We hope everyone is gearing down for a relaxing holiday season! We are busy planning out our research training sessions for next year, and were hoping to gauge some interest from you. Let us know what sessions you might be interested in attending below:
Recently Published Ottawa Decisions
Find below recently published Ottawa decisions, available for free through CanLII.org.
Family Matters
Martinuk v Graham (2015 ONSC 6769)
father — child support — calendar — retroactive — expenses
Justice P. Kane
Andre v Van Gentevoort (2015 ONSC 7038)
motion — retroactive — costs — divided — successful
Justice R. Beaudoin
Neil v Goodwin (2015 ONSC 7058)
supplementary affidavit — endorsement — resubmitted — spousal — reacting
Justice M. Charbonneau
Marie Rollande Lucie Coté v Marcel John Coté (2015 ONSC 6924)
post-secondary education expenses — post-secondary studies — marriage — enrolled — amount
Justice M. Charbonneau
Children’s Aid Society of Ottawa v. M. (2015 ONSC 5971)
children — daycare — access — foster parents — visits
Justice L. Sheard
Rothschild v Sardelis (2015 ONSC 6953)
spousal support — draft separation agreement — costs — offer — lump
Justice J. Mackinnon
Cruise v Cruise (2015 ONSC 6068)
set-off amount — child support — expenses — income — extra-curricular activities
Justice M. Shelston
Van Alstine v Jean-Vezina (2015 ONSC 6961)
make-up visits — children — email — contempt — access
Justice S. Corthorn
Civil Matters
Ottawa MacDonald Cartier International Airport Authority v Madi (2015 ONSC 7036)
picketers — costs — noise — motion — airport
Justice R. Beaudoin
Tierney (Estate) v Brown (2015 ONSC 6949)
estate trustees — fees — motion — costs — disbursements
Justice C. Hackland
Trang v Nguyen, et al. (2015 ONSC 7030)
equitable mortgage — disbursement — costs — evidence — discretion
Justice P. Smith
Nadeau v Caperelli (2015 ONSC 6944)
assignment — promissory — credited to his shareholder loan — assets — affidavit
Justice T. Ray
Steen v Gibsons LLP (2015 ONSC 6786)
offer — indemnity — costs — executor — fees
Justice C. Hackland
Xardo v New Fashion Flooring et al. (2015 ONSC 7018)
costs — offer — indemnity — fixed in the amount — discretion
Justice P. Smith
Larges v Word of Life Church (Ottawa/Hull) (2015 ONSC 6612)
assert — corporation — fiduciary — pastor — parishioners
Justice L. Sheard
Chelli-Greco v Rizk (2015 ONSC 6963)
dentist-patient relationship — dental — treatment — bridge — discovered
Justice C. Hackland
Hession v Black Construction Services Inc. (2015 ONSC 7047)
costs — third — masters — motion — discontinued
Master C. MacLeod
Criminal Matters
R. v Carson (2015 ONSC 7127)
communities — point-of-use water treatment systems — funding — business relating to the government — pilot project
Justice B. Warkentin
R. v Shaver (2015 ONSC 6948)
reasonable suspicion — confidential informant — drugs — entrapment — buy
Justice C. Hackland
R. v Norris (2015 ONSC 6929)
complainants — women — treatment — collusion
Justice C. McKinnon
R. v Montemurro (2015 ONSC 6863)
attempt to obstruct justice — fraud — sentence — presentence — deception
Justice L. Ratushny
Divisional Court Decisions from Ottawa Judges
Li v Hu (2015 ONSC 7144)
changed the locks — vexatious — landlord — around — rent
Justices K. Swinton, J. Mackinnon, and D. L. Corbett
Li v Hu (2015 ONSC 7208)
lawyer — acknowledges — interpreter — likened — plenty
Justices K. Swinton, J. Mackinnon, and D. L. Corbett
The Society of Energy Professionals v Ontario Power Generation Inc. (2015 ONSC 7101)
arbitrator — posting — collective agreement — job classification — reassignments
Justices K. Swinton, J. Mackinnon, and D. L. Corbett
Lum, Konjarski v Inquiries, Complaints and Reports Committee of the College of Physiotherapists of Ontario (2015 ONSC 7227)
bias — intemperate — public communications — professional — organizations
Justices K. Swinton, J. Mackinnon, and D. L. Corbett
Court of Appeal Decisions of Local Interest
R. v. Butters (2015 ONCA 783)
child pornography — computer — images — search — shop
Justices E. Gillese, D. Watt, and G. Pardu
R. v. Ghadban (2015 ONCA 760)
sentence — imposed — deterrence — fresh evidence — bail pending
Justices R. Sharpe, C. W. Hourigan, and M. Benotto
Recently Published Ottawa Decisions
Find below recently published Ottawa decisions, available for free through CanLII.org.
Family Matters
Martinuk v Graham (2015 ONSC 6769)
father — child support — calendar — retroactive — expenses
Justice P. Kane
Tracy Neil v Lee Goodwin (2015 ONSC 6828)
retroactivity — spousal support — divorce — temporary — child
Justice M. Charbonneau
Daley v Daley (2015 ONSC 6741)
separation — matrimonial home — spousal support — line of credit — financial
Justice B. Warkentin
Hutton v Hutton (2015 ONSC 6698)
income — life insurance — secure the spousal support — separation — calculation
Justice T. Ray
Hutton v Hutton (2015 ONSC 6683)
feelings of self-worth — concentrate — wishes to retrain — exclusive possession — pleading
Justice T. Ray
Daher v Burrowes (2015 ONSC 6636)
father — expenses — child support — retroactive — variation
Justice P. Kane
Civil Matters
Re: Amberwood Productions (Rob the Robot II) Inc. (2015 ONSC 6850)
bankruptcy — creditors — corporation — distributor — debts
Master C. MacLeod
Criminal Matters
R. v Hardy (2015 ONSC 6665)
waiver — affidavit — guilty plea — protected by solicitor client privilege — sexual
Regional Senior Justice J. MacNamara
R. v J.H. (2015 ONSC 6482)
invitation to sexual touching — offences — victim — sexual interference — counts
Justice C. Aitken
Divisional Court Decisions from Ottawa Judges
Bernstein v Health Professions Appeal and Review Board, College of Physicians and Surgeons of Ontario and Borg (2015 ONSC 6724)
reasonableness — medical services — clinics bearing his name — advertisements — cautioned
Justices A. Molloy, M. Linhares de Sousa, and H. Wilton-Siegel
Reid v Criminal Injuries Compensation Board (2015 ONSC 6578)
wage loss — assault — report — medical — problems
Justices A. Molloy, P. Hambly, and C. Hackland
Roni Excavating Limited v Sedona Development Group (2015 ONSC 6576)
privity of contract — motion — trust — owners — claimants
Justices A. Molloy, P. Hambly, and C. Hackland
Sauliman et al v Mielczarek (2015 ONSC 6574)
receivership — funding — business — preserve — restaurant
Justices A. Molloy, P. Hambly, and C. Hackland
de Pelham v Peel Regional Police Services (2015 ONSC 6558)
function — complaints regarding privacy breaches — parliamentary — institutions — investigate
Justices A. Molloy, P. Hambly, and C. Hackland
Divisional Court and Court of Appeal Decisions of Local Interest
C.H. Clement v Seguin Racine et al. (2015 ONSC 6833)
fact-finding powers — motions judge determined — evidence — architect — omission
Justices F. Marrocco, C. Herold, and A. Whitten
Hickey v Princ (2015 ONSC 5596)
spousal support — retirement — motion — income — payor
Justices T. Heeney, T. Lofchik, W. Matheson
R. v. Sinasac (2015 ONCA 735)
sentence — pre-sentence custody — imposed — exceeded — multiple
Justices J. Laskin, G. Pardu, and L. Roberts
Holgate v. Sheehan Estate (2015 ONCA 717)
codicil — estate — mid-trial motion — trusts — accumulating wealth
Justices E, Cronk, C. W. Hourigan, and M. Benotto
Newly Received Materials from LSUC CPD
For those who can’t frequently make it to Toronto for CPD sessions, it might interest you to know that we receive copies of the papers from all LSUC, Hamilton, and London programming.
Here are some highlights from the most recent CPD we’ve received; click on the titles to view the full table of contents. If you would like a copy of any of the following articles, feel free to drop by the library to have a look, or email us and we can scan and send it to you.
Practice Gems: Commercial Leasing Essentials 2015 (Sept. 21, 2015)
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- Leases for metropolitan multi-use developments / Lisa A. Borosook
- Green leases and green buildings / Michael Brooks
Commercial Mortgage Transactions 2015 (Sept. 17, 2015)
- 10 typical clauses in landlord waiver : tripartite agreements / Brennan Carroll
- Tenant estoppel certificates : how and why they are useful to lenders / Syll Kushner
- How to structure personal and corporate guarantees in mortgage transactions : or how I learned to stop worrying and love the law of guarantees / Doug Bourassa
The Twelve-Minute Civil Litigator 2015 (Sept. 18, 2015)
- Duty of honesty in contractual performance / Bradley Berg, Mike Maodus
- 2015 : civil procedure cases of the year / Monique Jilesen
- Moore v. Getahun : practical questions about expert witness interactions / Paul Pape, Joanna Nairn
- The illusion of memory and its influence on the decisions jurors make / Robyn Wishart.
Practice Gems: Probate Essentials 2015 (Sept. 10, 2015)
- Applications for certificates of appointment : more tips and traps / John T. Clark
- Drafting errors : what to do when there appears to be a problem with the will(s) / Andrea M. Hill & Jordan Diacur
- Estate Administration Tax Act, 1998 : the new regulation / Jordan M. Atin
- Valuations and appraisals / Mary-Alice Thompson
- Illiquid estates and other solvency issues / Jenny Pho
Annotated Partnership Agreement 2015 (September 29, 2015)
Recently Published Ottawa Decisions
Find below recently published Ottawa decisions, available for free through CanLII.org.
Family Matters
Bennett v Breuers (2015 ONSC 6540)
undertakings — spousal support — based on unjust enrichment — set aside — delay
Justice R. Laliberte
Morin-Savard v Savard (2015 ONSC 6329)
lawyer — contact — attend — procedural — attended at the matrimonial home
Justice K. Phillips
Lambert v Limoges (2015 ONSC 6487)
father — status quo — partner — best interests of the child — daycare
Justice P. Kane
Smith v Sanftenberg (2015 ONSC 6393)
motion — lawyer — setting aside — uncontested — set
Justice T. Minnema
Civil Matters
Ménard. v Parsons (2015 ONSC 4123)
pre-existing landfill site — property — vendor — purchasers — discontinued landfill site
Justice R. Maranger
Ottawa MacDonald Cartier International Airport Authority v Madi (2015 ONSC 6336)
noise levels — parkade — drumming — picketers — injunction
Justice R. Beaudoin
Schellings v DTE Industries Limited (2015 ONSC 6469)
oil tank — warn — plead — tanks — amendments
Justice P. Roger
Manthorne v Canadian Breast Cancer Network (2015 ONSC 6216)
motion — privilege — documents — costs — bring
Justice R. Beaudoin
Dhawan v Wehbe (2015 ONSC 6104)
mediation — administrative dismissal — set this proceeding — motion — inadvertence
Justice P. Kane
McMurtry v McMurtry (2015 ONSC 6281)
oppression remedy — derivative — pre-trial conference — motion for leave to amend — examinations for discovery
Justice S. Corthorn
Mills v Minto Developments Inc. (2015 ONSC 5753)
offer to settle — costs — favourable — disbursements — substantial indemnity basis
Justice S. Kershman
Boyse v Saxe (2015 ONSC 6381)
structurist — preferred shares — corporations — international — securities
Justice P. Kane
Raji v Downtown Legal Services (2015 ONSC 6391)
sub-rule — vexatious — frivolous — endorsement — mail
Justice R. Beaudoin
Raji v Royal Canadian Mounted Police (2015 ONSC 6392)
sub-rule — vexatious — frivolous — endorsement — mail
Justice R. Beaudoin
1395804 Ontario Limited (Blacklock’s Reporter) v Canadian Vintners Association (2015 CanLII 65885)
copyright — paywall — subscription — punitive damages — dealing
Deputy Judge L. Gilbert
Divisional Court Decisions from Ottawa Judges
Reid v Criminal Injuries Compensation Board (2015 ONSC 6578)
wage loss — assault — report — medical — problems
Justices A. Molloy, P. Hambly and C. Hackland
Roni Excavating Limited v Sedona Development Group (2015 ONSC 6576)
privity of contract — motion — trust — owners — claimants
Justices A. Molloy, P. Hambly and C. Hackland
Sauliman et al v Mielczarek (2015 ONSC 6574)
receivership — funding — business — preserve — restaurant
Justices A. Molloy, P. Hambly and C. Hackland
Court of Appeal Decisions of Local Interest
R. v. Rompre (2015 ONCA 707)
traffic — confirmatory — evidence of the arresting officer — testimony — arose out of a routine
Justices D. Watt, C. W. Hourigan and G. Huscroft
Recently Published Ottawa Decisions
Find below recently published Ottawa decisions, available for free through CanLII.org.
Family Matters
Cameron v Cameron (2015 ONSC 5698)
costs — proceeding — motion — abandoned — settle
Justice P. Smith
Cesare v Myre (2015 ONSC 6074)
costs — successful — hours multiplied by rates — lawyer — litigants
Justice P. Smith
Gibson v Ullrich (2015 ONSC 5979)
children — process server — school — equalization — spousal support
Justice M. Shelston
Civil Matters
Vachon v Canada Revenue Agency (2015 ONSC 6096)
defamation — email — internet — tort of intrusion upon seclusion — complaint
Justice C. Hackland
Small Claims Matters
Shamar Maintenance Inc. v Bank and Cooper Property Ltd. (2015 CanLII 62396)
defence — set aside — second settlement conference — faxes — motion
Deputy Justice P. Lepsoe
Research Tip: American Case Law
American case law is sometimes quite difficult to track down, as most of the time our basic Canadian database subscriptions do not cover other jurisdictions. (That’s why we added British case law database JustisOne to our subscriptions; check out our introductory post if you haven’t had the chance yet!)
So where can we find free access to American Case Law?
1. Google Scholar is always the first place we look. With a clean interface and a large collection of cases from state and federal courts, it’s a fantastic place to start. From the main search screen, select “Case Law” (or articles/patents if you are looking for those), and enter your search terms. Your results page should look quite familiar to you; you can click through to open a case. Note that you can also click on the “How Cited” link at the top to see any articles or cases that refer to it. Often times even if Google Scholar does not have the case you are looking for, it will still contain a reference to the case as well as alternative citations that you can try elsewhere.
2. Findlaw houses a lot of case law as well, as well as commentary and links to the state and district courts. To search for case law, you can enter a party’s name in the “Search for a Case” box, or alternatively, click on “Advanced Search” to enter in any other information you know. (This is where docket numbers can come in handy!) Results will bring you to a summary page, where you can click on the “Read” button to be linked to the full decision, although sometimes this will be behind a paywall.
3. Justia also offers free access to online American case law, as it brings together decisions from the Federal Courts and many of the district courts websites as well. You can search using the bar at the top right, or browse through the different courts below.
4. Casetext is the CanLIIConnects of the United States, as it features case law and added commentary by members of the legal community.
5. If you happen to know at what court the decision was made, you can often head directly to the State or District Court website to browse a database of their own decisions. Often times these are also included in the databases mentioned above.
6. Let us know! We have access to other libraries and their collections as well, so if we can help track down the case(s) you’re looking for, send us an email!
Recently Published Ottawa Decisions
Find below recently published Ottawa decisions, available for free through CanLII.org.
Family Matters
Bruce v Giroux (2015 ONSC 5698)
father – access – time – parenting – brother
Justice P. Kane
Kahsai v Hagos (2015 ONSC 5756)
costs – spousal medium – motion – offer to settle – spent
Justice M. Shelston
Deslauriers c. Pommainville (2015 ONCS 5869)
convention d arbitrage — médiation — chap — procéder à l arbitrage — surseoir
Juge A. Doyle
Holowach v Jeffrey (2015 ONSC 5813)
school — father — child’s needs — will — program
Justice T. Minnema
Civil Matters
1860035 Ontario Ltd v Velika Realty Inc. (2015 ONSC 5630)
contempt – Motion – landlord – mold – stucco
Justice P. Kane
Murray v Errett (2015 ONSC 5691)
undischarged bankrupt – business – security for costs – motion – murky
Master C. MacLeod
Cole v Minister of Public Safety and Emergency Preparedness (2015 ONSC 5728)
motion – dismiss year delay for implementation – sub-rule – deemed to be abandoned – unopposed
Justice S. Corthorn
Osteria Da Luca Inc. v 1850546 Ontario Inc. (2015 ONSC 5606)
lease – holding – meeting – email – rent
Justice P. Kane
Central Station Security v Avenue Security Centre, et al. (2015 ONSC 5731)
enforcement of the arbitration – affidavit – sub-rule – application – dissolution
Justice S. Corthorn
Raji v Downtown Legal Services (2015 ONSC 5770)
gang – sub-rule – requisition – criminals – proceedings
Justice R. Beaudoin
Sproule v Tony Graham Motors Group (2015 ONSC 5794)
summary judgment motion – concessions – partial indemnity – actual Incurred costs – scale
Master C. MacLeod
Justice v Massey (2015 ONSC 5792)
construction costs – agreement – cost – unit – purchase
Master C. MacLeod
JustisOne: New British Case Law Subscription
One of the most frequent services we provide here in the library is the locating of old case law, quite often old British cases that are not available on the basic Lexis or Carswell subscriptions. We have been keeping our eye out for an affordable solution to having to trudge through and scan the old British case reporters, and after demoing JustisOne for the past month we are pleased to announce it as a new subscription available for use here at the CCLA library!
With JustisOne we now have electronic in-library access to a wealth of British case law and legislation, including noted up links to Canadian case law as well.
Beyond the access to British materials, JustisOne also re-envisions the case law search, eliminating boolean searching in favour of a category searching system that gives more applicable and refined search results. Some of my other favourite features include the Precedent Maps, which visualize how the case law has been treated, and the Key Paragraphs, which eliminates the guesswork of noting up by directly linking to the paragraphs that have been quoted in subsequent decisions.
We’ve greatly enjoyed playing around with this new software, and we are excited that it is now available for library users as well! If you need access to British materials you can feel free to come and try it out yourself, or as always you can get in touch with us and we will be happy to send them to you.
Recently Published Ottawa Decisions
Find below recently published Ottawa decisions, available for free through CanLII.org.
Family Matters
McNaught v McNaught (2015 ONSC 5010)
matrimonial home — offer to settle — costs — appraisal — disclosure
Justice M. Shelston
Rothschild v Sardelis (2015 ONSC 5572)
income — spousal support — retirement — pension — unreduced
Justice J. Mackinnon
Novick v Faille (2014 ONSC 4940)
spousal support — child support — costs — argues — motion
Justice S. Kershman
Toscano v Toscano (2015 ONSC 5499)
spousal support — offer — validity of the marriage contract — successful — costs
Justice J. Blishen
Guertin v Guertin (2015 ONSC 5498)
offer to settle — net proceeds — disbursements — partial indemnity costs — spousal support
Justice J. Blishen
Children’s Aid Society of Ottawa v A.S. (2015 ONSC 5497)
maternal grandparents — child — paternal — methadone — cocaine
Justice A. Doyle
Civil Matters
Dumais v Hobbs (2015 ONSC 5643)
cross examination — privilege — parol evidence rule — answered — questions
Master C. MacLeod
Southern Oregon University v Peterson et al (2015 ONSC 5505)
security for costs — amount — undertaking — fees — will
Master P. Roger
Williams Estate v Carleton Condominium Corporation No. 66 (2015 ONSC 5479)
water infiltration — amendments — condominium — problems — ongoing
Justice R. Maranger
Court of Appeal Decisions of Local Interest
2249740 Ontario Inc. v. Morguard Elgin Ltd. (2015 ONCA 605)
lease — anchor tenant — motion — bad faith — oral agreement
Justices K. Feldman, J. Simmons, and B. Miller
R. v. Humoud (2015 ONCA 600)
hair — seller — passenger seat on the driver — description — exited
Justices J. Laskin, W. Hourigan, and G. Pardu
R. v. MacIsaac (2015 ONCA 587)
puck — collision — speculative reasoning — ice — hit
Justices J. Laskin, P. Lauwers and W. Hourigan