Information for 2013-2014 Articling Students

The CCLA would like to welcome all new articling students in the Ottawa area! In this email, we’ve put together the details on some new sessions we’ve developed exclusively for our 2013-2014 students, as well as additional information to assist in your articling year.

HeadStart: Legal Research Training for Articling Students

The CCLA Library is extremely excited to announce HeadStart Ottawa. This comprehensive legal research training seminar will provide students with all the fundamental research skills required to ensure successful articling and a rewarding legal career! The academic session, to take place on Friday, August 16, 2013 from 9:00am – 12:15pm, will focus on practical tips and will cover:

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

Even better, the cost of registration – only $25 – also includes CCLA Student Membership and an invaluable research guide!

Registration for this event is already filling up! Do not delay in sending in your RSVP.

Articling Students Luncheon

Following our HeadStart program, the CCLA is excited to invite all 2013 – 2014 articling students to a luncheon in the CCLA Library, from 12:15pm to 1:00pm. This informal time will give attendees the chance to network with other new articling students here in Ottawa, take a tour of the CCLA Library, sign up for a CCLA student membership, and meet the CCLA Staff as well as some of the members of our Young Lawyers Committee! There is no cost for attending the lunch, but please RSVP by August 5 so that we may cater for the appropriate number.

Tours of the CCLA Library

If you’re unable to attend either of these sessions, but would like a tour of the Library to meet our staff and learn about the services and resources we offer, consider attending one of our library tours! Tours are held at 10:30 AM every Tuesday and Thursday in September and August. Please RSVP for a time and date that works for you. If these options won’t work, please email Brenda Lauritzen to schedule another time.

Additional Information

CCLA student memberships are available for your articling term! You do not need to be a member to use the CCLA Library, but you will need to should you wish to access the library after hours. It also provides discounts at great member partners, offers discounted rates for CCLA programming, and connects you to our great local legal community. You can register online, or get in contact with our Membership Services Assistant, Meghan Wilmott.

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The CCLA Articling Students and New Lawyers Committee is hard at work planning sessions for the coming year that are geared to your interests. Stay tuned for news on upcoming social events and continuing professional development opportunities!

Recently Published Ottawa Decisions

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

Family Matters

Cantave v. Cantave (2013 ONSC 4082)
boys — soccer — spousal support — interim — income
Justice P. Kane

Zhang v. Wang (2013 ONSC 4522)
wife — offer to settle — husband — spousal — child
Justice R. Smith

Cork v. Cork (2013 ONSC 4392)
spousal support — costs — tax — deductibility — child
Justice M. Métivier

Civil Matters

Tancho-Defyrus (GP) Inc. v. Masotti (2013 ONSC 4524)
expectations — disbursements — unsuccessful — successful — cost
Justice R. Smith

Hume v. Ghadban (2013 ONSC 4533)
costs thrown away — indemnity — expert report — wasted — preparation
Justice R. Smith

Heasley v. Labelle (2013 ONSC 4526)
costs — discoveries — indemnity — fulsome — detailed ledger charts
Justice R. Smith

Structform v. Ashcroft (2013 ONSC 4544)
security — lien claimant — contract — lienable — change orders
Master C. Macleod

Egan v. Burton (2013 ONSC 4383)
indemnity costs — disbursements — outraged — hst — prominence
Justice T. Ray

Dube v. Shooman (2013 ONSC 4348)
pre-judgment interest — costs — offer — settlement — indemnity
Justice M. Métivier

North Key v. Miwell (2013 ONSC 4433)
liens — actions — lien claimants — security — motion
Master C. Macleod

Hunt v. RBC Life Insurance Company (2013 ONSC 4453)
without leave — finds — damages — conspiracy — motion
Justice S. Kershman

Feinstein v. Freedman (2013 ONSC 4420)
litigation — siblings — costs — proper administration of the estate — trustees
Justice J. Parfett

Criminal Matters

R. v. Tran (2013 ONCJ 362)
officer — overpass — vehicle — cones — lawyer
Justice G. Renaud

Recently Published Ottawa Decisions

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

Family Matters

Sabourin v. Champagne (2013 ONSC 2644)
child support — indemnity — post-dated cheques — costs — ordered to pay
Justice S. Kershman

Cuffe v. Desjardins (2013 ONSC 4044)
spousal support — marriage contract — equity in the matrimonial home — agreement — separation
Justice J. Mackinnon

Thompson v. Murphy (2013 ONSC 3197)
child — custody — shared — care — career
Justice T. Ray

Civil Matters

St. Lewis v. Rancourt (2013 ONSC 3229)
costs — questions — motion — partial indemnity basis — answers
Justice R. Smith

St. Lewis v. Rancourt (2013 ONSC 3334)
litigation privilege — cross-examination — questions — motion — affidavit
Justice P. Kane

St. Lewis v. Rancourt (2013 CanLII 34365)
refusals — costs — questions — motion — undertakings
Justice R. Smith

Criminal Matters

R. v. Vardomskiy (2013 ONSC 4113)
firearms — ammunition — standard — possess — evidence
Justice B. Abrams

R. v. Markovitch (2013 ONCJ 323)
breath samples — blood-alcohol concentration — directly into the approved instrument — technician — presumption
Justice G. Renaud

Older LSUC CPD Materials Now Available Online Free of Charge

Some of you might be familiar with the Law Society’s AccessCLE service, which is a database that provides electronic PDF access to papers and materials from LSUC events since 2004. Previously this service came with an access premium, but we’re excited to inform you that you can now print and download any articles that are older than 18 months – free of charge! Articles newer than the 18 month time frame will still be available on a pay-per-view basis.

These articles are a great place to find recent commentary, forms, and cases concerning current issues in the legal profession. You can search or browse them from the link above, or alternatively through the Great Library’s integrated catalogue Infolocate.

CCLA members also already have access to CCLA CPD materials since 2001, through our Conference Papers Database.

Prefer browsing in print? Don’t worry, the CCLA library still collects those grey binders you know and love.

Recently Published Ottawa Decisions

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

Family Matters

Zattolo v. Zattolo (2013 ONSC 3032)
child support — access — irrevocable beneficiary — motion — materials
Justice S. Kershman

Lawrence v. Adewumi (2013 ONSC 2716)
father — arrears — payor — amount of child support — today
Justice P. Kane

Egan v. Burton (2013 ONSC 3063)
cottage — matrimonial home — marriage — separation — paid
Justice T. Ray

Hay v. Hay (2013 ONSC 3078)
child support — amount of spousal support — retroactive — material change — pay
Justice M. Linhares de Sousa

Civil Matters

Tancho-Defyrus (GP) Inc. v. Masotti (2013 ONSC 3167)
motion — successful — costs — striking — lengthened
Justice R. Smith

Ducharme v. Solarium De Paris Inc. (2013 ONSC 3148)
solariums — class — common — partial indemnity — costs
Justice R. Smith

Schleyer and Bugnet (2013 ONSC 3215)
accident — discovery — settlement — litigation — motion
Master C. Macleod

Passy Estate v. Forrest-Cluney (2013 ONSC 3206)
litigation guardian — affidavit of documents — discovery planning — estate — funds
Master C. Macleod

Cruickshank Construction Limited v. Durrett Companies Limited (2013 ONSC 3209)
lease — offer to purchase — quarry property — renewed — refusal
Justice R. Smith

6038212 Canada Inc. v. 1230367 Ontario Ltd. (2013 ONSC 3022)
environmental — groundwater — remediation — contamination — report
Justice J. MacKinnon

Genivar Inc. v. Taylor (2013 ONSC 3077)
motion for summary — event of the cause — substantial indemnity costs — payable — acted
Justice C. McKinnon

Criminal Matters

R. v. McGuffie (2013 ONSC 3071)
crack cocaine — police — pre-sentence custody — sentence — breaches
Justice T. Ray

R. v. César (2012 ONSC 5610)
preliminary inquiry justice — bouncers — inference — jurisdictional error — bar
Justice J. Parfett

R v FL (2013 ONSC 828)
slept — sexual — pregnant — assaults — room
Justice T. Ray

Recently Published Ottawa Decisions

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

Family Matters

GB v SA (2013 ONSC 2147)
assessor — best interests of the children — recommendations — report — parenting
Justice K. Swinton (Divisional Court)

Lisa Kathleen Cyr v. John André Cyr (2013 ONSC 2868)
motion to vary — re-imbursement — tuition fees — child support payable — application
Justice M. Charbonneau

Labranche v. Fournier (2013 ONSC 2786)
offers to settle — costs — motion — parenting — litigants
Justice M. Linhares de Sousa

Cork v. Cork (2013 ONSC 2788)
spousal support — income — husband — wife — amount
Justice M. Métivier

Zarepour v. Jamshidi (2013 ONSC 2952)
questioning — financial disclosure — motion — adjournment — assets
Justice L. Ratushny

Matte v. McClean (2013 ONSC 2233)
motion — costs — spousal support — successful — partition
Justice S. Kershman

Williams v. Lamoureux (2013 ONSC 2830)
costs — asks — incurred in relation — awarded — apportion
Justice R. Beaudoin

Civil Matters

Leone v. Scaffidi (2013 ONSC 2847)
costs — motion — retaining — experts — indemnity
Justice L. Ratushny

Allen-Vanguard v. L’Abbé et al (2013 ONSC 2950)
amendment — shareholders — fraud — escrow — offeree
Regional Senior Justice C. Hackland

A.G.C. v. Madeleine Rundle c.o.b. NEC Plus Ultra (2013 ONSC 2747)
copyright — tests — test — students — official
Justice R. Beaudoin

Moore v. Assaly (2013 ONSC 2713)
aka — volumes — scheduled — formerly — amended
Justice P. Kane

Ducharme v. Solarium de Paris Inc. (2013 ONSC 2540)
solarium — solariums in the class — snow load — additional common — class members
Justice R. Smith

Grady v. Ontario (Community Safety and Correctional Services) (2013 ONSC 2568)
costs — spent — partial indemnity — motion — losing
Justice J. McNamara

Bankruptcy of CAF + (2013 ONSC 2749)
mortgage — interest — payment — trustee — mortgagor
Master C. Macleod

Humanics Universal Inc. v. Ottawa (City) (2013 ONSC 2846)
setback — meter access allowance — slope — draft — motion
Justice S. O’Neill (Divisional Court)

Professional Institute of the Public Service of Canada v. Communications, Energy and Paperworkers’ Union of Canada, Local 3011 (2013 ONSC 2725)
arbitrator — sexual harassment — grievor — penalty — cleaner
Justices H. Sachs, S. O’Neill, B. Thomas (Divisional Court)

R.N.D. v. Mulroney (2013 ONSC 2748)
quantum meruit — project — budget — demolition — cost
Justice J. McNamara (Divisional Court)

Thomas Fuller Construction Co. Limited v. Labourers’ International Union of North America (2013 ONSC 2627)
bargaining unit — membership card — union — employer — construction industry
Justice K. Whitaker (Divisional Court)

Criminal Matters

R. v. Saikaley (2013 ONSC 2699)
cocaine — counts — purpose of trafficking — sentence — offences
Justice P. Lalonde

R. v. Gebrekirstos (2013 ONCJ 265)
occurrence reports — disclosure — regime — police — relevance
Justice D. Paciocco

 

Library Tours

We are always happy for this time of year when we welcome new students to the CCLA Library! We would love to invite any interested to schedule tours of the library. These tours are a great opportunity to meet library staff and learn about library resources, training opportunities, and services which may support and assist you in your practice. We also encourage any and all to sign up for the CCLA Newsletter to begin learning about news, events, and opportunities in the East Region.

Tours will be held on Tuesdays and Thursdays at 10:30 AM and 2:30 PM. Please contact Brenda Lauritzen, the CCLA Library’s Reference Librarian, at blauritzen@ccla-abcc.ca or 613-233-7386 x222 to schedule a tour. We look forward to seeing you soon!

Save the Date for HeadStart Ottawa: Legal Research for Articling Students!

If you will be taking on any articling students this summer, mark August 16th, 2013 in your calendar! The CCLA Library is presenting a half-day session on legal research, designed exclusively for new articling students. We first held HeadStart Ottawa last year, based on long-running program of the same name in Edmonton. Our 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). Seating will be limited, so don’t delay in registering your student with us! If you’d like us to add your student to the RSVP list, please send us an email.

Also back this year will be our free Articling 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 will be coming, so watch for details over the next few months!

 

Recently Published Ottawa Decisions

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

Family Matters

Zattolo v. Zattolo (2013 ONSC 2642)
birthday — will have the child — can — coverage — civilly
Justice S. Kershman

Williams v. Lamoureux (2013 ONSC 2606)
costs — children — behaviour — girls — bad faith
Justice R. Beaudoin

Heasley v. Labelle (2013 ONSC 2601)
examination for discovery — co-party — excluded — risk of tailoring — co-plaintiffs
Justice R. Smith

Taylor v. Wright-Taylor (2013 ONSC 2578)
complexity — costs — daughter — bond — father
Justice R. Smith

B. v. B. (2013 ONSC 2162)
counselling — parent — father — child — access
Justice P. Kane

Desjardins v. Desjardins (2013 ONSC 2283)
daycare — child — parenting — matrimonial home — morning drop-off at school
Justice J. Blishen

Ascani v. Robert (2013 ONSC 2579)
costs — father — motion — legal — unreasonable
Justice R. Smith

Civil Matters

Envoy Relocation Services Inc. v. Canada (Attorney General) (2013 ONSC 2622)
prejudgment interest — costs — indemnity — pre-litigation conduct — damages
Justice P. Annis

Ottawa (City) v. Lauzon (2013 ONSC 2619)
building — heritage — demolition permit — unsafe — report
Justice R. Smith

Canadian Bank Note v. Leblanc (2013 ONSC 2435)
confidential information — email — injunction — trade secrets — data
Justice J. McNamara

Boily v. Carleton Condominum corporation 145 (2013 ONSC 2352)
contempt — substantial indemnity — podium — courtyard — condominium
Justice R. Beaudoin

L’Abbé v. Allen-vanguard (2013 ONSC 2526)
quarell — costs of the motion — junior — presumption — terms
Master C. Macleod

Faridani v. Stubbert (2013 ONSC 2356)
costs — partial indemnity scale — pleading amendment motion — contested — battery
Master C. Macleod

Pammett v. McBride Corp. (2013 ONSC 2382)
occupier — premises — amend its statement of defence — walkway area — leased
Justice R. Smith

Ledcor Construction Ltd v Attorney-General of Canada (2013 ONSC 2407)
subtrades — subcontractors — general contractor — delay — owner
Justice J. Parfett

Stevens and O’Connell et al (2013 ONSC 2236)
timetable — undertakings — motion — provided — prejudice
Master P. Roger

Grady v. Ontario (Community Safety and Correctional Services) (2013 ONSC 2143)
notice — particulars — investigate — litigation — indentify
Justice J. McNamara

Criminal Matters

R. v. McGuffie (2013 ONSC 2097)
gun — cruiser — strip search — group — male
Justice T. Ray

Recently Published Ottawa Decisions

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

Family Matters

Fielding v. Fielding (2013 ONSC 1953)
reply — chief — late coming emails — witnesses — therapist
Justice J. Mackinnon

C.M.G. v. R.G. (2013 ONSC 1636)
costs — motion — bifurcation — full recovery basis — fix
Justice J. Mackinnon

Labranche v. Fournier (2013 ONSC 2047)
parenting — former matrimonial home — available to care — separation — work
Justice M. Linhares de Sousa

Potter v. Dhieux (2013 ONSC 664)
costs — offer — subrule — argues — hours
Justice S. Kershman

Civil Matters

Tancho-Defyrus (GP) Inc. v. Masotti (2013 ONSC 2043)
breach of fiduciary duty — limited partnership — term sheet — directors — disgorgement
Justice R. Smith

Boily v. Eaton, Bank of Montreal, Ginsberg, Gingras & Assoc. (2013 ONSC 2163)
deposit — undischarged — bankrupt — proceeds — half
Justice T. Ray

Envoy Relocation Services Inc. v. Canada (Attorney General) (2013 ONSC 2034)
bid — transferees — bidders — contract — relocation
Justice P. Annis

Municipality of Greenstone v. Marshall Macklin Monaghan Limited (2013 ONSC 2030)
costs — motion — partial indemnity — dismissal — all-inclusive amount
Master P. Roger

McClatchie v. Rideau Lakes (Township) (2013 ONSC 1884)
summary — full appreciation — road — evidence — owners

Justice S. Kershman

Langford v. Ferguson (2013 ONSC 2078)
mat — evidence — floor — chance of success — summary
Justice S. Kershman

Herb Breau v. Imverscor Restaurant Group Inc. (2013 ONSC 1992)
indemnification — incurred — expenses — mala fides — faith
Justice J. McNamara

Lackner v. Hall (2013 ONSC 2044)
original sub-dividers — strip — costs — evidence — successors
Justice J. McNamara

Dewan v. Burdet (2013 ONSC 177)
cross-motion will — motion — availability — conference — thereupon
Justice P. Kane

Dewan v. Burdet (2013 ONSC 793)
motion — endorsement — set — draft — requisition
Justice P. Kane

Boily v. Eaton, Bank of Montreal, Ginsberg, Gingras & Assoc. (2013 ONSC 2163)
deposit — undischarged — bankrupt — proceeds — half
Justice T. Ray

Criminal Matters

R. v. Parker (2013 ONCJ 195)
self-defence — lobby — force — video — legs
Justice D. Paciocco

R. v. Osman (2013 ONSC 1668)
individual — identification — apartment
Justice C. McKinnon

R v. Neil (2013 ONSC 1864)
demand — roadside test — breathalyzer test — concession — requirements
Justice C. Aitken