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Quicklaw • • A commercial database Used by lawyers, law firms, legal researchers Published by Lexis. Nexis Content • Court Cases, Tribunal Cases • Statutes, Regulations • Legal Commentary • Tools • Point-in-time legislation • Citation tool (to note up cases) • Extensive linking

Quicklaw is a database

Remember that we list Free and “Fee Based” databases here…good starting point If you’re using QL in your Field Placement, you must use the EMPLOYER’S ACCOUNT

Login using your NETWORK password. NOT your My. Campus password. NOT your Web. CT password.

Search templates Quick Search by collection General Search options

Search Wars: Free versus Fee…

Finding Cases: Examples • R. v. Collins, 1987, Supreme Court of Canada • Use Quick. Cite to Note Up Case Quicklaw versus Can. LII, Lex. UM

Finding Cases: Examples • [1996] S. C. J. 76 Quicklaw versus Can. LII, Lex. UM

Finding Cases: Examples • Family law cases in Ontario dealing with joint custody in 2004 – Case search – Summary search Quicklaw versus Can. LII

Review • • • AND connector OR connector ( ) parentheses /n connector * wildcard ! Truncator

More Tools for Narrowing Searches • Search the SUMMARIES – Proximity operators not necessary • Search by AREA OF LAW – Focuses results in desired area of law

More Questions to Try • Find and SCC case that states the year capital punishment was abolished. • Find a section of the Criminal Code that states which types of knife blades are illegal in Canada. • Look for cases where a “senior employee” is now either an ex-employee or else has been terminated, or has been fired. • A situation where someone assaults (attacks) an atm machine.

Finding Cases: Not-So-Easy Example • Your client has been charged with impaired driving, but states that, while he had been drinking, he was merely sitting in the driver’s seat of a parked car (with the ignition running), so he was not guilty of “driving”. • Find some cases to assist a lawyer in defending this client.