in regulatory proceedings / Morgana Kellythorne
  • Yatar V. TD Insurance Meloche Monnex, et al at the Supreme Court of Canada / Nabila Qureshi, Talia Wolfe

The Annotated Alter Ego Trust and Discretionary Trust 2024 (March 6, 2024)

  • Taxation of inter vivos trusts (presentation slides) / James Murdoch
  • Estate planning and the taxation of trusts / M. Elena Hoffstein
  • Discussion of the annotated alter ego trust / David Stevens

The Annotated Guardianship Application 2024 (March 6, 2024)

  • Early mediation of guardianship disputes : when, why & how / Arthur Fish
  • Off-ramps from multi-issue guardianship litigation / Alexander Procope
  • Registering guardianship orders on title / Meredith MacLennan

Recently Published Ottawa Decisions

Posted on by Jennifer Walker

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

Family Matters

Cummings v. Horwitz (2024 ONSC 4865)
Family law — Property — Equalization of net family property — Procedure — Access to funds
Justice N. Somji

Ahmed v. Adbelmoaein (2024 ONSC 4735)
Family law
Justice A. Doyle

Civil Matters

Pidgeon v. Dafoe (2024 ONSC 4835)
Civil procedure — Costs — Estates — Executors and Administrators — Removal — Indemnity
Justice S. Corthorn

Ottawa Credit Exchange Limited v. Wu et al. (2024 ONSC 4817)
Civil procedure — Discovery — Non-parties — Rules of Civil Procedure — Discovery of non-party
Justice R. Ryan Bell

Cassan v. Giroux (2024 ONSC 4785)
Wills and estates — Dependant’s relief — Aggravation of claims
Justice H. Williams

Vout v. Vout (2024 ONSC 4484)
Wills and estates — Estate administration — Presumptions — Resulting trusts
Justice A. London-Weinstein

Bourgoin v. MacEwen’s Petroleum Inc. et al. (2024 ONSC 4746)
Civil procedure — Discovery — Examination for discovery
Justice S. Corthorn

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Recently Published Ottawa Decisions

Posted on by Jennifer Walker

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

Family Matters

Anthony v. Ward (2024 ONSC 4683)
Family law — Custody and access — Variation — Material change in circumstances — Best interests of child
Justice N. Somji

Clark v. Clark (2024 ONSC 4640)
Family law — Practice — Costs — Estates
Justice N. Somji

Covell v. Covell (2024 ONSC 4622)
Family law — Security for costs
Justice T. Engelking

Cameron-Anctil v. Goubau (2024 ONSC 4574)
Family law — Support — Child and spousal support — Determination of income — Disclosure
Justice M. Labrosse

Moss v. Jackson (2024 ONSC 4504)
Family law — Parenting — Decision-making responsibility — Maintenance — Entitlement
Justice M. Shelston

Civil Matters

Wong v. 10658987 Canada Inc, et al. (2024 ONSC 4659)
Practice — Costs — Summary trial of an issue
Justice C. MacLeod

Kacin v. Kacin (2024 ONSC 4638)
Practice — Costs — Motions
Justice N. Somji

Rezai et al v. Kumar et al (2024 ONSC 4497)
Personal injuries — Costs — Assessment — Disbursements — Experts’ fees
Justice A. Kaufman

Shapiro v. Shapiro (2024 ONSC 4457)
Wills and estates — Fraud — Undue Influence
Justice K. Jensen

Criminal Matters

R. v. Jones (2024 ONSC 4486)
Criminal law — Motor vehicle offences — Refusal to provide breath sample — Acquittal
Justice O. Rees Continue reading →

Recently Published Ottawa Decisions

Posted on by Jennifer Walker

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

Family Matters

Mikhail v. Mikhail (2024 ONSC 4427)
Family law — Child support — Spousal support — Imputing Income — Equalization of net family property
Justice K. McVey

Kim v. McIntosh (2024 ONSC 4388)
Practice — Judgments and orders — Setting aside or varying — Grounds
Justice N. Somji

Larocque-Seegobin v. Al-Bakri (2024 ONSC 4380)
Family law — Child support — Spousal support — Imputing Income — Interim spousal support — Section 7 Expenses
Justice H. Williams

Crozier v. Nolin (2024 ONSC 4343)
Family law — Support — Interim — Variation — Imputing Income
Justice K. Jensen

Skuce v. Freisen (2024 ONSC 4297)
Family law — Divorce — Parenting time — Child support — Relocation
Justice O. Rees

Civil Matters

Cisco Systems Inc. v. N. Harris Computer Corporation (2024 ONSC 4454)
Civil procedure — Costs — Enforcement of foreign judgments — Costs in the cause
Justice C. MacLeod

Townley v. Saunders (2024 ONSC 4435)
Civil procedure — Costs — Motions
Justice N. Somji

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New Titles – August 2024

Posted on by Amanda Elliott

See the list below for new titles now available at the CCLA library!

2024 Annotated Competition Act (Thomson)

2024 Annotated Customs Act (Thomson)

2024 Annotated Ontario Personal Property Security Act (Thomson)

Administrative Law: Principles and Advocacy, 5th Ed. (Emond Publishing)

Canadian Insurance Defence (Thomson)

Detention and Arrest 3rd Ed. (Irwin Law)

Impaired Driving in Canada – The Charter Cases, 5th Ed. (LexisNexis)

Labour and Employment Law in the Federal Public Service, 2nd ed. (Irwin Law)

The Law of Civil Procedure in Ontario, 5th Ed. (LexisNexis)

The Law of Limitations, 4th Ed. (LexisNexis)

Legal Accounting, 3rd Ed. (Emond Publishing)

Ontario Public Service Employment and Labour Law, 2nd ed. (Irwin Law)

The Right Not to Remain Silent: The Truth About Mental Health in The Legal Profession (LexisNexis)

Stikeman Income Tax Act Annotated 2024, 75th Ed. (Thomson)

Taxation of Trusts and Estates: A Practitioner’s Guide 2024 (Thomson)

Recently Published Ottawa Decisions

Posted on by Jennifer Walker

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

Family Matters

Allvey-Greiss v. Greiss (2024 ONSC 4247)
Family law — Parenting — Child support — Adult child
Justice M. Smith

Bouchey v. King (2024 ONSC 4018)
Civil procedure — Conduct of trial — Form of hearing — Uncontested hearing — Grounds
Justice N. Somji

Brennan v. May (2024 ONSC 4017)
Civil procedure — Summary judgments — Grounds — No genuine issue requiring trial
Justice N. Somji

Civil Matters

Baran Turk Inc. v. 111518866 Canada Inc. (2024 ONSC 4128)
Real property — Commercial leases — Relief from forfeiture
Justice C. MacLeod

Bachand v. Leclair et al. (2024 ONSC 4044)
Real property — Co-Ownership — Presumptions — Trusts — Resulting trusts
Justice M. Labrosse

Abdul-Hussein v. Zabel (2024 ONSC 4035)
Civil procedure — Summary judgment — Genuine issue requiring trial — Expert evidence — Lack of informed consent
Justice O. Rees

Vriend v. Vriend and PGT (2024 ONSC 4015)
Wills and estates — Mental incompetence — Incompetence proceedings — Costs
Justice S. Corthorn

Graham v. McNally Estate and Blais (2024 ONSC 4006)
Wills and estates — Wills — Validity — Testamentary capacity — Undue influence
Justice S. Corthorn

Howell v. Sun Life Assurance Company of Canada (2024 ONSC 3908)
Labour law — Jurisdiction — Federal Public Service — Grievance procedure
Justice N. Somji

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Recently Published Ottawa Decisions

Posted on by Jennifer Walker

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

Family Matters

Grove v. Fahad (2024 ONSC 3865)
Civil procedure — Costs — Assessment of quantum — Full recovery — “bad faith”
Justice N. Somji

Alnajm v. Khoury (2024 ONSC 3840)
Civil procedure — Costs — Discretion of Court — Balance of convenience
Justice N. Somji

Aliferis v. Aliferis (2024 ONSC 3776)
Family law — Civil procedure — Costs — Disbursements — Interim disbursements
Justice A. London-Weinstein

Murch v. Lewis (2024 ONSC 3436)
Family law — Child support — Spousal support — Costs
Justice J. Blishen

Ginese v. Fadel (2024 ONSC 3011)
Family law — Property — Division of assets — Occupation rent — Valuation date
Justice J. Audet

Civil Matters

415909 Canada Inc c.o.b. PARS 2000 v. Moghadam (2024 ONSC 3886)
Practice — Preservation of property — Injunction — Interim injunctions
Justice A. Kaufman

Tavana v. Greenberg (2024 ONSC 3861)
Costs — Abuse of process — Motion for summary judgment
Justice C. Hackland

Fortier v. Miller (2024 ONSC 3841)
Costs — Substantial Indemnity
Justice N. Somji

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