We found this neat throwback in storage – an 1895 invoice from Carswell (now Thomson Reuters) for a subscription to Canadian Law Times. $5.00! We still have those journals in our library – here are a couple of pages, including the front page from June 1895. That’s an interesting looking article there on page 148!
Here’s a list of new titles we’ve recently added to our library collection. Some titles, such as Canadian Maritime Law and Canadian Perspectives on Animals and the Law are completely new titles to our collection, while many others are newer editions. These titles can currently be found on our New Books shelf located at the library front desk.
Accident Benefits Guide (LexisNexis)
Advertising and Marketing Law in Canada (LexisNexis)
Annual Review of Family Law 2015 (Carswell)
Bankruptcy and Insolvency Law (Irwin Law)
Canadian Contractual Interpretation Law (LexisNexis)
Canadian Insurance Taxation (LexisNexis)
Canadian Maritime Law (Irwin Law)
Canadian Perspectives on Animals and the Law (Irwin Law)
Courts, Litigants, and the Digital Age (Irwin Law)
Criminal Procedure (Irwin Law)
Legal Research and Writing (Irwin Law)
Legal Responsibilities of Real Estate Agents (LexisNexis)
Sale of a Business (LexisNexis)
It’s not surprising we get a lot of requests for conference papers from our own four annual cornerstone conferences: Family Law Institute, East Region Solicitors’, DCAO Criminal Law, and Civil Litigation Updated.
What more people don’t know is that we post the papers on our website in CCLA Conference Paper Database afterwards! So even if you aren’t able to attend, you can check out what sessions were held and keep up to speed on the current issues in the profession. They are also useful for specific practice directions for the East Region, or summaries of recent local cases and precedents.
The easiest way to search is by author. For example, I’m looking for Justice Mackinnon’s papers here:
When I hit search, I’ll get a results screen with all of her papers:
And now I can browse and download whichever ones I am interested in by clicking on the link next to the PDF icon. If I do not know the author, I can also search by subject. Additionally you can search by specific conference and year by clicking on the “Advanced Search” button on the main search screen.
It’s a great way to keep apprised of the work of the local bar!
As always, we’re here to help, so let us know if you have any difficulties finding papers from our events and we’ll see if we can send them to you. The database goes back to 2001, but we are often able to scan and send papers from prior to that as well!
From the CCLA Bulletin, June 30, 1996.
Can you believe that 1996 was 20 years ago? Ah, 1996. The Summer Olympics were in Atlanta (who remembers these hats?), everyone was dancing the Macarena, and one whole day at the CALL Conference was dedicated to The Internet! I think we can safely say that the Internet has, in fact, dominated the scene.
If you’ve been into the CCLA Library in the last couple of weeks, you may have seen some new labels on various text books and looseleaf binders. As more and more of our print materials are either being replaced with or accompanied by an online version, we wanted to make it easy for library users to recognize what they can find on our computers. Here’s a quick run-down of the new labels, and what they mean:
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Thomson Reuters ProView
ProView is an online platform for reading legal texts that are published by Carswell. Quite a few of looseleaf binders that we subscribe to in print are also available on ProView, which makes it easier for you to search through content, and email or print excerpts for your research. The list of titles available on ProView is continually expanding, so something that’s not on there today could very well be next month. We’re working on a blog post to describe how to use ProView and a full list of what we have available in the library, so stayed tuned for that. |
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WestlawNext Canada
Within the CCLA’s subscription to WestlawNext, we have both the CriminalSource and FamilySource add-on packages. Each of those services provides access to several popular Carswell looseleaf titles (and some titles that we had to cancel in print form years ago due to cost concerns). If there’s a WestlawNext sticker on a looseleaf you’re looking at, you want to access our Westlaw subscription on the computers to look at the e-version. My personal favourite? You can find Ewaschuck’s Criminal Pleadings and Practice in Canada on CriminalSource. |
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LexisNexis Quicklaw
For electronic access to several very popular text books published by LexisNexis (such as Sopkina on Evidence, as pictured here), you can turn to our Quicklaw subscription. Currently, we have texts in four different areas of law: criminal, family, employment, and general litigation. |
For all of these online versions, you do need to come to the library in order to access them. Our licensing agreements do not currently allow for remote access, so you’ll need to be in the library, and on our computers. The upside to this, however, is we’re here to help! If you need any assistance in finding the e-titles on our Westlaw, Quicklaw, or ProView subscriptions, just let any of the library staff know and we can show you where to find them.
Find below recently published Ottawa decisions, available for free through CanLII.org.
Family Matters
Marie Annette Josée Barbarie c. Daniel Binette (2016 ONCS 3585)
pension alimentaire — indemnisation pour les dépenses extraordinaires — directrices fédérales sur les pensions — reçus — portants
Juge R. Pelletier
Gamble v Longpre (2016 ONSC 3499)
separation agreement — father — spreadsheets — signed — value
Justice T. Ray
De Silva v De Silva (2016 ONSC 3471)
ex parte — costs — interim-interim — children — settle
Justice M. Shelston
Tajik v. Maharlouie (2016 CanLII 30896)
disclosure — lawyer — motion — undertakings — comply
Justice A. Doyle.
Cardinal v Thom (2016 CanLII 30894)
update — provide — dentist — conferences — audio
Justice M. Labrosse
Children’s Aid Society of Ottawa v H(K) (2016 ONSC 3010)
children — domestic violence — parenting — access — wardship
Justice M. Shelston
Civil Matters
Mroue v Mroue (2016 ONSC 2992)
arbitrator — estoppel — family-owned business — partners — scholar
Justice C. McKinnon
Eid v Canada (AG) (2016 ONSC 3612)
embassy — struck — intentional infliction of mental distress — negligent — malicious prosecution
Justice B. Warkentin
This week marks the start of this year’s Annual Lawyer Play Fundraiser (tickets are still available!), with shows running from June 1-4 at the Great Canadian Theatre Company.
Accordingly, we had a look back to the first GCTC Lawyer Play that was held, Twelve Angry Jurors in 1999. Notice any familiar names on the poster?
We also have a painting up in the library depicting the actors in this play, hanging over our computer terminals.
If you will be taking on any articling students this summer or you’re starting the LPP, mark August 5, 2016 in your calendar! The CCLA Library is presenting a half-day session on legal research, designed exclusively for new articling and LPP students. Our annual program covers the research tools students have available (either through our Library or online) that will be vital to the research they will take on during their articling year.
The cost of the session will be $25.00, and will also include your student’s CCLA Membership for the articling term (which gives members 24/7 access to our library, among other great perks).
Also back this year will be our free Articling and LPP Student Luncheon. This luncheon will take place after HeadStart, and will be held in the CCLA Library. If your student won’t be able to make the session, they are still invited to lunch – we’d love to meet them!
Much more information and the opportunity to register your students will be coming, so watch for details later this month!
Below are links to blog posts or articles authored by the Ottawa legal community through May.
The use of Facebook and Twitter to defame someone can be costly
– Marc Quinn, Ottawa Injury Lawyer
Can You Count on WSIB?
– Frank Van Dyke, Van Dyke Injury Law Blog
Auto Insurance Premiums Are Going Down… Along with Coverage and Benefits
– Frank Van Dyke, Van Dyke Injury Law Blog
The Beauty of Trade Associations
– Gordon B. Greenwood, Maclaren Corlett
Not-For-Profit vs. For-Profit, Purpose-Driven Businesses
– Heather Lovell, Momentum Business Law
Proposed Amendments to Franchise Legislation
– Paul Franco, Mann Lawyers
The ‘Dickensian Hellscape of our Jails
– Michael Spratt
5 ways The Good Wife is exactly like real life*
– Anne-Marie McElroy, McElroy Law
Psychiatrists in the Courtroom, Murder, and the Nexus to the Lay Person
– Reem Zaia, Codified
On this day in 1983 was the official groundbreaking of the new Elgin St. Courthouse!
The CCLA held a gala several years later to celebrate its opening in 1987. An excerpt from the gala program detailed the history of the various Ottawa courthouses:
If anyone still has photos of the old courthouses we’d love to see them!