Compendium of Damages Awarded in Personal Injury Actions Across Ontario, January 1999 – October 2018 Update

The CCLA Compendium of Damages Awarded in Personal Injury Actions Across Ontario has been updated to October 2018! This invaluable guide is a favourite with local litigators, and has been produced for the CCLA for several years under the leadership of The Honourable James Chadwick and with the assistance of students from the University of Ottawa law school.

To check it out, please click here.

For future reference, you can find this publication on the CCLA website under our “Civil Litigation” practice portal.

 

Recently Published Ottawa Decisions

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

Family Matters

Gillis v. Gillis (2019 ONSC 382)
spousal support — motion — offer — costs on a full recovery — expenses
Justice T. Engelking

Smith v. Reynolds (2019 ONSC 359)
motion — ordered access — today — email — comply
Justice P. MacEachern

Smith v. Redhead (2019 ONSC 312)
child support — tables — income information — email — payor
Justice P. MacEachern

O’Connell v. Awada (2019 ONSC 273)
income — evidence — error of mixed — beneficial — argues
Justice S. Kershman

Malboeuf v. Hanna (2019 ONSC 222)
costs — motion — letter from the insurer — legal fees — offer
Justice P. MacEachern

Abdulhadi v. Ahmad (2019 ONSC 215)
million dinars — child — marriage — maher — spousal support
Justice T. Engelking

Mulloy v. Mulloy (2019 ONSC 38)
costs — disclosure motions — offers to settle — successful — proportionality
Justice P. MacEachern

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Newly Received Materials from LSO 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 Environmental Lawyer 2018 (October 3, 2018)

  • “Clean to pristine” – an argument advocating for full restoration damages / Janet Bobechko, Robert Frank, Ted Brook
  • Is diminution in value still relevant as a measure of damages in contaminated sites cases? / Natalie Mullins
  • Creative claims under s. 99 of the EPA a case review of MVL Leasing Limited v. CCI Group Inc. / Tamara Farber
  • Finding pollution coverage under the CGL insurance policy / Thomas J. Donnelly
  • Getting ready for the new excess soil regime / John Tidball

21st Annual Estates and Trusts Summit (October 10 & 11, 2018)

  • Settlements involving minors & the children’s lawyer’s role ; Schedule A. Guardianship of property judgment / Susan Stamm, Katherine Antonacopoulos
  • Undue influence in inter vivos transactions and transfers / Kimberly A. Whaley
  • All good things come to an end : releases, indemnities and approval of settlements / Ewa Krajewska
  • Will interpretation – drafting to avoid ambiguity / Eric N. Hoffstein, Tamar S. Silverbrook
  • Dealing with the complex family in estate planning / Ambie Edgar-Chana

The Six-Minute Debtor-Creditor and Insolvency Lawyer 2018 (October 17, 2018)

  • Transfers at undervalue under section 96 of the Bankruptcy and Insolvency Act – a primer / Michael Myers
  • What is a syndicated mortgage and is it a safe investment (lessons from recent public mortgage syndicate failures) / Bobby Kofman, Sean Zweig
  • How to respond to cyber fraud / Amanda McLachlan
  • Common interest privilege / Philip Cho
  • Condominium liens : default, deadlines and priorities / Stephen Karr

19th Annual Employment Law Summit (October 30, 2018)

  • Categories of employment class actions / Andrew Monkhouse, Kevin Wisnicki
  • Modern workplaces : putting Schrenk into context / Ranian K. Agarwal
  • Benefits for older workers – lessons from Talos / Wade Poziomka
  • Key strategies in conducting a successful mediation / Elaine Newman
    Legal weed and the non-union workplace is drug testing a risk mitigation option? / Rishi Bandhu, Melissa Mustafa

WestlawNext : New CCLA Subscription Additions!

If you’ve been doing any on-site research here at the courthouse recently, you may have noticed some extra additions to our WestlawNext portal! We’ve recently added Employment Source, Estates & Trusts Source, and Labour Source to our online subscriptions, and we’re happy to continue to provide access to Law Source, Family Source, and Criminal Source.

Our new (and old) subscriptions can be accessed through the sidebar when first logging in:

Highlights from these new subscriptions include electronic access to:

Employment Source

  • Canadian Employment Law by Ball
  • Employee Obligations in Canada by D’Andrea
  • Illness and Disability in the Workplace by D’Andrea
  • The Law of Dismissal in Canada, Third Edition by Levitt
  • The Employment Bulletin (Editor: Mark Fletcher)
  • Wrongful Dismissal Quantum Service

Estates & Trusts Source

  • Estates and Trusts Fillable Forms
  • Estate Planning Precedents by Histrop
  • Estate Litigation by Schnurr
  • Ontario Estate Administration Manual by Armstrong
  • WeirFoulds Estates & Trusts Newsletter

Labour Source

  • Canadian Labour Arbitration by Brown & Beatty (Jen can finally live without my incessant nagging to get an electronic version of this!)
  • Canadian Labour Law by Adams
  • Collective Bargaining and Agreement by Corry

As you can see there is a ton of great content in here, so have a look when you have the chance! You must be on-site at the CCLA Library to access these materials through our subscription. We will also be scheduling a WestlawNext training session (in our new training room!) in the near future, so stay tuned for more information on that.

As always, any questions, don’t hesitate to drop us a line.

 

Ottawa Blog Roll: December 2018

Please find below links to blog posts or articles authored by the Ottawa legal community in December.

Civil Litigation

But It Was Just An Accident!
– Najma Rashid, Ontario Trial Lawyers Association

Ontario Court of Appeal Comments on the Duty of Honest Performance
– Shauna Cant, Mann Lawyers

Recent Ontario Court of Appeal Decision Regarding Victims of Motor Vehicle Accidents
– Edward Masters, Mann Lawyers

Condominium Law

How Long Must Condos Retain Corporate Records?
– Rod Escayola, Condo Adviser

Condo Year in Review: Top Five Decisions of 2018
– Graeme Macpherson, Condo Adviser

How Long Must a Condo Retain Information Certificates?
– Rod Escayola, Condo Adviser

Shared Common Elements in a Condominium – An explanation of POTL and CECC
– Michael Brown, Merovitz Potechin LLP

Green Thumbs: Growing Cannabis in Condos
– Andrea Daly, Davidson Condo Law

CAT – The First Year
– James Davidson, Davidson Condo Law

Decision Respecting Smoking
– James Davidson, Davidson Condo Law

The Proxy is (sometimes) the Ballot
– James Davidson, Davidson Condo Law

Appealing Decisions From the Condominium Authority Tribunal
– David Lu, Davidson Condo Law

Corporate Commercial Law

Competition Bureau and Defence Construction Canada sign agreement to safeguard procurements
– Quin Gilbert-Walters & François Baril, Gowling WLG

Criminal Law

Liberals’ New Impaired-Driving Rules Will Inevitably Target Minorities
– Michael Spratt, Abergel Goldstein & Partners LLP

Impaired Driving Update: Implications Of Bill C-46
– Anne Marie McElroy, McElroy Law

MCLNugget: McGuigan ONCA
– Dallas Mack, Mack’s Criminal Law

MCLNugget: Prystay ABQB
– Dallas Mack, Mack’s Criminal Law

MCLNugget: Plante ONCA
– Dallas Mack, Mack’s Criminal Law

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Recently Published Ottawa Decisions

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

Family Matters

Cameron v. Cameron (2018 ONSC 7770)
children — parenting time — weekends — hours — school
Justice T. Engelking

Hawes v. Hawes (2018 ONSC 7769)
motion — costs — offer — parenting time — children
Justice T. Engelking

Davis v. Davis (2018 ONSC 7767)
costs — arrears of child support — fees — disbursements — spent
Justice T. Engelking

Sultana v. Mohammed (2018 ONSC 7515)
children — income — intentionally under-employed — resume — indicated
Justice T. Engelking

Granter v. Tricco (2018 ONSC 6906)
income — child support payable — expenses — arrears of child support — set-off calculation
Justice S. Corthorn

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