If you’re an articling student or new lawyer, this is for you! Irwin Law (the publisher of “those burgundy text books”) has a series of books aimed specifically at those who are new to the profession. The latest in this series – which is authored by Ottawa lawyer John Hollander – was published just last month and is called Examinations in Civil Trials: The Formula for Success. You can find this, along with the other books in this series, in our library (this book specifically is at KF 8950 H64 2015).
Author: Jennifer Walker
Recently Published Ottawa Decisions
Find below recently published Ottawa decisions, available for free through CanLII.org.
Family Matters
MacDonell v MacDonell (2015 ONSC 2856)
motions — costs — litigants — children — unreasonably
Justice R. Laliberté
Civil Matters
O’Brien v Blue Heron Co-Operative Homes Inc. (2015 ONSC 2929)
co-operative — by-laws — appoint an inspector to investigate — evictions — rental arrears
Justice D. Rutherford
El‑Khodr v Lackie (2015 ONSC 2824)
coverage — medication — future — collateral benefits — assignable
Justice G. Toscano Roccamo
Criminal Matters
R. v Dell (2015 ONSC 1570)
faint hope — punishment — parole ineligibility — screening — retrospective
Justice R. Maranger
Court of Appeal Decisions of Local Interest
R. v. Munkonda (2015 ONCA 309)
bilingual — preliminary inquiry — official languages — anglophone — violations
Justices R. Sharpe, P. Rouleau, and G. Pardu
From Your Library: Quicklaw Forms and Precedents
This week we’d like to highlight the “Forms” section on Quicklaw. If you have a Quicklaw subscription in your office, take a look and see if you have these in your subscription. We have them in the library through our LibraryCo Quicklaw subscription, so you can always find them here.
The quickest way to access these forms and precedents is through the Forms tab. You can see in this image where it is located from the Quicklaw homescreen.
Here’s what you need to know about these forms:
- They are available with these different practice areas in mind
- Banking and Finance
- Commercial Tenancies
- Commercial Transactions
- Corporations
- Debtor/Creditor
- Employment
- Information Technology
- Intellectual Property
- Land Development
- Licensing
- Municipal Law
- Gold’s Criminal Precedents
- Sale and Operation of a Business
- Sale, Distribution, and Transport of Goods
- Solicitors Forms
- Wills and Estates
- You can download them as Word documents (which means you can modify them without having to re-type)
- There are also some handy checklists available in each section too
If you don’t have an O’Brien’s subscription in your office or you want to try out another precedents collection, we definitely suggest looking at the collection in Quicklaw. If you need any assistance with this product, as always, let us know!
Recently Published Ottawa Decisions
Find below recently published Ottawa decisions, available for free through CanLII.org.
Family Matters
Godo v Desjardins (2015 ONSC 2657)
costs — full indemnity — motion — rates — endorsement
Justice P. Smith
Yazdani v Vuthy (2015 ONSC 2420)
costs — alternating weekly residence — offers — equalization — cost
Justice P. Kane
Civil Matters
Ballingall v Carleton Condominium Corporation No. 111 (2015 ONSC 2484)
single family residence — grandfathering — unit owners — units — condominium
Justice C. Aitken
Minto Commercial Properties Inc. v Modern Niagara Group Inc. (2015 ONSC 2350)
fan coils — design — obligation to defend — risers — mechanical
Justice P. Kane
Foster v Prince (2015 ONSC 265)
knives — gun — officer — knife — police
Regional Senior Justice J. McNamara
Dhawan v Wehbe (2015 ONSC 2545)
motion — today — affidavit material — brought — peremptorily
Justice P. Smith
619513 Ontario Inc v 1823201 Ontario Inc. (2015 ONSC 2498)
fulfilled — endorsement — reinstated — conference — conditions
Justice P. Smith
Gowling Lafleur Henderson Llp v Transpharm Canada Inc.(Toronto Institute of Pharmaceutical Technology) (2015 ONSC 2316)
docketed — hours — retainer agreement — indemnity — patent
Justice P. Kane
K.L. v 1163957799 Quebec Inc. (2015 ONSC 2417)
vicarious liability — sexual harassment — sexual assault — employee — facts
Justice P. Smith
Fincantieri v Anmar Energy (2015 ONSC 2395)
motion — undertakings — discovery — costs — reattend
Master C. MacLeod
Ozerdinc Family Trust v Gowlings (2015 ONSC 2366)
oral discovery — evidence — breaks — motion — will
Master C. MacLeod
Criminal Matters
R. v Dagg (2015 ONSC 2463)
crack cocaine — cellphone — stated — prostitute — police
Justice C. McKinnon
Divisional Court Decisions from Ottawa Judges
Simser v Aviva Canada and Fsco (2015 ONSC 2363)
standard of review — economic loss — arbitrator — reasonableness — attendant care
Justices K. Swinton, J. Mackinnon, and T. Lederer
Atwi v Certas Direct Insurance (2015 ONSC 2683)
accident benefits insurer — motion — long-term disability — available — collateral benefits insurer
Justices D. Corbett, C. Hackland, and R. Pomerance
Cossette v Cossette (2015 ONSC 2678)
spousal support — retirement — motions — income — material change
Justices P. Smith, D. Corbett, and R. Pomerance
Vist v Best Theratronics Ltd. (2015 ONSC 2619)
partial indemnity costs — employment — prejudgment interest — continuous — period
Justices P. Smith., D. Corbett, and R. Pomerance
Court of Appeal Decisions of Local Interest
Ottawa Community Housing Corporation v. Foustanellas (Argos Carpets) (2015 ONCA 276)
punitive damages — wastage — carpet — invoices — pad
Justices E. Cronk, S. Pepall, and M. Benotto
Olumide v. Ottawa (City) (2015 ONCA 271)
inclusive — disbursements — dismissing — appearing — extensive
Justices J. Laskin, P. Lauwers, and C. W. Hourigan
R v. Beauchamp (2015 ONCA 260)
credit card fraud — criminal organization — devices — sentence — credit cards
Justices E. Cronk, R. Blair, and D. Watt
Beatty v. Best Theratronics Ltd. (2015 ONCA 247)
motion — mitigation — reasonable notice — radiation — applied
Justices E. Gillese, K. van Rensburg, and G. Pardu
Recently Published Ottawa Decisions
Find below recently published Ottawa decisions, available for free through CanLII.org.
Family Matters
Charbonneau v Charbonneau (2015 ONSC 2181)
spousal support — expenses — pay — will file a two-page — post-secondary education
Justice A. Doyle
Mowers v Acland (2015 ONSC 2171)
joint retainer — offers — motion — terms — costs
Justice J. Mackinnon
Lemieux c Lemieux (2015 ONCS 2259)
justiciables — gain — question des dépens — radiés — aliments
Juge R. Laliberté
Vallier v Meester (2015 ONSC 2312)
house account — work — barn — unjust enrichment — proceeds
Justice J. Mackinnon
Shouldice v Shouldice (2015 ONSC 2340)
purchase — offer — property — motion — affidavit
Justice J. Mackinnon
Civil Matters
Levac c. La corporation du village de Casselman (2015 ONCS 2273)
public interest litigant — altruism — symboliques — municipalité — patriotism
Juge R. Beaudoin
Dolan v Ccoc (2015 ONSC 2145)
eviction — landlord — abatement — pleading — corporation
Master C. MacLeod
Criminal Matters
R. v Blonde (2015 ONSC 2113)
fingerprinting — summonses — operational readiness — travel — offence
Justice P. Smith
R. v Liboiron (2015 ONSC 1706)
civilian witnesses — woman — driving — door — beyond a reasonable doubt
Justice R. Maranger
Divisional Court Decisions from Ottawa Judges
Homewood Development Inc. v 2010999 Ontario Inc. (2015 ONSC 2103)
palpable — changes — overriding error — plans — contract
Justice S. Lederman, C. Hackland and D. Corbett
Systemgroup Consulting Inc. v Mcconaghie (2015 ONSC 2213)
monetary compensation — wages — infringed — employment — aka
Justices K. Swinton, H. Sachs and M. Labrosse
Recently Published Ottawa Decisions
Find below recently published Ottawa decisions, available for free through CanLII.org.
Family Matters
Shouldice v. Shouldice (2015 ONSC 1948)
equalization payment — property — partition — matrimonial home — mortgage registered against the jointly-owned
Justice J. Mackinnon
Laframboise v. Laframboise (2015 ONSC 1752)
children — income — marriage — place of a parent — general ledgers
Justice J. Mackinnon
Gaffney v. Hyatt (2015 ONSC 1856)
uncontested — costs — child — post-separation child-care — relationship
Justice R. Leroy
Andre v. Van Gentevoort (2015 ONSC 1753)
income — child support — expenses — calendar — summer
Justice R. Beaudoin
Pey v. Pey (2015 ONSC 1727)
children — father — change — school — evening
Justice J. Mackinnon
Civil Matters
Ahdieh v. Farrokhzadi (2015 ONSC 1941)
indemnity costs — offer — expended — motion — non-conveniens
Justice C. Hackland
Merpaw v. Hyde (2015 ONSC 1795)
refusals — split — contested — motion — outcomes
Justice R. Leroy
Carleton Condominium Corporation No. 396 v. Burdet (2015 ONSC 1361)
unit owners — condominium — indemnity scale — costs — fees
Justice P. Kane
Criminal Matters
R. v. Conquer (2015 ONCJ 153)
realistic risk — motor vehicle — drive — inebriated — seat
Justice D. Paciocco
R. v. Seguin (2015 ONSC 1908)
laptop — seizure — search — hard drive
Justice J. Parfett
From Your Library: Quicklaw Practice Pages
A subscription to Quicklaw is another excellent research tool provided via the LSUC to every courthouse library. There are loads of great features within Quicklaw, but one that is commonly overlooked (unfortunately!) is the Practice Area section. Here’s where it is on the home screen:
We have four practice areas available to library clients – CriminalPractice, EmploymentPractice, FamilyPractice, and LitigationPractice. If you pop over to one of those areas when you first load up Quicklaw, you’ll have an easy to scan and use list of secondary sources that are available for you to search, read through, print, or email. For example, LitigationPractice contains a bunch of quantums (such as personal injury damages or wrongful dismissals), practice guides, and texts like The Law of Limitations. Next time you’re in the courthouse, stop by and take a look at this great feature of our Quicklaw subscription!
Recently Published Ottawa Decisions
Find below recently published Ottawa decisions, available for free through CanLII.org.
Family Matters
Douglas v. Faucher (2015 ONSC 1409)
motion — leave — costs — child support — indemnity
Justice J. Mackinnon
Williams v. Curtis (2015 ONSC 1520)
full-time student — child support — parentage — sixty — paternity
Justice T. Minnema
Vogler v. Vogler (2015 ONSC 1341)
costs — litigation — offers to settle — employability — evaluation of a business
Justice M. Linhares de Sousa
Dostie v. Poapst (2015 ONSC 1532)
full recovery costs — offers — subrule — child support — access
Justice T. Minnema
Civil Matters
Lee v. Ontario Lottery and Gaming (2015 ONSC 1621)
duty of fair representation — grievance — bargaining — alleging — self-represented
Justice P. Smith
Guertin v. Legault (2015 ONSC 1391)
retroactive salaries — oppressive conduct — shareholders — accounting — management
Justice M. Labrosse
Recoskie v. Gutoskie (2015 ONSC 1496)
disbursements — costs on a partial indemnity — retainer — time — personal injury
Justice T. Ray
Delco Automation Inc. v. Carlo’s Electric Limited (2015 ONSC 1364)
costs — actions — proceeding — indemnity — offer to settle
Justice P. Smith
Malleck v. Batten (2015 ONSC 887)
genuine issue requiring — motion — triable — summary — will be no genuine
Justice P. Smith
Criminal Matters
R. v. Rampin-Lefebvre (2015 ONSC 1630)
email — interactions — apartment — boyfriend — relationship
Justice C. Hackland
R. v. Ross (2015 ONCJ 115)
officer — alcohol — probable grounds — demand — reasonable
Justice D. Paciocco
R. v. McKay (2015 ONSC 1187)
eyewitness identification — target vehicle — driver — officer — chase
Justice C. Hackland
Divisional Court Decisions from Ottawa Judges
Ottawa Police Services v. Diafwila (2015 ONSC 931)
unsatisfactory work performance — chief of police — independent patrol — tracking — police officer
Justices C. Aitken, T. Lederer and J. Ramsay
Canadian Union of Postal Workers v. Canada Post Corporation (2015 ONSC 729)
seniority — bargaining unit — collective agreement — employee — becomes a route-holding
Justices C. Aitken, T. Lederer and J. Ramsay
From Your Library: HeinOnline
One of our favorite online resources is HeinOnline. What exactly is in HeinOnline? It’s an online access point for lots of great legal research materials. Here are just a few of the things that are contained in our subscription that we’ve used when carrying out research for our library clients:
- Legal and law-related journals – over 2,000 of them!
- The English Reports (which has reprints of English cases dating from 1220 to 1867)
- The Revised Statutes of Canada, all sets (good for legislative research)
- A wide range of American legislation
The really great news is that access to Hein is available to all Law Society members through a subscription worked out by the Law Society of Upper Canada. You can search, read, and download all without paying an additional cent. If you’d like the username and password for Hein, let us know and we can give it to you. It changes roughly twice a year, and did just last week, so you might need to update your information! Keep our email address (library@ccla-abcc.ca) handy!
Recently Published Ottawa Decisions
Find below recently published Ottawa decisions, available for free through CanLII.org.
Family Matters
Lemieux c. Lemieux (2015 CSON 1077)
aliments — conférence — égalisation — question — ordonnances
Juge R. Laliberté
Mowers v. Acland (2015 ONSC 1313)
expert — net family property — redundant — notional income tax — retainer
Justice J. Mackinnon
Rebiere v. Rebiere (2015 CanLII 8459)
husband — wife — spousal support — income — separation
Justice T. Minnema
Ruddle v. Tinman (2015 ONSC 1060)
parents — successful — costs — midweek — installments
Justice J. Mackinnon
MacDonell v. MacDonell (2015 ONSC 1205)
common-law spouse — access to the children — visits — supervised — will
Justice R. Laliberté
Guertin v. Guertin (2015 ONSC 1239)
in-law suite — property — spousal support — contributions — home
Justice J. Blishen
Bentien v. Bentien (2015 ONSC 1252)
costs — child support — set-off — achieve financial self-sufficiency — dice
Justice T. Minnema
Civil Matters
Jordan v. Attorney General of Canada (2015 ONSC 1074)
pleading — prison — officials — defamatory — unlawful
Justice C. Hackland
Baglow v. Smith (2015 ONSC 1175)
blog — defamatory — blogs — political
Justice H. Polowin
Rosarion v. Huntington (2015 ONSC 1181)
treatment — antipsychotic — untreated psychosis — mental — medication
Justice R. Beaudoin
Brousseau c. La Cité collégiale (2015 ONCS 527)
collégiale — enquête préalable — courriels qui sont potentiellement pertinents — retraite des collège d arts — manquement
Juge R. Maranger
Laidler v. The Office of the Public Guardian and Trustee (2015 ONSC 943)
settling — cross-claim — broker — vendors — indemnity
Justice C. Hackland
Focus Graphite Inc. v. Douglas (2015 ONSC 1104)
posting — defamatory — damages — stock — bulletin board
Justice R. Beaudoin
Hawkins v. Hawkins Estate (2015 ONSC 1106)
summary judgment motion — inducing breach of contract — scale — estate — settlement
Justice T. Minnema
Divisional Court Decisions from Ottawa Judges
Steen v. 3902641 Can Inc. (2015 ONSC 1086)
undertakings — answer — comply — motion — questions
Justice C. Hackland


