The 2008 Solicitors Conference is actually the first CCLA conference I ever attended. It’s hard to believe it was 10 years ago! As our staff head up to Montebello today to get the 2018 conference up and running, here’s a look at the program from one decade ago.
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.
Estate accounting 2018 (January 15, 2018)
The six-minute commercial leasing lawyer 2018 (February 15, 2018)
The six-minute administrative lawyer 2018 (March 1, 2018)
The six-minute criminal lawyer 2018 (April 14, 2018)
This week (May 7 to 13 2018) is the Canadian Mental Health Association’s Mental Health Week. As we did last year, we’d like to again take a brief pause in our regular Robeside Assistance programming to remind our readers of the mental health supports that are available to members of the legal community.
The Member Assistance Program, provided through Homewood Health, is a confidential health service that is funded by, and runs entirely independently of, the Law Society of Ontario. A variety of counselling options are available through their service (online, telephone, and in-person), to address all manner of mental health care issues (such as stress, anxiety, anger, depression, and much more). This is available to all lawyers, paralegals, law students, and judges in Ontario, as well as their partners and children.
To find out more, check out www.myassistplan.com, or call 1-855-403-8922.
Please find below links to blog posts or articles authored by the Ottawa legal community in April.
Disability Insurance vs Instagram
– Frank Van Dyke, Van Dyke Injury Law Blog
New and Improved Forms to Call Condo Meetings
– Rodrigue Escayola, Condo Adviser
Improving the New Prescribed Proxy Form
– James Davidson, Davidson Houle Allen LLP
Condominium Not Liable for Assault at Board Meeting
– Jessica Weick, Davidson Houle Allen LLP
Applying an Owner’s Payments to the Earliest Arrears
– James Davidson, Davidson Houle Allen LLP
Seeing Through Shell Corporations: The Court of Appeal Addresses Complex Fraud Cases
– Alexander Bissonnette, Mann Lawyers
The Digital Era In Our Criminal Justice System
– Dallas Mack, Mack’s Criminal Law
The Perils Of Bill C-75 (Or: Why We Should Care About Criminal Justice Policy)
– Anne Marie McElroy, McElroy Law
April 2018 Criminal Law Round-Up
– Anne Marie McElroy, McElroy Law
Harm Without Physical Contact
– Louise Tansey, Mack’s Criminal Law
Expecting Privacy?
– Dallas Mack, Mack’s Criminal Law
Investigating Our Research Habits And Tools: Poll #1
– Dallas Mack, Mack’s Criminal Law
Time for the Law Society to Turn Its Principles into Action
– Michael Spratt, Abergel Goldstein & Partners LLP
Ontario court overturns just cause dismissal and awards over $97,000 in damages
– Paul Willetts, Vey Willetts LLP
Punitive Damages Awarded for Failure to Conduct Harassment Investigation
– Sean Bawden, Labour Pains
Termination of Employment Does Not Terminate Ability to Apply for LTD Benefits
– Sean Bawden, Labour Pains
“Habitual residence”: SCC revamps Hague Convention analysis with hybrid approach
– Jeff Beedell & Shawn Duguay, Gowling WLG
Revenge Porn Update
– Natasha Chettiar, Nelligan O’Brien Payne
The Right to One’s Image – Privacy Laws in Quebec
– Stéphane Sérafin, Nelligan O’Brien Payne
Construction Licensing: Does it apply in Indigenous Communities?
– Stéphane Sérafin, Nelligan O’Brien Payne
Post-grant patent validity challenges in Canada and the UK
– Michael Crichton & Ailsa Carter, Gowling WLG
Cannabis advertising in Canada: What we know right now
– Megan Martins, Gowling WLG
We include highlights of recent posts and articles from Ottawa-area blogs that are of substantive value to the legal community. Did we miss one? Let us know!
Find below recently published Ottawa decisions, available for free through CanLII.org.
Family Matters
Jiang v. Parham (2018 ONSC 2706)
father — child support — income — financial — motion
Justice J. Mackinnon
Saunders v. Patricelli (2018 ONSC 2650)
spousal support — income — employable — range — retroactive
Justice P. Roger
Murray v. Choudhary (2018 ONSC 2533)
motion — home — recordings — messages — restraining
Justice S. Corthorn
Paquin v. Lamoureaux (2018 ONSC 2480)
parenting — children — status quo — motion — temporary
Justice T. Engelking
N.H. v. J.H. (2018 ONSC 2266)
father — cell phone — text messages — disclosure — records
Justice J. Audet
CAS v. R.J. (2018 ONSC 2309)
children — father — police — wife — genuine
Justice J. Mackinnon
A.-Z. v. A.H. (2018 ONSC 680)
children — income — passports — supervised access — restraining
Justice T. Engelking
Civil Matters
Barresi v. Jones LaSalle Real Estate Services, Inc. (2018 ONSC 2579)
offer to settle — favourable — substantial indemnity costs — damages for negligent misrepresentation — declaratory
Justice C. Aitken
The following is a list of new books we’ve acquired in the library recently. Most are newer editions to titles we already had, but we also have a few new titles by John Hollander that he kindly donated to us.
2018 Annotated Ontario Personal Property Security Act (Thomson Reuters)
Annotated Canada Pension Plan and Old Age Security Act, 17th ed. (LexisNexis)
Estate Litigation: Trial Advocacy Techniques in Canadian Estate Cases (John Hollander)
Ethics and Criminal Law, 2nd ed. (Irwin Law)
Ethics and Professional Practice For Paralegals, 4th ed. (Emond Publishing)
Impaired Driving in Canada, 5th ed. (LexisNexis)
The Law of Evidence, 5th ed. (LexisNexis)
The Law of Libel in Canada, 4th ed. (LexisNexis)
Management of Nonprofit and Charitable Organizations in Canada, 4th ed. (LexisNexis)
Outlining: How to Structure Examinations in Civil Litigation (John Hollander)
Personal Injury Damages in Canada, 3rd ed. (Thomson Reuters)
Pocket Ontario OH&S Act & Regulations 2018 (Thomson Reuters)
Provincial Offences for Paralegals, 2nd ed., (Emond Publishing)
Stikeman Income Tax Act Annotated 2018, 63rd ed. (Thomson Reuters)
Supreme Court of Canada Practice 2018 (Thomson Reuters)
Taxation of Trusts and Estates: A Practitioner’s Guide 2018 (Thomson Reuters)
We should have some exciting news on the renovations project coming soon (subscribe to the CCLA newsletter for all the latest info, of course), but in the meantime, here’s a recent progress shot for you.
This was the old view when you came in through the front doors. Us library staff never particularly liked that we were tucked around the corner, which lead to plenty of awkward moments of people coming in and not knowing where anyone was to talk to.
Looking for international materials? While we are quite fortunate here to have access to some great British databases, often times we are asked about American or Australian case law as well. Perhaps lesser-known is that our Lexis Advance subscription has some coverage of these countries also!
To access them, on the left side of the main screen’s search bar you will notice a country flag. By clicking on this it will bring you to a dropdown menu where you can select which country’s materials you would like to search.
After you enter a search term, you can also easily navigate between countries through the sidebar where you will see these flags again, for example in the screenshot below. Underneath there is also a nice breakdown of the different types of content available, so you can narrow down your results if you are only interested in a specific type.
As you can see from this very generic “wrongful dismissal” search, there is quite a lot of international content on there! It’s definitely worth checking out if you’re looking for foreign materials.
Recently, John Hollander was so kind as to stop by the library with copies of these three titles for our collection. Many of you know of The Advocacy Club, which has been instructing new lawyers in advocacy skills for over ten years now. These three volumes make up a series of books from the Advocacy Club, and we think they’ll be popular with our students and new lawyers.
The three titles are:
These are currently in process at the library, but please let us know if you’d like to see them and we’ll be happy to get them for you.
Find below recently published Ottawa decisions, available for free through CanLII.org.
Family Matters
Menard v. Jodoin Feres (2018 ONSC 2228)
arrears — child support — outstanding balance — payments — mistake
Justice T. Engelking
Everett v. Carey (2018 ONSC 2166)
father — tutoring — access — surf boards — child
Justice J. Mackinnon
Derakhshan v. Narula (2018 ONSC 2125)
costs — offer to settle — litigation — research — properties
Justice L. Sheard
Dwaydar v. Mohsen (2018 ONSC 2037)
costs — motion — bad faith — cross-motion — step
Justice J. Audet
Mwadi c. Mihalache (2018 ONSC 2052)
visites — pierre tombale — motion en variation — définitive — courriel
Juge M. O’Bonsawin
Serpellini v. Serpellini (2018 ONSC 1954)
father — income — care — business — overnight
Justice J. Audet
Civil Matters
10313033 Canada Inc. v. 2418973 Ontario Inc. et al. (2018 ONSC 2406)
franchisees — arbitration — interlocutory injunction — franchisor — fees
Justice S. Gomery