Recently Published Ottawa Decisions

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

Family Matters

La Société de l’aide à l’enfance d’Ottawa c. (R.B.) (2015 ONCS 5144)
père — mère — visites — évaluation des capacités parentales — soins
Juge R. Beaudoin

Ascani v Robert (2015 ONSC 4585)
father — child — parent — daycare — school
Justice A. Doyle

Fifield v Cochrane (2015 ONSC 5363)
best interests of the children — daycare — parent — status quo — custodial
Justice K. Phillips

Civil Matters

Steen v Gibsons LLP (2015 ONSC 4933)
estate — brothers — executor — firm — testator
Justice C. Hackland

Fernandes v Carleton University and BCE Inc. (2015 ONSC 5319)
proceeding — discretion — indemnity costs in the amount — unnecessarily — litigants
Justice P. Smith

Tofcon Construction Inc. v Canada (Attorney General) (2015 ONSC 5308)
project — particulars — without leave to amend — motion — contract
Justice B. Warkentin

Criminal Matters

R. v Humaid (2015 ONSC 5345)
jury — screening — parole ineligibility period — faint hope clause — murder
Justice D. Rutherford

Divisional Court Decisions from Ottawa Judges

Arsenault v Thevathurai (2015 ONSC 5357)
application for an eviction — motion to quash — landlord — tenant — transcript
Justice S. Corthorn

Recently Published Ottawa Decisions

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

Family Matters

Dion v Glasgow (2015 ONSC 5024)
motion — settlement conference — investigator — miscommunication — fulsome
Justice J. Mackinnon

Civil Matters

Ballingall v Carleton Condominium Corporation No. 111 (2015 ONSC 4129)
grandfathering provision — offer — rule — single family residence — owners
Justice C. Aitken

Geographic Resources Integrated Data Solutions Ltd. v Peterson (2015 ONSC 4658)
punitive damages — fiduciary duty — litigation — privilege — actionable wrong
Justice R. Beaudoin

Campbell Pools Inc. v The Seville Group Inc. (2015 ONSC 4683)
proprietary estoppel — motion — costs — undertakings — appraisals
Justice R. Beaudoin

Criminal Matters

R. v Hildabrandt (2015 ONSC 4968)
fear — counts of breach of undertaking — count of criminal harassment — wrote in the communication book — mens rea
Regional Senior Justice J. McNamara

From Your Library: New Release – “Researching Quebec Law: Insights for Common Law Practitioners”

When we saw this new book available through Carswell, we immediately put in an order for a copy for the library. We don’t tend to get a lot of questions having to do with Quebec, so if you’re like us and a bit lost when it comes to the law of la belle province, this book might give you some much needed clarity. Written for non-French speaking, common law legal professionals, the book provides a history of the Quebec legal system, information on how to research Quebec legislation, case law, and commentary sources, and a very thorough glossary of terms.

This book is so new to the library that we don’t even have it on the shelves yet. If you would like to review it right away, please ask at the front desk. In the coming weeks, you’ll be able to find this book in our Reference section at KF 240 M37 2015.

 

Recently Published Ottawa Decisions

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

Family Matters

MacPhee v Thistle (2015 ONSC 4803)
child — daycare — program — status quo — allegations
Justice M. Shelston

Desjardins v Gillin (2015 ONSC 4883)
minutes of settlement — arbitrator — draft — refinement — terms
Justice S. Corthorn

Civil Matters

El-Khodr v Lackie (2015 ONSC 4766)
prejudgment interest — assignment — pre-judgment interest — loss — non-pecuniary damages
Justice G. Toscano Roccamo

Plummer v Plummer (2015 ONSC 4857)
personal care — power of attorney — incapable of managing — capacity assessor — attorney for property
Justice S. Corthorn

417 Infiniti Nissan Ltd v Nissan Canada Inc (2015 ONSC 4667)
second supplemental expert report — data — maps — charts — census tracts
Justice R. Smith

Ryken v Martinez (2015 ONSC 4862)
pleading — fresh as amended — motion — defence — struck
Justice S. Corthorn

Obiorah v The Ottawa Police Services Board (2015 ONSC 4643)
branch of the test — leave — motion — conflicting — persuaded
Justice T. Ray

Richcraft Homes Ltd. v Urbandale Corporation (2015 ONSC 4725)
lots — agreement — partnership — acres — residential
Justice T. Ray

Parker v Dirar and Mahmoud (2015 ONSC 4723)
insurer — motion — duty to defend — coverage — policies
Justice D. Rutherford

Criminal Matters

Sa Majesté la Reine c. Corey Burroughs (2015 ONCS 4693)
fourgonnette — accusé — armed robbery — surveillance footage — détective
Juge M. Charbonneau

Court of Appeal Decisions of Local Interest

R. v. Salinas (2015 ONCA 546)
convictions — unbalanced — evidence — obstruct — sentence
Justices D. Doherty, E. Gillese, and D. Brown

From Your Library: Westlaw FamilySource

As part of our subscription to WestlawNext, we also have the FamilySource product. This add-on makes up a separate area within Westlaw where materials specifically of interest to family law practitioners are kept, easy to find and use in your research.

When you access WestlawNext from the library computers, the portal to FamilySource is on the right hand side (see below). Clicking on the words “FamilySource” will take you to main page, which includes links to online versions of several popular looseleaf titles (that you can search, print out, or email from). This is also where you can find the Epstein “This Week in Family Law” newsletter, and you can even start a case law search within just family law cases.

FamilySource

As with all of our electronic products, there is no end cost to you when you use this product in the CCLA Library. The CCLA Library staff have been finding FamilySource to be quite useful when researching, so we encourage you to take a look the next time you’re using Westlaw at our library.

 

Recently Published Ottawa Decisions

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

Family Matters

Children’s Aid Society of Ottawa v E.M. (2015 ONSC 4430)
child — parents — drug — domestic violence — methadone
Justice M. Shelston

Children’s Aid Society of Ottawa v M. (2015 ONSC 4422)
child — emotional harm — report — assessment — best interests
Justice J. Blishen

Civil Matters

Lepage (Re) (2015 ONSC 4525)
bankrupt — property — trustee — equity — discharge
Justice R. Beaudoin

Canadian Federation of Students/Fédération canadienne des étudiant(e)s v Cape Breton University Students’ Union (2015 ONSC 4093)
referendum — petition — students — defederation — fees
Justice R. Beaudoin

Frontenac Mortgage Investment Corporation v Hyde Park Residences Inc. (2015 ONSC 4457)
storer — mechanical equipment — developer — storage costs — lien
Justice R. Beaudoin

Criminal Matters

R. v Borer (2015 ONSC 4592)
detention — police officer — evidence — alcohol — traffic
Justice T. Ray

R. v Charron (2015 ONSC 4186)
t-shirt — park — wearing — clothing
Justice C. McKinnon

R. v F. (2015 ONSC 3068)
backpack — liquor — search — unlawfully kept — vehicle
Justice C. McKinnon

R. v AC (2015 ONSC 4472)
offender — sexual — assaults
Justice T. Ray

R. v El-Zein (2015 ONSC 4358)
proceeds of crime — forfeiture — money — stash — innocent of any complicity
Justice R. Maranger

Court of Appeal Decisions of Local Interest

R. v. Hafizi (2015 ONCA 534)
choice as state-funded — person — application — fund — fair
Justices J. MacPherson, J. Simmons, and H. LaForme

St. Lewis v. Rancourt (2015 ONCA 513)
blog posts — defamatory — jury — injunction — video
Justices A. Hoy, R. Sharpe, and M. Benotto

From Your Library: Online Access to LSUC CPD

I’m sure most of you are well aware of the valuable Continuing Professional Development programs that are held by the Law Society in Toronto every year. Perhaps you’re even aware that the CCLA Library receives the materials from these programs in our collection. What is lesser known we find, is the fact that most of these papers are available online through a service called Access CLEAccess CLE provides LSUC articles since 2004, and articles that are older than 18 months are free of charge. Some of these papers include:

  • The popular Annotated Document series (i.e. Annotated Shareholder Agreement, Annotated Guardianship Documents, Annotated Employment Agreements, etc.)
  • Presentations on more obscure areas of law
  • Case Commentaries and Analysis
  • Practical Practice Management Tips
  • And many more!

The unfortunate part of all of this is that the search engine for Access CLE is somewhat frustrating to use and many find it difficult to locate what they are looking for. Instead, the best way to search for articles is by using the Infolocate search engine, which integrates Access CLE into its collection. You can search as follows:

  1. Head to Infolocate.ca
  2. In the dropdown menu that reads “All Libraries”, scroll to the bottom and select “Access CLE”, so that your search bar looks like this: infolocate
  3. Enter search terms in the box and select search. This will search only online articles that are available for download.

If you prefer, you can also browse what is available by going to the Access CLE website. Click on your area of law under “Browse Collections”, and select which year you would like to browse.

As mentioned, the CCLA collects all of these materials in print as well, so if there is something you would like that was released in the past 18 months, we can get that for you for free. Just give us a shout!

Recently Published Ottawa Decisions

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

Family Matters

Kahsai v Hagos (2015 ONSC 3900)
spousal support — income — children — divorce — expenses
Justice M. Shelston

Blois v Gleason (2015 ONSC 4262)
post-secondary education — child — post-secondary expenses — amount — annum
Justice J. Mackinnon

Dumais c. Bergeron (2015 ONCS 3346)
résidence — pension alimentaire — horaire — impaires — grands-parents paternels
Juge M. Shelston

Buckland v Buckland (2015 ONSC 4195)
possession of the matrimonial home — listing — income — child — exclusive possession of the matrimonial
Justice M. Shelston

Hutchinson v Hutchinson (2015 ONSC 4252)
settlement conference — disclosure — reason to doubt the correctness — seeks — relevant
Justice J. Mackinnon

Rolland v Tevendale (2015 ONSC 3226)
spousal support — separation agreement — marriage — domestic contract — set aside
Justice P. Smith

Civil Matters

Carleton Condominium Corp. No. 25 v Patrick Eagan (2015 ONSC 4353)
pest control treatment — bed bugs — bed bug infestation — unit — condominium
Justice S. Corthorn

Brooks v Conference Board of Canada (2015 ONSC 4087)
reemployment — notice — compensation — saturated — termination
Justice C. Hackland

Tierney (Estate) v Brown (2015 ONSC 4137)
estate trustees — solicitor — late — passing of accounts — handled
Justice C. Hackland

Paquette c. Quadraspec (2015 ONCS 4179)
dépens — motion — taux d indemnisation partielle — dommages-intérêts compensatoires — tarifs
Juge P. Kane

7250118 Canada Inc. v 2308095 Ontario Inc. (2015 ONSC 4095)
deposit — contract — texts — project — evidence
Regional Senior Justice J. McNamara

Attorney General of Ontario v $17,700.00 in Canadian Currency (In Rem) (2015 ONSC 4301)
affidavit of merits — deponent — attached as an exhibit — cross-examine the deponents — res judicata
Justice S. Kershman

Childs v Childs (2015 ONSC 4036)
compensation — personal care — best interests — guardian — siblings
Justice G. Tranmer

Raji v Myers (2015 ONSC 4066)
vexatious — high profiled individuals — experiment — plot — frivolous
Justice R. Beaudoin

Criminal Matters

R. v Cross (2015 ONSC 4251)
sexual — evening — bedroom — texted — choked
Justice C. Hackland

R. v Charron (2015 ONSC 4150)
notes — t-shirt worn — lineup — defence
Justice C. McKinnon

R. v H. (2015 ONSC 4054)
sexual — told — home — upstairs — evidence
Justice C. Aitken

R. v Atkinson (2015 ONSC 4037)
texted — aggravated assault — offence — pipe — beating
Justice J. Blishen

Divisional Court Decisions from Ottawa Judges

Navistar Canada Inc. v Superintendent of Financial Services (2015 ONSC 2797)
reorganization — partial windup — ceased to be employed — closure — collective agreements
Justices K. Swinton, H. Sachs, and M. Labrosse

Court of Appeal Decisions of Local Interest

R. v. Owen (2015 ONCA 462)
sentence — jury — discreditable conduct — condominium — deed
Justices A. Hoy, K. Feldman, and P. Rouleau

Recently Published Ottawa Decisions

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

Family Matters

Johnson v Johnson (2015 ONSC 3875)
amount of child support — income tax — arrears — adult high school — imputes
Justice S. Kershman

Gilles Raymond c. André-Ann Boudrias (2015 ONCS 3778)
école le lundi matin — pension alimentaire — garde — mère — dépôt à l école
Juge M. Charbonneau

Cork v Cork (2015 ONSC 3681)
spousal support — pre-judgment interest — cottage — costs — equalization
Justice B. Warkentin

Civil Matters

Sproule v Tony Graham Motors Group (2015 ONSC 3976)
dealership — operating companies — corporations — summary judgment motion — employer
Master C. MacLeod

Farjon et al. v Farazli et al. (2015 ONSC 3974)
news release — costs of the motion — withdraw — partially — find
Justice M. Charbonneau

Regional Group of Companies Inc. v 1760452 Ontario Inc. (2015 ONSC 3514)
offer to lease — agent — leasing — principal — listing
Justice P. Kane

Lee v Ontario Lottery and Gaming (2015 ONSC 3576)
part-time housekeeper — damages — unionized — gaming — vexatious
Justice R. Maranger

Mattar v Dahnoun (2015 ONSC 3803)
pleading amendment — property — proposed — admissions — motion
Master C. MacLeod

Lewis v Lavern Heideman & Sons Limited (2015 ONSC 3752)
genuine issue requiring — lumberyard — summary — trucks — fact-finding powers
Justice P. Smith

Fernandes v Carleton University and BCE Inc. (2015 ONSC 3373)
grade — academic — subsidiary — internal — student
Justice P. Smith

Divisional Court & Court of Appeal Decisions of Local Interest

Rayes v Dominguez-Cortes (2015 ONSC 3693)
best interests of the child — custody — travel — balanced — expenses
Justice T. Heeney, T. Lofchik, and W. Matheson

Aiken v Ottawa Police Services Board (2015 ONSC 3793)
data collection — pedestrian stops — complaint — remedies — settlement
Justices S. Lederman, A. Molloy, and D. Corbett

R. v. Hilan (2015 ONCA 455)
mischief charge — bus — interfered — skirt — enjoyment
Justices J. Simmons, M. Tulloch, and G. Huscroft

R. v. Whitlock (2015 ONCA 445)
pre-sentence custody — sentence — bail — credit — pre-trial custody
Justices G. Strathy, C.J.O., G. Pardu, and M. Benotto

R. v. Bingley (2015 ONCA 439)
sample — evaluation — ability to operate a motor — alcohol — impaired by a drug
Justices E. Cronk, E. Gillese, and G. Huscroft

R. v. Trudel (2015 ONCA 422)
verdict — curiae — finding — guilty plea — hospital
Justices R. Blair, M. Tulloch, and C. W. Hourigan

Chat Service Now Available!

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