Ottawa Blog Roll: February 2016 Part 1

Below are links to blog posts or articles authored by the Ottawa legal community through the first half of February.

Civil Litigation

What is Arbitration and How to Prepare for a FSCO Arbitration
– David Hollingsworth, Ottawa Injury

Do I Have to be Examined by the Insurance Company’s Doctor?
– David Hollingsworth, Ottawa Injury

Ontario Introduces Stronger Laws to Protect Pedestrians
– Frank Van Dyke, Van Dyke Injury Law Blog

General Damages for Pain and Suffering: What is the Maximum You Can Be Awarded?
– Frank Van Dyke, Van Dyke Injury Law Blog

Passing of Accounts: New Rules
– Yasmin M. Vinograd, Merovitz Potechin LLP

Passing of Accounts: Request for Further Notice
– Yasmin M. Vinograd, Merovitz Potechin LLP

Lanark Accident Results In Compensation for Soft Tissue Injury
– David Hollingsworth, Ottawa Injury

Primer on Fraudulent Conveyance Claims
– Owens Bourns, Ottawa Litigation

Corporate Commercial Law

The Exempt Market Provides Four New Ways To Raise Capital In Ontario
– Koby Smutylo, Smutylo Law+

Preparing Your Business for Sale – Guide UPDATED
– KS Business Group, Startup.Buildup.Sellup.

Criminal Law

Making a Murderer After show: Episodes 2-7
– Michael Spratt, The Docket Podcast

Handling Different Witnesses: A Guide for Lawyers (Part I)
– Sherif Rizk, Codified

Handling Different Witnesses: A Guide for Lawyers (Part II: The Angry/Adverse Witness)
– Sherif Rizk, Codified

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Recently Published Ottawa Decisions

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

Family Matters

Périard v. Turpin (2016 ONSC 631)
child support — father — extra-curricular — motion — conference
Justice M. Charbonneau

Wood v Evans (2016 ONSC 629)
costs — pro-rata — motion — settle — extraordinarily
Justice K. Phillips

Tremblay v Tremblay (2016 ONSC 588)
trust — income — funds — support — property
Justice K. Phillips

Smith v Sanftenberg (2016 ONSC 637)
reason to doubt the correctness — motion — leave — conflicting — set aside
Justice J. Parfett

Bruce v Giroux (2016 ONSC 610)
motion — overnights — docketed — costs — partial indemnity
Justice P. Kane

Roy v Stocker (2016 ONSC 444)
motion — partial indemnity — docketed — costs — scale
Justice P. Kane

Paquette v Rochette (2016 ONSC 426)
restart — costs — partial indemnity — scale — motion
Justice P. Kane

Civil Matters

Taticek v Zeisig (2016 ONSC 772)
conflict of interest — sole guardian of the property — share — amended management plan — joint
Justice P. Smith

Godin v Sabourin (2016 ONSC 770)
declaration — property — fence posts — future — hypothetical
Justice P. Smith

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Upcoming Training: CanLII + Lexbox

On February 26 at noon, the CCLA Library is hosting its first ever webinar! For this free research session that you can do from the comfort of your home or office, what better product to look at than CanLII, the legal research tool that you can also use for free from your home or office! We’ll also look at Lexbox, which is the nifty app for your Google Chrome browser that allows you to save your research and set up notifications for when new cases come out or legislation is amended.

Again, this research session will be free (and who doesn’t love free!), but we’ll need you to RSVP here. The day before the session, we’ll send you an email with the link you need to get into the webinar. Also, in order to hear us, you’ll need to either have speakers or earphones for your computer. Sign up today, and we look forward to welcoming you – online – on the 26th!

Recently Published Ottawa Decisions

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

Family Matters

Nathalie Bélanger c. Patrick Marcil (2016 ONCS 282)
père — ringuette — garde — semaine — crédit d impôt
Juge M. Charbonneau

Burton v Burton (2016 ONSC 62)
disclosure — income — expenses — information — credit card
Justice M. Shelston

McLoughlin v McLoughlin (2016 ONSC 114)
estate — accounts — costs — beneficiaries — compensation
Justice R. Beaudoin

Laginski v Paleczny (2016 ONSC 47)
spousal support — carve-out payment — income — material change — severance
Justice L. Sheard

Civil Matters

TA Associates, L.P., (as successor to TA Associates, Inc.,) v Gandy (2016 ONSC 358)
examination in aid of execution — enforcement — partners fund — successor — subordinated
Justice C. Hackland

Allianz Global v Attorney General of Canada (2016 ONSC 29)
affidavit — main motion — strike — preliminary motion — advance
Master C. MacLeod

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Ottawa Blog Roll: January 2016

Below are links to blog posts or articles authored by the Ottawa legal community through the first half of January.

Civil Litigation

Can I get an insurance discount for using winter tires in Ontario?
– Frank Van Dyke, Van Dyke Injury Law Blog

Franchisor Cannot Terminate based on Unproven Allegations of Exploitation against Franchisee
– Marina Abrosimov, Merovitz Potechin

Be Aware of New Rules in Ontario at Pedestrian Crosswalks Aimed to Reduce Pedestrian Accidents
– David Hollingsworth, Ottawa Injury

What Makes an Injury “Catastrophic”?
– Frank Van Dyke, Van Dyke Injury Law Blog

Criminal Law

The Docket: Making a Murderer After Show – Episode 1
– Michael Spratt, The Docket

The Silent Witness Sees It All
– Sarah Sullivan, Mack’s Criminal Law

Likely Relevant, But Inherently Unreliable
– Louise Tansey, Mack’s Criminal Law

A Politician’s Chamber-Speak: Hansard Debates and their Utility in MM v United States of America (and Case Law, Generally Speaking)
– Reem Zaia, Codified

Employment & Labour Law

Junior Hockey Players Show Power of Collective Action
– Andrew Reinholdt, Labour of Law

It IS Possible to Have Kids and a Career
– Jim Anstey, Labour of Law

Discrimination Against Mothers – An Update
– Jim Anstey, Labour of Law

Employment Agreements – Are Yours Worth the Paper They are Written On?
– Pinelopi Makrodimitris, Merovitz Potechin

Beware the Social Media Trap – Think Twice Before you Post
– Karine Dion, Workplace Matters

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From Your Library: WestlawNext CriminalSource

Criminal lawyers – this is for you! We here at the library are very excited to announce that our library subscription to Westlaw now includes the CriminalSource package.

CrimSource

 

Loads of looseleaf titles that you’ve come to rely on over the years are now easily searchable and printable from any of the seven computers in the library, as well as numerous newsletters, journals, and other goodies. Here’s a sample of some of the contents:

  • Ewaschuk’s Criminal Pleadings & Practice in Canada
  • McWilliams’ Canadian Criminal Evidence
  • Gibson’s Canadian Criminal Code Offences
  • Mack’s Criminal Law Bulletin
  • Criminal Law Quarterly
  • Nadin-Davis: Canadian Sentencing Digest

And so much more. Also included in the subscription are PDF scans of cases from the original law reporters. We get requests for those quite often, so this will be an enormous time-saver for you when you’re getting ready for court.

To help get you going with this product, we will be hosting a training session on Wednesday, January 20, 2016 at 12:00 PM in the CCLA Library. Our local Westlaw trainer will show you how to use CriminalSource quickly and efficiently. There is no charge for this session, and it is eligible for one hour of substantive CPD for 2016. So we know how many people to expect, and as space is limited, please click here to RSVP. Also: we’ve been told the Criminal Bar likes pizza. There will be pizza.

Come in, check out the new product, and let us know how you like it!

Recently Published Ottawa Decisions

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

Family Matters

Boudreau v Boudreau (2015 ONSC 7956)
spousal support — equalized — income — marriage — ability to pay
Justice K. Phillips

Roberts v Bedard (2015 ONSC 7918)
ordinarily resident — baseball — enforcement — set aside the registration — motion
Justice J. Mackinnon

Hutton v Hutton (2015 ONSC 7888)
costs — interim spousal support motion — proportionality — disbursements — successful
Justice T. Ray

Thibert v Pringle (2015 ONSC 7923)
full-time basis — pursuing post-secondary education — pay child support — will — parents
Justice S. Corthorn

Daley v Daley (2015 ONSC 7775)
partial indemnity costs — discounted rate — full indemnity — valuation date — successful
Justice B. Warkentin

Donkor v Donkor (2015 ONSC 7720)
children — access — holidays — custody — father
Justice P. Smith

Terracol v Terracol (2015 ONSC 7699)
post-secondary expenses — child of the marriage — continued to pursue full-time studies — recalculation — contests
Justice M. Linhares de Sousa

Booth v Booth (2015 ONSC 7607)
spousal support — income — settlement — custody — access
Justice L. Sheard

van den Ham v Thibodeau (2015 ONSC 7662)
children — father — access schedule — affidavit — post-secondary education
Justice S. Corthorn

Civil Matters

Huang v Fraser Hillary’s Ltd. et al. (2015 ONSC 7645)
groundwater — contaminants — remediation — source — properties
Justice S. Corthorn

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