#ThrowbackThursday: Criminal Law 1985

This weekend is the DCAO / CCLA’s 28th Criminal Law Conference, so naturally we dipped into our conference papers collection for this week’s TBT.

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The first DCAO / CCLA Criminal Law Conference was held in May 1985, and you can see here the table of contents of papers from that year.  The colours refer to a rather unusual method of organizing the printed collection of papers; unfortunately a copy of the agenda has been lost to time so it’s hard to say if it was anything more than that during the conference.  Our old conference paper collections are always an interesting look at what was a hot topic during the time, and truly at some of the fantastic speakers we’ve had at our conferences over the years.

Sites Unseen: Jurisource

Far and away the most reference questions we get are asking for precedents or forms of some kind. We don’t have many french precedents in our collection, but thankfully Jurisource.ca is here to help with that!

A project by the AJEFO, Jurisource provides free access to french legal materials, including forms, precedents, and helpful checklists. The site is easy to navigate, allowing either a site-wide search or a browse through one of eight category choices on the homescreen. You can then search for what you are looking for, and narrow down your search results using the filters on the left-hand side of the screen.

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Their library of resources is quite extensive, including acts, court decisions, studies, precedents, checklists, and reports. We offer Jurisource training in the library periodically, so if you’d like to learn more about everything they have available, keep an eye out for when the next session will be!

 

Recently Published Ottawa Decisions

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

Family Matters

Miller v Miller (2016 ONSC 6101)
recommendations of the realtor — costs — home — follow the recommendations — failed to comply
Justice A. Doyle

Barkan v Ovodov (2016 ONSC 6105)
child support — jurisdiction — forum — juridical advantage — conveniens
Justice A. Doyle

Dina Lorraine Belanger v John Kenneth Normoyle (2016 ONSC 6215)
support — spousal — child — income
Justice M. Charbonneau

Civil Matters

Scaffidi-Argentina v Tega Homes Developments Inc. (2016 ONSC 6056)
costs — reserved to be determined — sheard — determined at the time — advises
Justice L. Sheard

Accreditation Canada International v Guerra (2016 ONSC 6184)
costs — interlocutory injunction — aka — motion — preferable
Justice P. Smith

Lawyers’ Professional Indemnity Company v Lloyd’s Underwriters (2016 ONSC 6196)
excess — policy — insurance — coverage — contribution
Justice M. James

Owen v The Estate of Barbara Owen (2016 ONSC 6241)
costs — full indemnity basis — argues — condominium parking space — draft
Justice S. Kershman

Bearsfield Developments Inc. v McNabb (2016 ONSC 6294)
conveyance — creditors — fraud — genuine issue requiring — intent
Justice R. Maranger

Dhawan v Arnold (2016 ONSC 6304)
discovery — unexpected change in circumstances — liability — test — interrogatory
Justice R. Maranger

Criminal Matters

R. v. Madeley (2016 ONCJ 579)
victim surcharge — pressing — offenders — undue hardship — universality
Justice D. Paciocco

R. v. D.A.H. (2016 ONCJ 585)
cannabis — impaired — marijuana — probable grounds — drug
Justice P. K. Doody

R. v McCann (2016 ONSC 6057)
detention — vehicle — detained — police — snowbank
Justice. R. Beaudoin

Divisional Court Decisions from Ottawa Judges

Bart v McMaster University (2016 ONSC 5747)
faculty — complaints — harassment — business school — three-year suspensions
Justices H. Sachs, C. Hackland, and J. Thorburn

Court of Appeal Decisions of Local Interest

R. v. Manasseri (2016 ONCA 703)
death — evidence — murder — assault — joinder
Justices D. Watt, P. Lauwers and G. Huscroft

R. v. Sarrazin (2016 ONCA 714)
jury — in-dock identification — jurors — impugned comments — gang
Justices E. Gillese, P. Rouleau, and D. Brown

P.M. Snelgrove General Contractors & Engineers Ltd. v. Jensen Building Limited (2016 ONCA 728)
project — profit — expert — failure — evidence
Justices K. Feldman, G. Epstein, and B. Miller

Nadeau v. Caparelli (2016 ONCA 730)
nunc pro tunc — motion — joinder — assignor — equitable assignment
Justices D. Brown, A. Hoy, and G.Huscroft

Weekend Edition – October 8 & 9

Happy Thanksgiving! It’s going to be a busy weekend no doubt and Jen is off gallivanting in Europe, but here’s what we’re trying to read, watch, and listen to this weekend.

Reading

Brenda: “A Home Invasion, A Torture Session, One Lawyer Nearly Killing Another—The Gruesome November Night in One of Washington’s Wealthiest Suburbs.
Next up on my true crime longform reads.

Emily: Dracula – Bram Stoker
Fact about me: I love Halloween. As such, I usually reserve the month of October for reading spooky stories. This classic is simply amazing so far.

Watching 

Brenda: Luke Cage
I’m sure I’ll find some time to binge-watch this between Jays games and Thanksgiving dinners!

Listening To

Emily: Quirks & Quarks – CBC Radio
I’ll be catching up on fascinating science with last week’s episode, which includes: “The origins of a good beer”, “Powerful microbe fights a crop fungus”, “Looking for life inside the red planet”, and “Trees survive the cold weather”. 

Newly Received Materials from LSUC CPD

Below are some of the most recent CPD materials added to the library collection. Each title links to the book record where you can view more details and the full table of contents. All materials are available in print at the library, or if you’re interested in only a couple of articles, feel free to email us a request for a scanned copy.

The Six-Minute Estates Lawyer 2016 (May 3, 2016)

  • New rules of practice for estates: an overview / Suzana Popovic-Montag
  • Tax update / Paul Gibney
  • Dealing with personal property: the pesky and the practical / Marcia Green
  • The challenges of an insolvent estate: a side-by-side comparison of estate administration and bankruptcy / Benjamin D. Arkin

The Six-Minute Employment Lawyer 2016 (May 26, 2016)

  • Employment contracts: the jurisprudential tug of war continues / Kimberly Alexander and Rhea Kamin
  • Update on summary judgment motions: when should they be used? / Justin Tetreault
  • Ontario’s comprehensive review of the Employment Standards Act / Doug MacLeod and Katelyn Weller
  • Teething problems: the growing pains of workplace harassment legislation in Ontario / Laura Williams and Safina Lakhani

20th Annual Intellectual Property Law: The Year in Review (Jan. 21, 2016)

  • 2015 patent law update / Mark Davis
  • Trademarks update / David Lipkus
  • Copyright developments – 2015 / Margot Patterson and Andrea Rush
  • Trade-mark infringement: where are the courts going with the “use” requirement? / May Cheng, Mark Evans, Trent Horne, and Cynthia Rowden

The Annotated Guardianship Application 2016 (Feb. 25, 2016)

  • Annotated closing letter / Angela Casey and Kaylie Handler
  • The annotated guardianship application: the view of the public guardian and trustee / Jaël Marques de Souza
  • Ethical issues in guardianship applications / Susan Easterbrook
  • One neuron short of a retainer: the capacity to instruct counsel / Clare Burns

Upcoming Training: WestlawNext Canada

While we still have one more training session scheduled for the new Lexis Advance Quicklaw, we also have another Westlaw Next Canada training session scheduled for this fall. Join us in the CCLA Library on Wednesday, November 9, 2016 at 12:00 PM for an hour-long session led by Westlaw trainer Josée Provost. If you’re using Westlaw at your office, or like to take advantage of the great, free access we have here at the library, this session will show you how to use this database to its greatest potential. There’s no cost for this session, but please RSVP with us so we know how many people to expect.

To whet your appetite for what’s to come, check out this short training video on one of my very favourite features of WestlawNext: the Canadian Abridgment. Anyone who has been to one of my training sessions knows that I love browsing features in databases, so a video of browsing the Abridgment is my legal research dream come true:

Weekend Edition – October 1 & 2

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: “Missteps Hamper 1999 Hit-and-Run Death Probe
Brenda sent me this article to read ages ago, and I’m finally getting to it. I’ve long found true crime stories to be interesting, and here’s another from the infamous Manitowoc County.

Emily: “Nightfall” – Isaac Asimov
Nightfall is a short story recommended to me by science fiction fans. It has been awesome so far!

Watching

Jen: All of Shomi.
This is a cop-out answer but count me among the people sad that it’s going away. I have two months to watch whatever I’ve been wanting to from the service!

Brenda: Jays
#OurMoment? Right? I’ll be in my blanket fort.

Listening To

Emily: “From Tree to Shining Tree” – Radiolab Podcast
This weekend I’ll be going for a hike in the woods to enjoy the fall colours, and think this will be an inspiring video to watch before I head out!

Brenda: “Bring on the Female Superheroes” – Christopher Bell, TED Talks Podcast
Having myself tweeted #WheresRey, I found this a very interesting talk on the merchandising of female characters in media, and the effects that it has on gender perceptions.

 

#ThrowbackThursday: Information Highway

I think technology-related throwbacks have to be my favourite simply due to how fast everything changes. Perhaps one of the earliest buzzwords for the internet: remember the “Information Superhighway”?

A while ago I found this Magazine holder in the back of the library – the associated publication long since weeded, unfortunately – but the holder was still here:

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It now resides on my desk and makes me happy every time I see it.

Ottawa Blog Roll: September 2016

Below are links to blog posts or articles authored by the Ottawa legal community in September.

Civil Litigation

Canada Pension Plan Disability Benefits – A Primer
– Najma Rashid, OTLA Blog

Ottawa’s Cyclist Safety Crisis
– Frank Van Dyke, Van Dyke Injury Law Blog

What is a “Rule 49” Offer to Settle?
– Alexandra Ormond, Perley-Robertson Hill & McDougall LLP

Corporate Commercial Law

Agreements of Purchase and Sale Must be Completed in Good Faith
– Noah Potechin, Merovitz Potechin LLP

Video Blog – Management Buyout as Succession Plan Option
– Robert P. Kinghan, Perley-Robertson Hill & McDougall LLP

Criminal Law

A Picture May Be Worth a Thousand Words, But the Fairness When It Comes to the Justice System is Priceless
– Michael Spratt, Abergel Goldstein & Partners LLP

Can’t Sneak That Third Party In The Back Door
– Dallas Mack, Mack’s Criminal Law

Objective Validity: Is That Sufficient?
– Dallas Mack, Mack’s Criminal Law

Invitation To Knock? Depends If You Are Investigating Or Searching…
– Dallas Mack, Mack’s Criminal Law

The Basics of Bail
– Anne-Marie McElroy, McElroy Law

August Criminal Law Round-up
– Anne-Marie McElroy, McElroy Law

Employment & Labour Law

“Age is an impediment”: Fair severance for older employees in Ontario
– Paul Willetts, Vey Willetts LLP

Surviving Your Performance Improvement Plan
– Andrew Vey, Vey Willetts LLP

For Your Eyes Only – Privacy and Digital Technology
– Paul Taylor-Sussex, Labour of Law

Being “Reckless With the Truth” Not Just Cause for Termination
– Sean Bawden, Labour Pains

Will Wood Finally Answer the Question of Benefits? There’s Hope.
– Sean Bawden, Labour Pains

Emotional Upset Not Enough for Award of General Damages: ONCA
– Sean Bawden, Labour Pains

It’s All In Your Head! When Should You Report A Head Injury?
– Peggy King, Labour of Law

Terminations during the Probationary Period: Three Common Assumptions
– Colleen Hoey, Mann Lawyers

Fiduciary Employees Held to a Higher Standard
– Jill Lewis, The Workplace Matters

Restrictive Covenants: What Are My Rights Post-Employment?
– Stephanie Lewis, The Workplace Matters

Family Law

Attending Kids’ Events: Whose Turn is It?
– Dana Du Perron, The Family Connection

Donor Sperm: Buyer Beware?
– Erin Lepine and Paul Taylor-Sussex, The Family Connection

Cost Recovery in Family Law Litigation
– Tess Brown, LMR Family Law

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Recently Published Ottawa Decisions

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

Family Matters

Daher v Khanafer (2016 ONSC 5969)
father — access — passport — travel — child
Justice J. Mackinnon

Branson v Branson (2016 ONSC 4534)
spousal support — retroactive increase — children — post-separation income — motion
Justice L. Sheard

Urban v Urban (2016 ONSC 5821)
father — motion heard — offer to settle — fix — offsetting
Justice J. Mackinnon

Abu-Zahra v Hendy (2016 ONSC 5800)
school — child — father — daycare — attend
Justice M. Shelston

Cayen v Skotnicki (2016 ONSC 5695)
tuition — child support — costs — life insurance — pay
Justice A. Doyle

Walts v Walts (2016 ONSC 5848)
costs — age — motion — colleague — fix
Justice J. Mackinnon

Casas v Lajoie (2016 ONSC 5731)
spousal support — dependent — income — household expenses — interim
Justice A. Doyle

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