The following list of titles can now be found in the library:

A Practical Guide to Canadian Citizenship and Inadmissibility – Refugee Law Edition (Carswell)

An Advocacy Primer, 4th Edition (Carswell)

Canadian Medical Law: An introduction for Physicians, Nurses and other Health Care Professionals, 4th Edition (Carswell)

Chartes des droits de la personne, 30e édition, 2017, Législation – Jurisprudence – Doctrine (Wilson & Lafleur)

Cybercrime in Canadian Criminal Law, 2nd Edition (Carswell)

Defending Drug Cases, 4th Edition (Carswell)

Drone Controversies: Ethical and Legal Debates Surrounding Targeted Strikes and Electronic Surveillance (Carswell)

Government Procurement, 4th Edition (LexisNexis)

Law of Criminal Attempt, Third Edition (Carswell)

Mareva and Anton Piller Preservation Orders in Canada: A Practical Guide (Irwin Law)

Misfeasance in a Public Office (Carswell)

Ontario Superior Court Practice, 2018 Edition (LexisNexis)

Repair and Storage Liens Act: A Practical Guide (Canada Law Book)

Settling Family Law Cases: Practical Techniques for Advocates and Neutrals (Carswell)

Sports and Recreation Liability Law in Canada (Canada Law Book)

The 2018 Annotated Tremeear’s Criminal Code (Carswell)

The Law of Fraud and the Forensic Investigator, Fifth Edition (Carswell)

The Law of Government Ethics: Federal, Ontario and British Columbia, Second Edition (Carswell)

The Supreme Court on Trial, Revised edition (Irwin Law)

Victim Law: The Law of Victims of Crime in Canada (Carswell)

Watson & McGowan’s Ontario Civil Practice 2018 (Carswell)

Widdifield on Executors and Trustees, 6th Edition (Carswell)

The following is a list of new books we’ve acquired in the library. New editions of Martin’s Annual Criminal Code, Annual Review of Family Law, and Ontario Small Claims Court Practice can now be found in Reserve behind the Reference Desk. See the rest below!

Annual Review of Criminal Law 2016 (Carswell)

Annual Review of Family Law 2016-2017 (Carswell)

2012 Ontario Building Code Compendium (Ministry of Municipal Affairs and Housing)

Code Criminel Annoté 2018 (Éditions Yvon Blais)

Disability Insurance Law in Canada, Second Edition (Carswell)

Federal Access to Information and Privacy Legislation Annotated 2018 (Carswell)

Honsberger’s Bankruptcy in Canada, Fifth Edition (Carswell)

Martin’s Annual Criminal Code, 2018 Edition (Carswell)

Martin’s Ontario Criminal Practice, 2018 Edition (Carswell)

Ontario Assessment Legislation, 2017-2018 Edition (Carswell)

Ontario Provincial Offences 2018 Pocket Edition (Carswell)

Ontario Small Claims Court Practice 2018 (Carswell)

Prosecutorial Misconduct, Second Edition (Carswell)

Stikeman Income Tax Act Annotated 2017, 62nd Edition (Carswell)

Title Searching & Conveyancing in Ontario, 7th Edition (LexisNexis)

The 2017 Annotated Ontario Highway Traffic Act (Carswell)

The 2017 Annotated Ontario Provincial Offences Act (Carswell)

The 2017-2018 Annotated Ontario Personal Property Security Act (Carswell)

The Law of Judicial Notice (Carswell)

We’ve received quite a few new books since last month, which are now available here in the library. Check out the full list below!

A Guide to the Youth Criminal Justice Act, 2018 Edition (LexisNexis)

Administrative Law in Canada, 6th Edition (LexisNexis)

Defending Drinking and Driving Cases 2017 (Carswell)

Family Law Litigation Handbook (Ontario), 2nd Edition (Carswell)

Handling Provincial Offence Cases in Ontario 2017 (Carswell)

Landlord’s Rights and Remedies in a Commercial Lease: A Practical Guide, Second Edition (Carswell)

Law and Law Breaking in Game of Thrones (LexisNexis)

Motions Court Practice and Procedure, 2nd Edition (LexisNexis)

Ontario Annual Practice 2017-2018 Edition (Carswell)

Ontario Workplace Safety and Insurance Act & Commentary, 2017/2018 Edition (LexisNexis)

Personal Injury Damages, 2017 Edition (LexisNexis)

Practice & Procedure Before the Human Rights Tribunal of Ontario (Carswell)

Practitioner’s Goods and Services Tax Annotated with Harmonized Sales Tax 2017, 35th Edition (Carswell)

Practitioner’s Ontario Taxes Annotated 2017 Spring Edition (Carswell)

Prosecuting and Defending Extradition Cases: A Practitioner’s Handbook (Emond Publishing)

The 2017-2018 Annotated Contraventions Act (Carswell)

The Law of Civil Procedure in Ontario, 3rd Edition (LexisNexis)

The Law of the Canadian Constitution, 2nd Edition (LexisNexis)

The Law on Disability Issues in the Workplace (Emond Publishing)

Watt’s Manual of Criminal Evidence 2017 (Carswell)

Wills and Estates, 4th Edition (Emond Publishing)

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 Oatley McLeish Guide to Motor Vehicle Litigation 2017 (March 30-31, 2017)

• The do’s and don’ts of leading opinion evidence / Jerome Morse and Kira Domratchev
• Trial by ambush: what’s that? Disclosure obligations in affidavits of documents and examination for discovery / Audrey Ramsay
• 2016 top 5(ish) accident benefits cases / Eric Grossman and Amanda Lo Cicero
• Cross-examining the plaintiff’s doctor / James Davidson

Business Law Practice Basics 2017 (April 25, 2017)

• Meeting your client / Darlene Tonelli
• Due diligence / Shevaun McGarth
• Letters of intent / A. Paul Mahaffy
• Closing the transaction / David R. Street

14th Annual Real Estate Law Summit (April 3-4, 2017)

• Super priorities: lending and enforcement issues / Amanda Jackson and James Riewald
• Recent changes to the Residential Tenancies Act, 2006: what your clients need to know / Joseph Hoffer
• A primer on clean-up of contaminated lands / Rosalind Cooper
• Key covered risks which you should be aware of / Karen Decker, Raymond Leclair, and William McCarthy

The 31st Annual Joint Insurance Seminar (May 2, 2017)

• The top recent SABS cases from the plaintiff’s perspective / Laura Hillyer
• The defence perspective: accident benefits / Lisa C. Pool and Emily Piercell
• PJI, thresholds, consumer protection, children, loans, speed and alcohol make for good plaintiff decisions / Robert J. Hooper

The following list of new books can now be found in the library. Among them are new editions of the much sought-after Sentencing by Clayton C. Ruby et al., and The Law of Contracts by Stephen M. Waddams. These two titles are located in Reserve behind the front desk.

Bennett on Collections, 6th Edition (Carswell)

Canadian Agency Law, 3rd Edition (LexisNexis)

E-Discovery in Canada, 3rd Edition (LexisNexis)

Expert Witnesses in Civil Litigation: A Practical Guide (Irwin Law)

How to Understand Statutes and Regulations, 2nd Edition (Carswell)

Martin’s Related Criminal Statutes, 2017-2018 (Canada Law Book)

Ontario Planning Legislation 2017 (Canada Law Book)

Refugee Law, Second Edition (Irwin Law)

Religious Institutions and the Law in Canada, Fourth Edition (Irwin Law)

Sentencing, 9th Edition (LexisNexis)

The 2017 Annotated Bankruptcy and Insolvency Act (Carswell)

The Court and The Constitution: A 150-Year Retrospective (LexisNexis)

The Law of Contracts, Seventh Edition (Carswell)

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.

Wills and Estates Practice Basics (March 27, 2017)

• Joint retainers / Jordan Atin
• Obligations of the solicitor and the estate planning retainer with husband and wife / Ian Hull
• The annotated will 2017; Roadmap for drafting of a trust in a will / Susannah Roth, Mary-Alice Thompson, Darren Lund, and Jane Martin

11th Annual Family Law Summit (March 6-7, 2017)

• New arrows for old quivers: self-represented parties and limited scope retainers / Joel Miller
• Preparing for a family law trial in Ontario: checklists and ticklers / Avra Rosen
• Summary judgment in family law / Adam Black
• Views of the child reports in Ontario: a practice and research update / Rachel Birnbaum and Nicholas Bala

The Six-Minute Administrative Lawyer 2017 (March 1, 2017)

• Rebottling old wine: updating the adjectival law of judicial review of administrative action / Paul Daly and Derek Bowett
• Today is not that day: recent cases on the standard of review / Nicholas McHaffie
• The nature of the Integrity Commissioner investigative function / Janet Leiper
• Credibility issues refresher / Jill Dougherty, Lara Kinkartz, and Jordan Stone

7th Annual In-House Counsel Summit (February 27, 2017)

• Lawyers as business and people leaders / Kelly L. Brown
• Solicitor-client privilege: a guide for in-house counsel / Anthony Alexander
• Recent developments in commercial leasing: the top five things you need to know / Lisa Borsook

Here is a list of new titles we’ve recently added to the library collection. Among them are a number of titles from the popular Irwin Law books, including new editions of The Charter of Rights and Freedoms, Constitutional Law, and Detention and Arrest, as well as the new release Land-Use Planning. They can be found in the New Books section behind the Reference Desk.

The 2017 Annotated Ontario Personal Property Security Act (Carswell)

Annotated Canada Pension Plan and Old Age Security Act, 16th Edition (LexisNexis)

The Annotated Ontario Consumer Protection Act 2017 (LexisNexis)

Business Law in Ontario, 2nd Edition (LexisNexis)

The Charter of Rights and Freedoms, 6th Edition (Irwin Law)

Competition and Antitrust Laws in Canada: Mergers, Joint Ventures and Competitor Collaborations, 2nd Edition (LexisNexis)

Constitutional Law, 5th Edition (Irwin Law)

Detention and Arrest, 2nd Edition (Irwin Law)

Land-Use Planning (Irwin Law)

Ontario Municipal Legislation 2017 (Canada Law Book)

The Ontario Municipal Service Directory: A Comprehensive Guide for Real Estate Professionals 2017 (Carswell)

Pocket Ontario OH&S Act & Regulations 2017 (Carswell)

Sale of a Business, 11th Edition (LexisNexis)

Stikeman Income Tax Act Annotated 2017, 61st Edition (Carswell)

Supreme Court of Canada Practice 2017 (Carswell)

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.

Family Law Practice Basics 2017 (Feb. 21, 2017)

• Most common questions your clients will ask / Jennifer Brithaupt
• Techniques for taking instructions and advising your client / Braham D. Siegel
• A guide to preparing an annotated financial statement / Cheryl Suan Williams
• The latest developments in family law / Constance Nielsen

The Six-Minute Commercial Leasing Lawyer 2017 (Feb. 22, 2017)

• Conditions for tenant possession / Jordan Hill
• Drafting “fair market rent” for renewals / Christina Kobi
• Are you afraid of the dark? Tenant “go dark” rights / Melissa McBain and Jenna Morley

21st Annual Intellectual Property Law : The Year in Review (Jan. 19-20, 2017)

• Trademarks update / Georgina Starkman Danzing
• Copyright developments – 2016 / Kevin Sartorio and Margot Patterson
• Litigation funding roundtable: the Canadian perspective / Naomi Leowith
• Trademarks: year in review 2016 / Robert A. MacDonald

Taxation Issues for Real Estate Lawyers 2016 (Nov. 8, 2016)

• The tax treatment of lease guarantees / Chris Anderson
• Estate planning for real estate / Maureen Berry
• Repercussions of the Panama papers: looking out for number one (and your client) / Robin MacKnight

We’ve recently acquired several new titles from Emond Publishing, including new editions of Small Claims Court: Procedure and Practice, and Advocacy for Paralegals, offering practical tips and instructions. See below for the full list of titles, which can now be found in the New Books section at the front desk.

Accident Benefits: A Practical Desk Reference (Emond Publishing)

Advocacy for Paralegals, 2nd ed. (Emond Publishing)

Criminal Appeals: A Practitioner’s Handbook (Emond Publishing)

Legal Office Procedures, 7th ed. (Owl Publishing)

Small Claims Court: Procedure and Practice, 4th ed. (Emond Publishing)

Working with the Residential Tenancies Act, 4th ed. (Emond Publishing)

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.

Real Estate Practice Basics 2016 (December 9, 2016)

• The agreement of purchase and sale / Lorne Shuman
• Title searching: a checklist / Joel Kadish
• Introduction to title insurance / Lori M. Swartz
• Residential mortgage financing / Karen Yolevski

Plaintiff’s Personal Injury Law: Practice Basics 2016 (September 19, 2016)

• Assessing the case : the importance of file selection / Salvatore Shaw
• Developing and funding a plaintiffs personal injury practice / Michelle Jorge
• The ABCs of Motor Vehicle Law and the Statutory Accident Benefits Schedule / Tripta Sood

17th Annual Employment Law Summit (October 18, 2016)

• Mental Health First Aid: the everyday kind of first aid / Christina Fuda
• Legalizing marijuana: impact on the workplace? / Shelley Brown
• Deconstructing constructive dismissal / Mary Lou Brady
• Summaries of recent key cases / A. Jane Milburn & Devin M. Jarcaig

21st Annual Intellectual Property Law: The Year in Review (January 19 & 20, 2017)

• Trademarks update / Georgina Starkman Danzing
• Copyright developments – 2016 / Kevin Sartorio & Margot Patterson
• Litigation funding roundtable: the Canadian perspective / Naomi Leowith
• Intellectual property case update / Michael Manson