Recently Published Ottawa Decisions

Posted on by Jennifer Walker

All cases available, free of charge, through Canlii.org.  Just click on the red links!

 

Family Matters

Verch v. Verch (2012 ONSC 2621)
matrimonial home—cottage—pay the outstanding property taxes—preservation—non-titled spouse
Justice B. Abrams

Children’s Aid Society of Ottawa v. Ms. G. (2012 ONSC 2626)
care—kinship—visits—child—aunt
Justice R. Beaudoin

F.O. v. B.O. (2012 ONSC 2576)
father—child—access—police—shelter
Justice P. Annis

Civil Matters

Moberg v. Patafie (2012 ONSC 2904)
principle of proportionality—reasonable expectations of the losing—indemnity costs—disbursements—assessment
Justice G. Toscano-Roccamo

Friend v. Watters (2012 ONSC 2892)
motion—partial indemnity—costs—hours—fees
Justice G. Toscano-Roccamo

St. Lewis v. Rancourt (2012 ONSC 2519)
cross-examinations on the affidavits—res judicata—motion—public to attend the cross-examinations—conference
Justice R. Smith

Cain v. 1150320 Ontario Inc. (The Antique Shoppe) (2012 ONSC 3018)
insurance—lease—cob—covenants—negligence
Justice M. Métivier

Wang v. Byford-Harvey (2012 ONSC 3030)
damages—liability—vehicle—bifurcation—traffic calming measures
Justice R. Smith

Library Tours for Articling and Summer Students

Posted on by Brenda Lauritzen

It’s that time of year again! As new students arrive to firms and offices we would love to invite members of the legal community to schedule tours of the CCLA library. These tours are a great opportunity for students to meet library staff and learn about library resources, training opportunities, and services which may support and assist them during their articles or placements. They can also sign up for the CCLA Listserv and begin learning about news, events, and opportunities in the East Region.

Please contact Brenda Lauritzen, the CCLA Library’s Reference Librarian, at blauritzen@ccla-abcc.ca or 613-233-7386 x222 to schedule a tour from the following times. If none of these work for you, be sure to get in contact as we would be happy to discuss other options!

Tuesday, June 5th, 2012 – 10:30 AM, 2:30 PM
Thursday, June 7th, 2012 – 10:30 AM, 2:30 PM
Tuesday, June 12th, 2012 – 10:30 AM, 2:30 PM
Thursday, June 14th, 2012 – 10:30 AM, 2:30 PM
Tuesday, June 19th, 2012 – 10:30 AM, 2:30 PM
Thursday, June 21st, 2012 – 10:30 AM, 2:30 PM
Tuesday, June 26th, 2012 – 10:30 AM, 2:30 PM
Thursday, June 28th, 2012 – 10:30 AM, 2:30 PM

We’d also like to remind you of our upcoming Legal Research Training Session for Articling Students: HeadStart! This program will take place on Friday, August 17, 2012 from 9:00 AM – 1:00 PM and will include everything your new students will need to get their articling year started on a great note – an orientation to the library and its resources, preliminary sessions on online legal research tools including Quicklaw and Westlaw, discussion of research strategies, as well as tips on how to get involved in the East Region legal community. You can read more about this session here, and further information will be forthcoming as the date approaches. Spaces are limited, so make sure to RSVP your student(s) today!

Save the Date for HeadStart Ottawa!

Posted on by Jennifer Walker

If you will be taking on any articling students this summer, mark August 17th, 2012 in your calendar! The CCLA Library is presenting a half-day session on legal research, geared exclusively to new articling students.  We’ve adopted the name HeadStart from the excellent, long-running program of the same name in Edmonton!*  Our program will cover the research tools students have available at no cost (either through our Library or online) that will be vital to the research they are now performing in the “real world.”

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.

Much more information will be coming, so watch for details over the next few months!

Additional Info:

–  The session will conclude in time for a free Articling Student luncheon, also to be held at the CCLA. If your student won’t be able to make the session, they are still invited to lunch – we’d love to meet them!

–  We will still be providing library tours for students over the summer.  Stay tuned for future emails on available tour times.

 

*Many thanks to Shaunna Mireau for kindly letting us use the HeadStart name!

Recently Published Ottawa Decisions

Posted on by Jennifer Walker

Keeping on top of recently published cases can be a challenge, especially if you’re just looking for cases from Ottawa.  To help, we’re starting a new feature here on the blog.  Twice monthly, we will post a list of some of the newly released cases from Ottawa that you can view free of charge and from anywhere through CanLII.org.  Of course, we will include a link to the case from these posts, so you can easily click through and read the decision.   We hope you enjoy this feature!

Family Matters

Shaw v. Shaw (2012 ONSC 590)
matrimonial home—wrist—pain—evidence—battery
Justice J. Blishen

 

Brière v. Saint-Pierre (2012 ONSC 421)
lump sum spousal support—arrears—pension—transferred—periodic
Justice R. Beaudoin

Inosante v. Brooks (2012 ONSC 150)
child—access—custody—income—parent
Justice J. McNamara

Caparelli v. Caparelli (2012 ONSC 2324)
income—spousal support—father—access—alienation
Justice J. Mackinnon

Civil Matters

Kular v. Ecosol Solar Technologies Inc. (2012 ONSC 2674)
motion—refusals—timetable—undertakings—costs
Justice R. Beaudoin

Code Inc. v. Indepedent High Electoral Commission (2012 ONSC 2208)
video conferencing—affiants—motion—cross-examinations—travel
Master P. Roger

Paul Daoust Construction & Associates Ltd. v. Caisse populaire Trillium Inc. (2012 ONSC 2709)
quorum—dirigeant—banking—administrateur—motion
Justice M. Métivier

C.C.C. No. 396 v. Claude-Alain Burdet et al (2012 ONSC 1724)
lawyer—motion—affidavits—witness—units
Master P. Roger

Stewart v. State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance Company (2012 ONSC 2615)
catastrophic impairment—motion—insured person—evidence—full appreciation
Justice J. Blishen

Connerty v. Coles (2012 ONSC 2322)
long-term disability benefits—collective agreement—behalf of all other members—union—local
Justice R. Maranger

Connerty v. Coles (2012 ONSC 2787)
long-term disability benefits—duty—behalf of all other members—full appreciation—lawyer
Justice R. Maranger

Friend v. Watters (2012 ONSC 435)
epidural catheter—infection—abscess—anaesthetists—risks
Justice G. Toscano Roccamo

Lobo v. Carleton University (2012 ONSC 254)
amended pleading—government—universities—duty of care—negligence
Justice G. Toscano Roccamo

Cana International Distributing Inc. v. Standard Innovation Corporation (2012 ONSC 53)
agreement—we-vibe device—stores—application for an interlocutory injunction—initial three-year term
Regional Senior Justice C. Hackland

Assaly v. Assaly (2012 ONSC 2335)
indemnity basis—confidential information—minor—motion—solicitor-client privilege
Justice R. Beaudoin

 

New Titles: March & April 2012

Posted on by Jennifer Walker

After compiling the list for these last two months, I was quite surprised and pleased to see the wide breadth of materials we acquired for the CCLA Library.  There’s so much interesting reading in the list below – certainly something for just about everyone – so stop by sometime and check out the new titles.  The usual reminder: we receive all the print materials from LSUC CPD sessions, usually within a month or two of the program.  They’re stored among rest of the text collection, and if you need a hand finding a specific title, just let us know!

Texts

Canadian Contractual Interpretation Law, 2nd ed. (LexisNexis)
Canadian Health Law and Policy, 4th ed. (LexisNexis)
Estate Planning Handbook, 4th ed. (Carswell)
Estoppel (LexisNexis)
Examination of Witnesses in Criminal Cases, 6th ed. (Carswell)
Key Developments in Estates and Trusts Law in Ontario 2011 (Carswell / Canada Law Book)
The Law of Employee Use of Technology (Carswell / Canada Law Book)
The Oatley-McLeish Guide to Demonstrative Advocacy (LexisNexis)
Personal Injury Damages, 2012 Edition (LexisNexis)
Sentencing in Ontario (Landon Legal Library Press)
Sprains, Strains and Automobiles: A Medically Illustrated Guide to Commonly Litigated Injuries (Carswell)

CPD

2nd Annual In-House Counsel Summit (LSUC)
7th Annual Current Issues in Commercial Litigation Seminar (Hamilton Law Association)
Annotated Will 2012 (LSUC)
Appellate Advocacy in Child Protection Cases (LSUC)
Commercial Priorities for Real Estate and Business Lawyers 2012 (LSUC)
Dealing with Costs (LSUC)
Emerging Issues in Directors’ and Officers’ Liability 2012 (LSUC)
The Six-Minute Administrative Lawyer 2012 (LSUC)
The Six-Minute Commercial Leasing Lawyer 2012 (LSUC)
Technology Tips for Your Civil Litigation Practice (LSUC)
The Voice of the Child in Family Law (LSUC)
Wills and Estates Practice Essentials 2012 (LSUC)

CCLA Fiction Library

Posted on by Amanda Elliott

Need a break from research?  Have a long wait until court?  Love to read?

If you have answered yes to any of the above questions, then we have just the solution for you.  We are very excited to announce the launch of the CCLA Fiction Library!

Come on by and grab a book!  We have a great variety of authors, especially for fans of mystery and crime.  Books by John Grisham, Ian Rankin, and James Patterson are ready and waiting to be read.  All books have a three week loan period and no library card is required.  Once you’ve found the perfect book, visit the front desk to sign it out.

For a complete list of titles,  click here to view the catalogue.

 

Free Training Sessions at the CCLA Library!

Posted on by Brenda Lauritzen

As summer approaches we are offering some new training here at the CCLA Library. Take a break and join us over lunch hour for any or all of the upcoming snapper sessions on legal research. Students and paralegals are welcome!  Please RSVP by popping me a quick email at blauritzen@ccla-abcc.ca. Bring your questions!

Researching Legislation Online; Friday, May 4th, 12:00 to 1:00 PM
Save time and demystify the process of researching federal and provincial legislation by using free online resources! Learn how to access current and source Acts and Regulations, trace their history, note up any cases that have considered them, and investigate the legislative intent. Tools found on the Justice Canada, e-Laws Ontario, CanLII, LEGISinfo, and Internet Archive sites will all be covered.

Finding the Perfect Precedent; Friday, June 8th, 12:00 to 1:00 PM
Why reinvent the wheel? This session will demonstrate quick and easy ways of finding ready-to-use forms and precedents for your everyday practice. Search strategies will be covered for online and offline resources available at the CCLA Library including O’Brien’s, recent CPD materials, and subject-specific resources.

The Best of the Web: Useful (and Free!) Tools for Your Profession; Friday, September 7th, 12:00 to 1:00 PM
Confused by RSS? Want to share your computer screen for a quick, remote business meeting with a colleague? Avoiding Social Media? Navigate the web with ease by learning what new tools can do for you in both your practice and everyday life – and all for free!

We hope to see you there!

Renovations: Site Plans

Posted on by Jennifer Walker

We’ve recently added a new page to the CCLA Website that focuses exclusively on the renovations project.  You may click here to go directly to that page, or find it from the homepage of the CCLA website through About CCLA > Site Renovations.  On this page, you can see a slide show of the concept images from [in]Tempo Design Studio, as well as concept floor plans for the Barristers’ Lounge and Library spaces.  We invite everyone to take a look at the site plans, and to let us know what you think!  Our Executive Director would love your feedback, so if you’d like to send him an email, you can do so at rhaga@ccla-abcc.ca.

New Titles – January & February 2012

Posted on by Jennifer Walker

The Library did not acquire too many new text books in the first two months of the year.  Legal publishing tends to ramp up in the late Winter / early Spring (so right about now!), so we’ll be putting in some new orders starting today.  If you’ve seen something advertised that you think looks interesting, let us know!  We always welcome suggestions for purchase.

We did, however, acquire a goodly amount of CPD materials.  We received papers from our friends at the Middlesex and Hamilton Law Associations, in addition to those papers from the Law Society.   The full list is below, where there is sure to be something of interest to everyone.

Texts

Expert Evidence in Criminal Law: The Scientific Approach, 2nd Edition – Replacement Copy (Irwin Law)

Law Firm Recruitment: Job Search Advice for Law Students and Associates, 2nd Edition (Irwin Law)

Witnesses and the Law (Canada Law Book)


Continuing Professional Development

6th Annual Wills, Estates, and Trusts Conference (Middlesex Law Association / Ontario Bar Association)

7th Annual Business Breakfast: New Developments in Corporate Law (Middlesex Law Association)

9th Annual Emerging Issues in Employment Law (Hamilton Law Association)

10th Annual Estates and Trusts Seminar (Hamilton Law Association)

16th Annual Intellectual Property Law: The Year in Review (LSUC)

19th Annual Immigration Law Summit (LSUC)

25th Annual Joint Insurance Seminar (Hamilton Law Association / Ontario Insurance Adjustors’ Association, Hamilton Chapter)

The 2012 Oatley-McLeish Guide to Motor Vehicle Litigation (LSUC)

Civil Appeals: The Year in Review (LSUC)

Corporate Commercial Law Seminar: Corporate Law Fundamentals (Hamilton Law Association)

Family Law Practice Essentials 2012 (LSUC)

Impaired and “Over 80” 2011 (LSUC)

New Developments in Personal Injury Law 2011 (Middlesex Law Association)

Practical Tips for the Courtroom: For Articling Students and New Lawyers (Hamilton Law Association)

Practice Gems: Construction Lien Essentials 2012

Practice Gems: Title and Off-Title Searching 2012

The New Accessibility Standards for Customer Service Regulation under the Accessibility for Ontarians with Disabilities Act 2005: Legal and Practical Compliance Strategies (LSUC)

The Six-Minute Criminal Court Judge 2012 (LSUC)

The Six-Minute Family Law Lawyer 2011 (LSUC)

The Six-Minute Real Estate Lawyer 2011 (LSUC)

 

 

Upcoming Training: Westlaw and Quicklaw

Posted on by Brenda Lauritzen

Brush up on your research skills at the library in March by attending our next two training sessions: March 1 (Westlaw) and March 28 (Quicklaw), each running from 12:00 – 1:00pm. Stop by the CCLA Library for one or both of the sessions, and count it towards your CPD hours! Best of all, it’s free!

As always, the sessions are held in the CCLA Library, located in Room 2004 on the main floor of the Ottawa Courthouse, 161 Elgin Street. If you would like to attend either of the following, or if you have any questions at all, drop me a quick email at blauritzen@ccla-abcc.ca. Walk-ins are also welcome. Bring your lunch with you!

Westlaw: Case Studies; Thursday, March 1st, 12:00 to 1:00 PM, CCLA Library
Skip the keyword search. Learn how to use Westlaw resources efficiently and effectively by walking through specific case study examples. Use the Canadian Encyclopedic Digest, Canadian Abridgment, and KeyCite features to very quickly narrow and find the most relevant case law, legislation, and commentary that you need. Westlaw basics will also be reviewed. Bring your own research questions!

What’s New on Quicklaw; Wednesday, March 28th, 12:00 to 1:00 PM, CCLA Library
Let them narrow the search results for you. Learn how to use Quicklaw’s Canada Digest, Canada Quantums, and Quickcite features to search within the most relevant case law, legislation, and commentary, instead of starting from scratch. Quicklaw basics will also be reviewed.

For experienced members, these programs count for 1 Substantive Hour toward the annual LSUC CPD requirement. These CPD hours are not accredited for the new member requirement.