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28 Apr 2020, 4:00 am
Research & Writing Know the Difference Between Consolidated Acts and Annual Acts Susannah Tredwell One question that comes up on a regular basis is “why can’t I find a copy of this act on CanLII? [read post]
24 Mar 2020, 4:00 am
Research & Writing Finding Historical Federal Committee Information Susannah Tredwell LegisInfo provides committee information (e.g. the Standing Committee on Industry, Science and Technology) back to the 35th Parliament, 1st Session (1994). [read post]
25 Feb 2020, 4:00 am
Research & Writing Use Sessional Clippings Books for BC Legislative Research Susannah Tredwell British Columbia’s Hansard (the transcripts of the Legislative Assembly) was not published until 1970, making researching the intent behind a piece of pre-1970 legislation challenging. [read post]
28 Jan 2020, 4:00 am
… Research & Writing Use Keyword Alerts on Quickscribe Susannah Tredwell My apologies to readers: this search tip is very BC-specific! [read post]
31 Dec 2019, 4:00 am
Research & Writing Finding Annual BC Statutes Susannah Tredwell A holiday treat for those of us who carry out British Columbia legal research: BC Laws has just added historical BC annual statutes dating back to 1858. [read post]
3 Dec 2019, 4:00 am
Research & Writing Finding Federal Orders in Council Susannah Tredwell Thanks to Jason Wong of McCarthy Tétrault LLP for the inspiration for this tip. [read post]
5 Nov 2019, 4:00 am
Research & Writing Finding Information About Private Acts Susannah Tredwell “Private acts” are acts that are passed to deal specifically with the private interests of a person, company, or organization; for example the Acme Assurance Company Incorporation Act, S.C. 1931, c. 71 is a private act. [read post]
8 Oct 2019, 4:00 am
Research & Writing Legislation Tracking Services Susannah Tredwell Based on a discussion on the CALL listserv – many thanks to Martha Murphy for all the information. [read post]
10 Sep 2019, 4:00 am
Research & Writing How to Cite Online Looseleafs Susannah Tredwell The question came up recently on the CALL listserv about how to cite online looseleafs, specifically those available on Thomson Reuters’ ProView platform. [read post]
13 Aug 2019, 4:00 am
Research & Writing Finding Internet Sources Cited in SCC Judgments Susannah Tredwell When you are trying to find a source that has been cited online, it can be very frustrating to discover that the link no longer works. [read post]
16 Jul 2019, 4:00 am
Research & Writing Use CanLII to Confirm Citations Susannah Tredwell At work we are frequently asked how to cite a source using the McGill Guide. [read post]
25 Jun 2019, 4:00 am
Susannah Tredwell This doesn’t exactly count as legal research, but I periodically get asked for to confirm that a given person was the source of a quote. [read post]
21 May 2019, 4:00 am
… Research Add Resources to the Internet Archive Susannah Tredwell The Internet Archive Wayback Machine allows users to “capture a web page as it appears now for use as a trusted citation in the future”. [read post]
26 Mar 2019, 4:00 am
… Research & Writing Finding a Canadian Treaty Online Susannah Tredwell The Vienna Convention on the Law of Treaties (1969) defines a treaty in Article 2 as “an international agreement concluded between States in written form and governed by international law, whether embodied in a single instrument, or in two or more related instruments and whatever its particular designation. [read post]
26 Feb 2019, 4:00 am
Research & Writing Henry VIII Clauses Susannah Tredwell The general rule of thumb is that acts are amended (or repealed) by acts and regulations are amended (or repealed) by regulations. [read post]
8 Jan 2019, 4:00 am
Research & Writing Printing Clean Versions of Web Pages Susannah Tredwell A very quick tip today: if you’re trying to print out a readable version of a web page, but the website doesn’t provide the content in a print friendly format, try using https://www.printfriendly.com to remove any extraneous information. [read post]
4 Dec 2018, 4:00 am
Research & Writing Checklist for Background Research Susannah Tredwell If you are carrying out due diligence on an individual or company, the BC Securities Commission has produced a very useful online resource on the subject called Conducting Background Research. [read post]
6 Nov 2018, 4:00 am
Research & Writing CanLII Adds the Canadian Legal Research and Writing Guide Susannah Tredwell For anyone looking a good guide to legal research, Catherine Best’s “Best Guide to Canadian Legal Research” has been updated by a team of legal research experts (Melanie Bueckert, André Clair, Maryvon Côté, Yasmin Khan and Mandy Ostick) and added to CanLII’s commentary section. [read post]
9 Oct 2018, 7:48 am
Susannah Tredwell While some acts come into force on Royal Assent, many require Proclamation or an Order in Council to do so. [read post]
12 Sep 2018, 3:35 pm
Susannah Tredwell published a tip on Slaw.ca this week on Citing Case Law and Legislation.Her tip mentions the 9th edition of the Canadian Guide to Uniform Legal Citation (AKA "The McGill Guide").The Guide is often seen as the default for Canadian citation practice, but Tredwell lists a series of Canadian courts with "slightly different citation requirements". [read post]
