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 Family Law Lawyer 2016 (November 29, 2016)

• Defeating claims for the partition and sale of the matrimonial home / Cheryl Suann Williams
• SCC watch 2016 / Martha McCarthy and Linsey Sherman
• What’s new in collaborative law? / Brian Galbraith
• Six recent custody and access cases you should know / Daniel S. Melamed and Jennifer L. Wilson

19th Annual Estates and Trusts Summit (November 3-4, 2016)

• Ontario Disability Support Program (ODSP) issues in estate and guardianship litigation / Nimali Gamage
• Strategies for success in “doomed” dependants’ support claims / Angela Casey and Angelique Moss
• Case update : 2015-2016 / K. Thomas Grozinger
• Changing trustees / Jordan Atin, Lesley Donsky, and Elizabeth Legge

Civil Litigation Practice Basics 2016 (October 5, 2016)

• The initial client meeting and starting and defending the case / Andrew Kalamut
• Pre-trial conferences and settlements: the basics / Andrew Winton
• Preparing for trial and post-trial issues / Dena Varah

5th Annual Human Rights Summit (December 8, 2016)

• Testing for drug and alcohol in the workplace / Bruce Demers
• Addressing systemic discrimination through the law: a reflective and questioning perspective / Michael Gottheil
• Major case law update: focus on disability and harassment / Melanie McNaught
• Accommodating workplace stress, mental disability and other invisible disabilities / Anne M. Gregory

Along with the new year, we’ve been receiving lots of new editions of titles. We’ve also received titles that are entirely new to our collection, such as The Lawyer’s Guide to the Forensic Sciences and Parliamentary Immunity in Canada.

Another notable addition is the 6-volume set of Canada’s Residential Schools : The Final Report of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission of Canada. We have copies in both English and French, which can be found in the New Books section at the front desk.

Check out our list of new acquisitions below:

Federal Courts Practice 2017 (Carswell)

McLeod’s Ontario Family Law Rules Annotated 2016-2017 (Carswell)

The 2016-2017 Annotated Bankruptcy and Insolvency Act (Carswell)

The 2017 Annotated Ontario Family Law Act (Carswell)

Ontario Family Law Practice, 2017 Edition (LexisNexis)

The 2017 Annotated Divorce Act (Carswell)

The 2017 Annotated Immigration and Refugee Protection Act of Canada (Carswell)

Annotated Ontario Rules of Criminal Practice 2017 (Carswell)

Les droits linguistiques au Canada, 3e édition (Carswell)

The 2017 Annotated Ontario Employment Standards Act (Carswell)

Police Services Act of Ontario: An Annotated Guide, Third Edition (Canada Law Book)

Musicians and the Law in Canada, 4th Edition (Carswell)

Aboriginal Law: Supreme Court of Canada Decisions (Carswell)

Military Justice in Action: Annotated National Defence Legislation, Second Edition (Carswell)

Parliamentary Immunity in Canada (LexisNexis)

Law of the Constitution: The Distribution of Powers (LexisNexis)

Annotated Ontario Securities Legislation, 45th Edition, 2017 (LexisNexis)

The Lawyer’s Guide to the Forensic Sciences (Irwin Law)

Cross-Examination: The Art of the Advocate, 4th Edition (LexisNexis)

Statutory Interpretation, 3^rd Edition (Irwin Law)

Conflict of Laws, 2^nd Edition (Irwin Law)

Public Lands and Resources Law in Canada (Irwin Law)

The Law of Charitable and Not-for-Profit Organizations, 5th Edition (LexisNexis)

Conduct of a Lien Action 2017 (Carswell)

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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 Business Lawyer 2016 (June 8, 2016)

• Franchise law update / Siskinds LLP
• Privacy and social media minefields: advising business clients how to protect themselves / Kathryn Manning
• Some recent and noteworthy amendments to Ontario’s Personal Property Security Act / Rob Scavone
• Doing business with the Canadian public sector / Alexis Levine and Stephanie Console

Criminal Law Practice Basics 2016 (May 7, 2016)

• Fact scenario / Kimberley Crosbie and David Humphrey
• Disclosure: the issues before the trial / Danielle Robitaille and Dimitra Tsagaris
• Pre-trial conferences and trial readiness — resources / Nadia Liva
• Case law update and new developments in criminal law / Seth Weinstein

Administrative Law Practice Basics 2016 (May 6, 2016)

• Judicial review and appeals from administrative decisions / Neil Abramson and Marshall Swadron
• Administrative law: an overview / Freya Kirstjanson
• Administrative decision-making in immigration and refugee law matters / Chantal Desloges and Samuel Plett

18th Biennial National Conference: New Developments in Communications Law and Policy (May 5 – 6, 2016)

• What’s the big deal with big data? Hopefully, a fair one / Chantal Bernier
• A new regulatory framework for the digital ecosystem / Jeffrey Eisenach and Bruno Soria
• Net neutrality in Canada / Bram Abramson
• Social media ethics for communications lawyers / Crystal Hulley

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

Ontario Superior Court Practice 2017 (LexisNexis)

Chartes des Droits de la Personne : Législation, Jurisprudence et Doctrine (Wilson & Lafleur)

Macdonell, Sheard and Hull on Probate Practice (Carswell)

Key Developments in Estates and Trusts Law in Ontario 2015-2016 (Carswell)

Drafting Trusts and Will Trusts in Canada (LexisNexis)

Hutchison’s Search Warrant Manual (Carswell)

The 2017 Annotated Ontario Education Act (Carswell)

Annual Review of Civil Litigation 2016 (Carswell)

The Law of Adjournments: A Manual on Postponement (LexisNexis)

Aboriginal Law, Fifth Edition (Carswell)

Ontario Courtroom Procedure (LexisNexis)

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

Ontario Provincial Offences 2017 Pocket Edition (Carswell)

Ontario Small Claims Court Practice 2017 (Carswell)

Residential Real Estate Transactions, 4th ed. (Emond Publishing)

Code Criminel Annoté 2017 (Carswell)

Federal Access to Information and Privacy Legislation Annotated 2017 (Carswell)

Indigenous Writes: A Guide to First Nations, Métis & Inuit Issues in Canada (HighWater Press)

Ontario Civil Practice 2017 (Carswell)

Martin’s Annual Criminal Code 2017 (Carswell)

The 2016-2017 Annotated Ontario Personal Property Security Act (Carswell)

The Comprehensive Guide to Legal Research, Writing & Analysis, 2nd ed. (Emond Publishing)

Prosecuting and Defending Youth Criminal Justice Cases: A Practitioner’s Handbook (Emond Publishing)

Rules of Evidence: A Practical Approach, 2nd ed. (Emond Publishing)

Cause of Action: Professional Evidence (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.

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

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 Labour Lawyer 2016 (May 26, 2016)

• Federal labour law 2016: back to the future / Graham Clarke
• Six recent OLRB cases you should know about / Paula Turtle
• Criminal liability for workplace hazards / Nadine Zacks
• Effective remedies for breach of privacy / Katherine Ferreira

The 13th Annual Real Estate Law Summit (April 20-21, 2016)

• The “stuff” that crossed my desk this past year: new issues and old / Sidney Troister
• The shape of things to come: real estate effects of demographic and economic change / Russell Mathew
• Family law considerations for intergenerational transfers / Sarah Boulby
• Condominium disputes: noise, nuisance & negligence and sometimes nasty neighbours / Nancy Houle

The Six-Minute Municipal Lawyer (May 4, 2016)

• The test of no new net shadows: is it appropriate in an urban context? / David Bronskill
• Parkland requirements: latest developments and guidance from the courts / Ira Kagan
• Municipal accountability / Jennifer Smout
• Interesting decisions you may have missed over the past year / Chris Barnett

Introduction to the Law on Impaired Driving (June 11, 2016)

• Roadside stops – what’s the law? / Leila Mehkeri
• Valid approved instrument demands / Margaux Peck
• Drinking patterns defenses : now & then / Mitchell Eisen
• The exclusion of evidence in drinking & driving cases / Jonathan Rosenthal & Shannon O’Connor

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

The 2016-2017 Annotated Contraventions Act (Carswell)

The 2016 Annotated Ontario Highway Traffic Act (Carswell)

Russell on Roads (Carswell)

The Annotated Federal Interpretation Act (Carswell)

The 2016 Annotated Ontario Employment Standards Act (Carswell)

The Law of Declaratory Judgments (Carswell)

Understanding Charter Damages: The Judicial Evolution of a Charter Remedy (Irwin Law)

Oosterhoff on Wills (Carswell)

Oosterhoff on Trusts: Text, Commentary and Materials (Carswell)

The 2016 Annotated Ontario Provincial Offences Act (Carswell)

Corporate Law and Procedure (Emond Publishing)

A Guide to the Youth Criminal Justice Act 2017 (LexisNexis)

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 Administrative Lawyer 2016 (Mar. 3, 2016)

• Through the looking glass: recent cases on the standard of review / Nicholas McHaffie
• Update on bias and independence / Emily Lawrence & Daniel Rosenbluth
• Dealing with a deadlocked tribunal / Brian Gover & Benjamin Kates

The Oatley McLeish Guide to Motor Vehicle Litigation 2016 (Mar. 31-Apr. 1, 2016)

• The digital trial in coming / Joseph Obagi & Adam Aldersley
• Developing a case for damages for the brain injured child / Roger Oatley & John McLeish
• An overview of the changes to the Statutory Accident Benefits Schedule effective June 1, 2016 / Lindsay Charles
• The new catastrophic definition: whole person impairment / Dr. Lisa Becker & Troy Lehman

The Six-Minute Criminal Lawyer 2016 (Apr. 9, 2016)

• Unprovoked: the trimming of the defence of provocation / Susan Chapman
• Update on admissibility of expert evidence / Professor Lisa Dufraimont
• The thorny issue of jury deliberations / Carol Shirtliff-Hinds & Matthew Capotosto
• Sexual Violence / Jill Witkin

10th Annual Family Law Summit 2016 (Apr. 11-12, 2016)

• Temporary care and custody hearings / Charlotte Murray
• Tax and the separated spouse / Steve Ranot
• Setting aside domestic agreements & risk proofing your practice / Susan Sack & Kenneth Fishman