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23 Jun 2020, 4:00 am
Research & Writing Providing Library Services From Home Susannah Tredwell Many people have spent the last three months working from home. [read post]
2 Nov 2021, 4:00 am
Research & Writing Figuring Out Geographic Areas in the Canadian Census Susannah Tredwell The Canadian census is carried out every five years (you may remember filling it out earlier this year) and, in addition to basic demographic information, covers such areas as housing and employment. [read post]
10 Oct 2017, 4:00 am
Research Check the Source Law (Not the Consolidation) Susannah Tredwell If you’re having difficulty finding the amendments made to an act by another act, make sure you’re consulting the original act rather than the consolidation. [read post]
1 Mar 2016, 4:00 am
Research & Writing Use a Concordance Susannah Tredwell When looking at legislation it is sometimes helpful to know if there are similar provisions in other provinces. [read post]
27 Mar 2018, 4:00 am
Research & Writing Finding Cases on CanLII by Name of Counsel Susannah Tredwell (and John Sadler) The following is based on a post made by John Sadler of Western University on the CALL listserv. [read post]
29 Aug 2017, 4:00 am
Research & Writing Finding Unconsolidated Legislation Susannah Tredwell One challenge with legislative research is when you need to find an older act that, although still in force, has not been included in the last statute revision. [read post]
11 Oct 2016, 4:00 am
Research & Writing Using a Canned Search to Find Definitions Susannah Tredwell A frequently asked question is “what does this word mean in a legal context? [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]
30 Jan 2018, 4:00 am
Research & Writing Tracing the History of the Income Tax Act Susannah Tredwell Tracing the legislative history of an act can be challenging, and even more so if the act you are looking at is the Income Tax Act. [read post]
24 May 2016, 4:00 am
Research & Writing Clarify the Question Susannah Tredwell Summer students have just started at my firm. [read post]
21 Jun 2016, 4:00 am
Research & Writing Use Deep Links Susannah Tredwell Deep links are links that take you directly to content within a website or database, rather than to the website’s home page. [read post]
18 Jul 2017, 4:00 am
Susannah Tredwell Marginal notes (also known as head notes) are “the short notations appearing above or beside each section […] of an Act or Regulation” (Sullivan on the Construction of Statutes, 6th ed., §14.59). [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]
13 Sep 2016, 4:00 am
Research & Writing Don’t Forget the Interpretation Act Susannah Tredwell Although most acts have a definitions section, usually at the beginning of the act, it is logistically impossible for an act to define all the words and terms it uses. [read post]
10 Nov 2015, 3:01 am
Research & Writing Deciphering Legal Citations Susannah Tredwell Legal citations like to pack the largest amount of information in the smallest amount of space. [read post]
26 Apr 2016, 4:00 am
Research & Writing Don’t Forget Google Scholar Susannah Tredwell Google Scholar is a useful way to start a search of academic literature, particularly for subject areas for which you have limited or no access to the relevant databases. [read post]
19 Jul 2016, 12:00 pm
Research & Writing Note Up Legislation, Not Just Case Law Susannah Tredwell My tip follows up on Bronwyn’s recent tip about noting up case law. [read post]
29 Mar 2016, 4:00 am
Research & Writing Use a Checklist Susannah Tredwell As a great fan of checklists I highly recommend Atul Gawande’s book on the subject, The Checklist Manifesto. [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]
31 Jan 2017, 4:00 am
Research & Writing Read the Original Source Susannah Tredwell In training sessions we always advise articling students to start off their research using secondary sources. [read post]
