Recently Published Ottawa Decisions

Posted on November 8, 2016August 4, 2017 by Jennifer Walker

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

Family Matters

CAS v C.D. (2016 ONSC 6712)
maternal grandmother — children — care — access — affidavits
Justice M. Labrosse

Szonyi v Szonyi (2016 ONSC 6661)
child support — motion — post-dated cheques — matrimonial home — expenses
Justice S. Corthorn

Evans v Evans (2016 ONSC 6612)
spousal support — res judicata — estoppel — efforts to become economically self-sufficient — wife
Justice A. Doyle

Carter v Richer (2016 ONSC 6668)
questioning — arrears — litigant — support — justly
Justice A. Doyle

Civil Matters

Bouragba v Conseil des Écoles Publiques de l’Est de l’Ontario (2016 ONSC 6810)
sub-rule — proceedings — served — email — school
Justice R. Beaudoin

Sagos v Attorney General of Bermuda (2016 ONSC 6806)
written — notice — requisition — pages in length — excepting
Justice R. Beaudoin

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Weekend Edition – November 5 & 6

Posted on November 5, 2016November 4, 2016 by Brenda Lauritzen

Howdy, Ottawa legal community! It’s the weekend, so the reference desk is closed. But to give you some inspiration, here’s what we’re reading, watching, and listening to this weekend.

Reading

Jen: Murder of a Lady: A Scottish Mystery – Anthony Wynne
Another cozy British mystery (surprise!). This is another book is a series that’s published by the British Library of, basically, forgotten books from the Golden Age of crime writing.

Brenda: “Inside the Shafia killings that shocked a nation” -Michael Friscolanti, Maclean’s
I was reading about the Shafia appeal trial this week and stumbled across this article, which I somehow missed back in March.

Emily: The New York Times Book Review
This is one of my favourite sources for book reviews. This weekend I’ll be reading “A New Novel Stars Astronomer in the 1700’s”, and “10 Books We Recommend This Week”.

Watching

Brenda: Doctor Strange
I haven’t been to the movies in forever, and have heard good things!

Emily: “What a driverless world could look like” – Wanis Kabbaj, TED Talk
Ideas and news surrounding autonomous cars is always a topic that catches my interest when I come across it.

Listening To

Jen: Missing & Murdered: Who Killed Alberta Williams? – Connie Williams and Marnie Luke, CBC Podcast
I’ve been very much wanting to listen to this new podcast from the CBC for the last week, so this weekend I’ll be catching up on episodes one and two.

Upcoming Training: CanLII + Lexbox

Posted on November 3, 2016 by Jennifer Walker

Due to the success we had running the library’s first ever webinar back in February, we’ve decided we’d like to do it again! On Thursday, November 24 at 12:00 PM (Eastern), join us, from the comfort of your home or office, for an hour-long look at CanLII. We’ll dive into all the nice features of that website that you might not know how to do (like point-in-time legislation and noting up), as well as take a peek at LexBox, the cool (and free!) web app that allows you to organize and stay on top of your legal research. While we normally do not charge for our legal research sessions, we do have to charge a small fee for this session to cover the cost of the webinar platform. We hope that not having to contend with downtown traffic and parking will more than compensate for the charge!

To register, please click here!

#ThrowbackThursday: Movember 1905

Posted on November 3, 2016 by Jennifer Walker

This is a throwback to a throwback, admittedly, but some things are too good not to share. A few years back, Brenda made a truly fantastic album on our Facebook page: Movember 1905. Taking photo scans from a book we have in the library (The Bench and Bar of Ontario, Brown-Searle Printing Co., 1905), she found some of the best turn of the 20th century mustaches that Ottawa lawyers had to offer. To check out the full album, click here.

Since we’ve entered the month of November, this year’s Movember campaign is in full swing. You can learn all about the initiative at the Movember Foundation website.