vLex Canada now available at the CCLA Library

Posted on by Brenda Lauritzen

We are pleased to announce that the vLex Canada law database is now available for access at the CCLA Library! vLex is a new database that includes Canadian case law from a multitude of reporters, Irwin law secondary materials, several law journals and integrated access to the Slaw legal magazine.

Even better, vLex is partnering with the CCLA to allow users to log in for free from their accounts on site at the library, but then receive 24 hour take-away access to the database from anywhere! This means you can simply log in from the courthouse library and take your work back to the comfort of your own office for 24 hours, without the need for your own subscription. Anonymous access (access without a username/password), is also available for free at the CCLA Library.

For more background on the vLex Canada law database, from an upcoming press release:

vLex Canada is based in Ottawa and led by former CanLII CEO, and CCLA member, Colin Lachance. In November of 2016, Colin led the effort to acquire and re-purpose the Maritime Law Book collection when that company announced its intent to shut its doors after 47 years of publishing Canadian case law. Launched initially as “Compass”, in December of 2016, the new company began its efforts to reinvigorate competition in the Canadian primary law research market. In May Compass announced that it had taken investment from international legal publishers vLex (Spain) and Justia (U.S.) and would shortly re-launch its research service on the vLex platform, and that the CEOs of those companies would join the Compass Board of Directors. Compass also announced the appointment of Ottawa-based and internationally-renowned legal market analyst Jordan Furlong to its Board of Directors.

 

vLex Canada brings several important Canadian legal resources together on a world-leading international technology platform.  With Canadian case law from the Maritime Law Book national and provincial reporter series, as well as up-to-date english-language case law as its base, vLex Canada layers in integrated access to a deep selection of the Irwin Law Essentials of Canada Law series, several Canadian law journals, Slaw legal magazine and several other national and regionally important secondary sources. The advanced vLex research platform serves hundreds of thousands of customers around the globe through intelligent technology and extensive personalization features. Application of Machine Learning and other artificial intelligence techniques on the platform to the Canadian content will support soon-to-arrive features such as similar case recommendations, automatic topical classification of cases, unique visualizations to support research, and detailed court analytics.

We’re very excited to have access to this new resource and to see how it grows! We will be highlighting the features of this new database in the future, but for now you can access it through our CCLA Library Toolkit (on site and take-away). You can also sign up for your free vLex account here.

 

Recently Published Ottawa Decisions

Posted on by Jennifer Walker

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

Family Matters

Bernard v. Fuhgeh (2017 ONSC 4727)
motion — conference — urgent — bias — affidavit
Justice J. Audet

Bielser v. Bielser (2017 ONSC 4703)
motion — costs — characterizes — primary residence of the children — reasonableness
Justice T. Engelking

Crofts v. Crofts (2017 ONSC 4676)
child is habitually resident — custody — jurisdiction — email — motion
Justice T. Engelking

Yovcheva v. Hristov (2017 ONSC 4660)
indemnity rate — costs to be paid — proper — represented — endorsement
Justice T. Engelking

K.E.L.(L) v. S.L. (2017 ONSC 4656)
motion — custody — access — children — submits
Justice T. Engelking

Civil Matters

D.L. v. Kay (2017 ONSC 4724)
anti-psychotic medication — treatment — declining — appreciation test — psychiatrists
Justice C. Hackland

Continue reading →

#ThrowbackThursday: Statutes of Canada 1888

Posted on by Jennifer Walker

This week’s Throwback was scheduled to be something else, but I found this book while weeding the legislation section of the library yesterday and couldn’t resist.

Below, pictures from one of our volumes of the Statutes of Canada 1888, where someone (the librarian? A lawyer?) pasted legal stories from the newspaper into the first pages of the book. A nice time capsule item of how legal information was captured way-back-when.

 

  

 

 

Library Tip: eLooseleafs on Proview Now Included in WestlawNext Searching

Posted on by Brenda Lauritzen

We’d like to highlight a new(ish) feature for WestlawNext this week, in that they have added search integration with our Proview looseleafs! Now when you enter a search from the homescreen, hits from looseleafs available on the Proview platform will also show up in the search results, as you can see in the screenshot below:

Like other categories, you can click through the “View All” link to see other results from our looseleafs as well. Clicking on any of the titles will automatically link you over to the Proview platform so you can read the full title from there. Very useful in having one place that will search both platforms!

Library Titles Available for Cost of Shipping

Posted on by Jennifer Walker

As we prepare to renovate the CCLA Library, we are removing select titles from our print collection. We’d like to see as many of these items as possible land in happy new homes, so we’re going to keep an updated list of items that we have available for the taking up here on the blog. If you see anything on this list that you would like, please get in touch. All items are free but for the cost of shipping (if you have a shipping account number we can charge to, that would be the absolute best).

Additionally, if there is something specific you’re on the lookout for, please let us know – we might just have it but haven’t marked it for weeding yet.

You can email us at library@ccla-abcc.ca, or give us a call at 613-233-7386 extension 221 (or toll-free in Ontario at 1-866-637-3888).

Updated August 8, 2017

Legislation – Canadian

Statutes of Canada, Various Years (Contact for specific volume information)

Revised Statutes of Canada 1970

Revised Statutes of Canada 1985 (missing volume 1)

Alberta Statutes, 1960-2008

British Columbia Statutes, 1960-2002

British Columbia Revised Statutes 1960

Manitoba Statutes, 1960-1966

New Brunswick Statutes, 1960-2002

Newfoundland and Labrador Statutes, 1952-2007

Prince Edward Island Statutes, 1960-2008

Quebec Statutes, 1959-60-2008

Quebec Revised Regulations 1981

Quebec Gazette Part 2, 1977-1988

Saskatchewan Statutes, 1960-2008

Yukon Statutes, 1994-2008

#ThrowbackThursday: Aerial views of Ottawa, 1933 vs Today

Posted on by Brenda Lauritzen

Ever wondered how the city developed over time? You can now take a peek back to 1930s Ottawa city plan thanks to reddit user Ben Niven (/u/niv71). His web map features a slider to compare aerial photos from 1933 vs satellite coverage of the city today.

Who knew Tunney’s Pasture was actually a pasture?! Check it out and play around with it yourself here!

Source: /r/Ottawa

 

Ottawa Blog Roll: July 2017

Posted on by Brenda Lauritzen

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

Civil Litigation

The Court of Appeal finds Spilt Coffee at a Drive-Through is an Insurable Accident
– Shawn O’Connor and Sasha Willms, Kelly Santini LLP

Was Door-to-Door Salesperson on Lunch Break Still Working for WSIB Purposes?
– Frank Van Dyke, Van Dyke Injury Law Blog

“Self-Diagnosis” Not a Basis for Claiming CPP Disability Benefits
– Frank Van Dyke, Van Dyke Injury Law Blog

Compelling Attendance at an Examination Under Oath Requires Notice but not Reason
– Mitch Kitagawa and Sarah Reich, Kelly Santini LLP

Insurers Bear the Burden of Non-Compliance with Non-Renewal Notice Requirements
– Mitch Kitagawa and Chantel Helwer, Kelly Santini LLP

When One Size Doesn’t Fit All: Relationships & the Interpretation of Dependency for the Purposes of Accident Benefits
– Mitch Kitagawa and Kate Craner, Kelly Santini LLP

Risky summer activities: What are you waiving when you sign that form?
– Peter J.E. Cronyn, Nelligan O’Brien Payne

Mental Injury: What’s in a Name?
– Jennifer Aouad, Low Murchison Radnoff LLP

Condominium Law

Defamation: Condos must protect the reputation of its directors
– Rod Escayola, Condo Adviser

Condos will Need to Increase Their Fees to Pay for the New Condo Authority
– Rod Escayola, Condo Adviser

New Info on the Education and Examination Requirements for Condo Managers
– Rod Escayola, Condo Adviser

Condos will Have to File Yearly Information Returns
– Rod Escayola, Condo Adviser

How Much will a Condo Manager’s Licence Cost?
– Rod Escayola, Condo Adviser

How Much will the Condo Authority Cost and Who will Pay for it?
– Rod Escayola, Condo Adviser

Condominium Returns
– James Davidson, Davidson Houle Allen LLP

Proposed Fees for the Condominium Management Regulatory Authority of Ontario
– Christy Allen, Davidson Houle Allen LLP

Summary of the Proposed Regulations now available: the Condominium Database, and filing Returns
– Kristen Bailey, Davidson Houle Allen LLP

CAO and CAT Proposed Fees
– James Davidson, Davidson Houle Allen LLP

Constitutional Law

The Case of Omar Khadr
– Delaney’s Law Firm

Twelve Points about the Khadr Saga
– Craig Forcese, National Security Law

A Once & Final Parsing of the Legal Context for the Khadr Settlement
– Craig Forcese, National Security Law

Corporate Commercial Law

New International Commercial Arbitration Act in force in Ontario
– R. Aaron Rubinoff and John Siwiec, Perley-Robertson, Hill & McDougall LLP

New Record-Keeping Obligations for Old and New Ontario Corporations: What are they?
– Philip M. Aubry, Perley-Robertson, Hill & McDougall LLP

Criminal Law

The Art Of Sentencing: Why It’s Time To Revisit Mandatory Minimums
– Anne Marie McElroy, McElroy Law

Continue reading →

Recently Published Ottawa Decisions

Posted on by Jennifer Walker

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

Family Matters

Yovcheva v. Hristov (2017 ONSC 4647)
offer — depleting — motion — costs — attempting to inflict financial harm
Justice T. Engelking

Assaf v Al-Shehimi (2017 ONSC 4534)
father — motion — sole custody of the child — access — successful
Justice J. Audet

Bloom v Bloom (2017 ONSC 4506)
income — set-off amount — spousal support — imputed — interim
Justice A. Doyle

CAS v R. & F. (2017 ONSC 4483)
contact — provided that the can arrange — notify — supervised — access
Justice P. Roger

Nolan v Nolan (2017 ONSC 4465)
matrimonial home — children — spouse — equalization — value of pre-marriage assets
Justice T. Engelking

Munyal v Dhillon (2017 ONSC 4438)
delay — prejudice — motion for summary — evidence — reinstated
Justice L. Sheard

N.H v J.H. (2017 ONSC 4414)
motion — re-open — urgency — temporary — orders
Justice C. MacLeod

Nderitu v Kamoji (2017 ONSC 4373)
costs — offers to settle — successful — table child support — spent
Justice M. Shelston

Luckman v Luckman (2017 ONSC 4364)
bad faith — successful — costs — offer to settle — arrears
Justice M. Shelston

Evans v Evans (2017 ONSC 4345)
pre-trial questioning — litigation — appreciate the reasonably foreseeable consequences — mental — depressive
Justice A. Doyle

Civil Matters

Frantz v. NB Thrilling Films 4 INC. et al. (2017 ONSC 4637)
policy — bond of an insurer — security for costs — dog bite — adequate substitute
Justice C. Hackland

Uriu v. Rivadeneyra (2017 ONSC 4574)
secondment — relocate — will — correspondence — riddled
Justice L. Sheard

Paquette v Hemish (2017 ONSC 4505)
brother — draft amended statement of defence — power of attorney — lawyer — litigation guardian
Justice H. Williams

6443923 Canada Inc. v Panahi (2017 ONSC 4489)
indemnity — summary judgment motion — costs — must decide the scale — actions
Justice C. MacLeod

ORBCOMM Inc. v Randy Taylor Professional Corporation (2017 ONSC 4488)
motions — divest — defamation — costs — modest
Justice C. MacLeod

Allianz v Canada (Attorney General) (2017 ONSC 4484)
non-settling — settling — crossclaims — litigation — indemnity
Justice C. MacLeod

1550988 Ontario Limited v Burnford Realty Limited (2017 ONSC 4407)
alleged breach of the lease — motion — costs — substantive — success
Justice S. Corthorn

Ramos v Hewlett-Packard (Canada) Co. (2017 ONSC 4413)
without prejudice — separation package offer — buy peace — letter — wrongful dismissal
Justice R. Ryan Bell

Carleton Condominium Corporation No. 282 v Yahoo! Inc. (2017 ONSC 4385)
originator of the emails — yahoo com — bona fide — defamatory — information
Justice R. Ryan Bell

Criminal Matters

R. v Ali (2017 ONSC 4531)
sentencing — binding — plainly wrong — mandatory minimum punishment — comity
Justice L. Sheard

R. v Wammes (2017 ONSC 4336)
delay — charges — transitional — disclosure — preliminary inquiry
Justice C. MacLeod

R. v. D.B. (2017 ONCJ 501)
child pornography — sexual — offences — presentence custody — sentence
Justice R. Wadden

 

HeadStart Ottawa: Legal Research for Articling and LPP Students 2017

Posted on by Brenda Lauritzen

We’re excited to bring back our annual HeadStart legal research session again this year! Every year we put on this three-hour morning training seminar on legal research, emphasizing the fundamental research skills that students will need to ensure successful articling and a rewarding legal career.

This year the session will take place on Friday, August 18, 2017 from 9:00 am to 12:30 PM. Registration will begin at 8:30 am on the 3rd floor of the courthouse across from the elevators.

The program will focus on practical research tips and will cover:

  • Finding and Updating Legislation
  • Case Law Research
  • Secondary Sources
  • Tips for Efficient Research & Bad Habits to Avoid

The cost of registration – only $25 plus HST – also includes a year of CCLA Student Membership and an invaluable research guide! To register (or to register on behalf of your students), please click here!

If you are already a CCLA student member, please sign in to the site before proceeding and the HeadStart registration will be free.

Luncheon

Following our HeadStart program, the CCLA would like to invite all 2017-2018 articling and LPP students to a Luncheon in the CCLA Library, from 12:30 pm to 1:30 pm. This informal time will give attendees the chance to network with other new articling and LPP students here in Ottawa, take a tour of the CCLA Library, and meet the CCLA Staff. There is no additional cost for attending the lunch. If you would like to attend only the lunch, please RSVP with Brenda Lauritzen.