Presented with only the following comment: This excerpt comes from the April 10, 1987 CCLA Bulletin (six months after we moved into the building), making next month our 30th anniversary of the Lounge being a mess. 😀
New Titles – March 2017
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)
Newly Received Materials from LSUC CPD
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 2016Â (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
Recently Published Ottawa Decisions
Find below recently published Ottawa decisions, available for free through CanLII.org.
Family Matters
Bloom v Bloom (2017 ONSC 1568)
children — father — status quo — will — matrimonial home
Justice A. Doyle
Aden v Mohamud (2017 ONSC 1629)
spousal support — agencies — marriage — income — trips
Justice T. Engelking
Dieng c Seck (2017 ONCS 1479)
séparation — aliments — divorce — contrat familial — entente
Juge P. Roger
Gill v Dhillon (2017 ONSC 1565)
child support — income — spousal support — daycare — pay
Justice T. Engelking
Dallaire c Brunet (2017 ONSC 1564)
motion — aliments — dépens intégrals à compter — offre — reflète
Juge P. Roger
Mccafferty v St.Jean (2017 ONSC 1431)
litigation — offers to settle — financial disclosure — costs — speedy
Justice M. Linhares de Sousa
CCH Content Now on Lexis Advance Quicklaw
We’re happy to report that former CCH looseleafs have been added to our Quicklaw Subscription. You can now access the following resources in electronic format on our library computers:
- Canadian Insurance Law Reporter
- Ontario Real Estate Law Guide
- Ontario Corporations Law Guide
- Canadian Commercial Law Guide
- Canada Corporations Law Reports
- Canadian Estate Administration Guide
- Canadian Family Law Guide
- Canadian Employment Benefits & Pension Guide
- Canadian Labour Law Reporter
The easiest way to get to these is to click on “Browse” in the top toolbar, and then click on Sources. From there you can browse or search for whatever you would like! There are now also a wealth of newsletters available that you can subscribe to, including Ontario Real Estate Developments, Canadian Family Law Matters, Accident Benefits Cases Summaries, Labour Notes, and many more.
Still feeling a little iffy about the new Quicklaw Advance inferface? Come join us for a free training session on March 22! All are welcome; please RSVP here.
Ottawa Blog Roll: February 2017
Please find below links to blog posts or articles authored by the Ottawa legal community in February.
Civil Litigation
So You Want to Appeal… (Part 3): Appealing a decision from Small Claims Court
– Megan E. Fife, Maclaren Corlett
What is Vision Zero and How Can It Prevent Traffic Injuries and Fatalities?
– Frank Van Dyke, Van Dyke Injury Law Blog
Driverless Cars: Just as Safe for Pedestrians?
– Frank Van Dyke, Van Dyke Injury Law Blog
Suing a Landlord for Negligence: Limitation Periods
– Najma Rashid, Ontario Trial Lawyers Association Blog
Dog Walkers Beware! Important Dog Bite Decision from the Ontario Court of Appeal
– Andrea Girones, Girones Lawyers
Condominium Law
More Regulatory Proposals for the Condo Industry
– Rodrigue Escayola, Condo Adviser
New Disclosure Obligations for Condo Directors
– Rodrigue Escayola, Condo Adviser
New Mandatory Training for Condo Directors
– Rodrigue Escayola, Condo Adviser
Licensing of Condominium Managers-What does it mean to have an address for service in Ontario? (Blog No. 7 in a Series)
– James Davidson, Davidson Houle Allen LLP
Licensing of Condominium Managers – What information (about licensees) will be available to the public? (Blog No. 8 in a series)
– James Davidson, Davidson Houle Allen LLP
Proposed Regulatory Changes: Condominium Authority of Ontario (CAO), Condominium Management Regulatory Authority of Ontario (CMRAO) and the Condominium Authority Tribunal
– Kristen Bailey, Davidson Houle Allen LLP
Summary of Draft Regulations under the Condominium Act – Director Training
– James Davidson, Davidson Houle Allen LLP
Corporate Commercial Law
Conflict of Interest: An Often Misunderstood Concept
– Michael A. Chambers, Maclaren Corlett
Is Your Promissory Note a Security?
– Paul Franco, Mann Lawyers
Anticipating Increased Interest in Canada as a Place to do Business
– Dirk Bouwer, Perley-Robertson, Hill & McDougall LLP
SECURITIES ALERT – Regulators Review Rights Offerings
– Perley-Robertson, Hill & McDougall LLP
Criminal Law
Conservatives Are Up to Their Old Disingenuous Tricks
– Michael Spratt, Abergel Goldstein & Partners LLP
February 2017 Criminal Law Round-Up
– Anne-Marie McElroy, McElroy Law
Avoiding An Otiose And Absurd Result
– Dallas Mack, Mack’s Criminal Law
Cataloging The Basis For An Inventory Search
– Dallas Mack, Mack’s Criminal Law
Intentionally Present
– Sarah Sullivan, Mack’s Criminal Law
Upcoming CPD: Social Media Social
To our out-of-town readers (and people already registered – thank you!), please forgive this small bit of promotion! There’s a really neat CPD program coming up in Ottawa next month, and we just had to write about it for the blog.
On April 4, the CCLA will be holding the “Social Media Social” – a gathering of some really excellent bloggers and social media pros from the Ottawa legal community (and also me – how did I get on this invite list?!). What started out as local lawyer Sean Bawden (author of the Clawbie Award-winning “Labour Pains” blog) tweeting “Hey, who wants to get drinks and talk about blogging?” has morphed into a half-day session on topics related to blogging, vlogging, and Twitter. You can take a look at the full agenda here. By my count, there are five Clawbie winners speaking that afternoon, so I think it’s safe to say we’ll know a thing or two about legal blogging! The session has been accredited for 1.25 professionalism hours and 1.75 substantive hours, too, so if you’re already getting to work on your 2017 CPD hours, you can snag a few here.
Registration for the session is available online. Brenda and I will both be there, so we look forward to meeting more of our readers in person!
Recently Published Ottawa Decisions
Find below recently published Ottawa decisions, available for free through CanLII.org.
Family Matters
Birkett v Love (2017 ONSC 1231)
income — offers to settle — costs — support — motion
Justice A. Doyle
Shouldice v Shouldice (2017 ONSC 1045)
offer — spousal support — parenting — settlement — child support
Justice J. Mackinnon
Pitre v Lalande (2017 ONSC 1043)
post-secondary education — substantial indemnity — motion — dental expenses — offers
Justice S. Corthorn
Civil Matters
Canadian Council of the Blind v Burt (2017 ONSC 1135)
national office — e-mail — governance — defamatory — leave to amend
Justice M. Labrosse
Scarf et al. and Ottawa Athletic Club (2016 ONSC 7968)
proposed — reformulation — negligent misrepresentation — motion — fresh
Justice R. Pelletier
Scharf et al. v. Ottawa Athletic Club Inc. et al. (2016 CanLII 95644)
carrying on business — summary judgment motion — costs — succeeded — presumptively
Justice R. Pelletier
Criminal Matters
R. c. Faucher (2017 ONSC 913)
peine d emprisonnement avec sursis — attentat à la pudeur — victimes — couronne — délinquant
Juge P. Roger
Court of Appeal Decisions of Local Interest
R. v. Cameron (2017 ONCA 150)
dissociative state — defence expert — jury — killed his daughter-in-law — automatism
Justices D/ Doherty, J. Laskin, and L. Roberts
Sennek v. Carleton Condominium Corporation No. 116 (2017 ONCA 154)
interlocutory — perfect — litigation guardian — sanction for non-compliance — extension
Justice G. Pardu
R. v. R.S. (2017 ONCA 141)
pre-sentence custody — sentence — victim — pre-conviction custody — offence
Justices J. MacPherson, P. Rouleau, and D. Brown
R. v. L.F.P. (2017 ONCA 132)
preliminary inquiry — victim — offence — count — published in any document
Justices A. Hoy, D. Doherty, and B. Miller
#ThrowbackThursday: Ottawa-Carleton Practice Guide
How many of you remember this item? Better yet, how many still have one kicking around the office?
The Ottawa-Carleton Practice Guide was first published in 1993, and was a place to keep the CCLA by-laws, local practice directions, and back copies of the CCLA Bulletin. It was available only to members in good standing, and to be honest, this is a really nice quality binder, so I can see why! As tempting as it is to revive this publication (librarians: we’re all obsessed with stationery products), you could say our website performs this same function today. Bylaws! Practice directions! Newsletters!
Thomson Reuters ProView: Part Two
Yesterday I wrote about the Thomson Reuters ProView eReference collection – what it contains, and how you can get access to it at our library. Today, I’m going to focus on a few quick primers for using the platform, and also provide some links to even better training materials. Click on any of the images below to see them a bit bigger.
Basic Navigation Tips
When you enter into the ProView platform at the CCLA Library, you will have a huge screen containing images of all of the titles we have available in our subscription. To find a title, you can scroll through the whole page (it’s organized by subject), or you can also use the box right above the images:
