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Court and Tribunal Decisions
Legislation
Exclusive Current Awareness Sources
Expert Commentary
Legal News Sources
Features Designed to Speed and Enhance Your Research
Specialized Research Services and Tools
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Case Law, Legislation, and Secondary Content All on Quicklaw
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Providing access to hundreds of unique information sources, including a wide range of materials in French, Quicklaw goes beyond the expected. Whether your goal is to identify supporting case law, locate a relevant legislative provision, find and research experts, or research a question of procedure, Quicklaw can deliver the primary or secondary legal information you require.
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Court and Tribunal Decisions
Find the precedent you need Broaden your perspective with an extensive collection of full-text decisions and case law summaries from all Canadian courts and from 185 federal and provincial administrative tribunals.
- Supreme Court Reports and additional Supreme Court of Canada judgments since 1876
- Privy Council decisions from 1873 to 1959 (when appeals from Canada ceased)
- Federal, provincial, and territorial judgments from as early as 1823, many with case summaries to help you quickly assess case relevancy
- Canadian Case Summaries, including more than 382,000 unique lawyer-written summaries of cases since 1574 newer cases now include Quickwords to help you find relevant cases faster than ever
- Law reports and digest services such as the Federal Court Reports, Dominion Law Reports, and All Canada Weekly Summaries
- 40 topical law reports an unmatched collection
- Regulatory and adjudicative decisions and policy documents from boards, tribunals, government entities, and non-governmental organizations across Canada
Legislation
Retrieve provisions that support your case Access a complete collection of federal, provincial, and territorial statutes, regulations, and court rules and retrieve provisions that support your case. Use the Quicklaw Point-in-Time search feature to find out what the law was at a particular time.
- Up-to-Date Legislation for All Jurisdictions Statutes, regulations, and court rules updated regularly for all federal, provincial, and territorial jurisdictions
- Enhanced Collections for Canada (English and French), Alberta, British Columbia, and Ontario Statutes with Point-in-Time search capability; comprehensive bills services; daily updating of statutes, regulations, and court rules; and up to 10 years of historical archives
- Topical Collections Available for Canada, British Columbia, and Ontario
Exclusive Current Awareness Sources
Stay on top of the law Quicklaw offers three unique resources that give you immediate access to the latest legal news and developments.
- Topical NetLetters™ (also available by email subscription*) Some of the most respected experts in their fields select key judicial decisions in a wide variety of subject areas. From aboriginal law to taxation, NetLetters keep you informed on a weekly or monthly basis.
- Supreme Court of Canada Service Read rulings by the nations top court within minutes of their release. Save time with concise case law summaries, and follow applications for leave to appeal and other motions, notices, and the weekly agenda. When a client calls for your reaction, you will always be prepared with informed feedback.
- LAW/NET™ Legal Update Service Sign onto this online service for news about precedent-setting or newsworthy court and tribunal decisions.
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Expert Commentary
Explore the law in greater depth Expand your frame of reference with a rich collection of informed commentary and legal analysis that provides you with explanations, guidance, and context.
- Online texts that broaden your law library resources
- Journals, articles, papers, newsletters, and reports that discuss specific points of law in detail a powerful resource that brings key cases and legislation together for analysis
- Index to Canadian Legal Literature with links to law journal articles, plus other legal indexes
Legal News Sources
Monitor legal media coverage and retrieve law-related information Read todays legal news, or search our current and archived collections of news stories, news releases, and news digests important resources for law-related information-mining.
- Legal newspapers such as The Lawyers Weekly
- Bar and Bench Daily News Digest and other media monitoring services
- Legal news releases
Features Designed to Speed and Enhance Your Research
Comprehensive content is just the beginning Effective research is also about efficiency and speed, as well as ensuring you have the right information. Quicklaw and its easy-to-use web interface, offered in English or French, provide a variety of features and services to assist you in your research, including:
- Search forms Type your search terms in the forms provided for ease of use or use the Boolean search option for even greater precision.
- Navigational links Quicklaw provides links between full-text court cases, case law summaries, and QuickCITE™ case citator records, plus links to law journals and tribunal decisions. Navigating Quicklaw has never been easier.
- Find by Citation feature Type a case citation and immediately receive the full-text case, case summary, or QuickCITE record your choice. Use this feature for finding law journal articles as well.
- QuickCITE case citator Validate the authority of your case using the comprehensive case history and treatment coverage available in Canadas leading online case citator. Plus, case treatment indicators located throughout the Quicklaw service tell you at a glance which cases in your search results to examine first.
- Point-in-Time statute searching If its not the current version of a legislative provision you require, retrieve the earlier version you need. Take advantage of this time-saving online feature, available in several Quicklaw legislative collections.
- QuickFIND™** Save valuable research time with this desktop productivity tool. QuickFIND lets you retrieve or note up case law directly from citations in word processor documents, email messages, web pages, and other electronic sources.
- Pre-selected group sources Search across a number of sources from a single search form. Group sources let you integrate your search results.
- Flexible document delivery Email, print, or save multiple documents. Check boxes let you tag documents from your search results for delivery.
- Client Identifiers Enter client file or matter numbers to accurately track the cost of your research sessions.
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Specialized Research Services and Tools
Topical Law Reports: Focus on Your Area of Practice Quicklaw provides access to more than 40 topical case law collections, allowing you to find the case law you need all in one place. From criminal law to family law to professional responsibility, you can perform a single search across a large collection of case law in the area of practice relevant to your research. Our legal editors classify each new court decision immediately upon arrival at LexisNexis to ensure our topical law reports are comprehensive and current. A broad spectrum of administrative tribunal decisions is also available in each topical collection to complete your research.
QuickCITE: Is Your Case Still Good Law? Verify the status of your case with the QuickCITE case citator. Containing nearly half a million unique cases, QuickCITE provides the comprehensive case history and treatment coverage necessary to assess the strength of your case. Link directly from a case to its QuickCITE record, or retrieve a record on its own. For at-a-glance information on history and treatment, coloured indicators appear beside case names and citations throughout the Quicklaw service. You can instantly separate the useful from the problematic.
QuickFIND**: Your Link to the Law Use the QuickFIND desktop productivity tool to have case law delivered to your desktop in seconds. Save the time you would normally spend to search for copies of decisions cited in word processor documents, email messages, and other electronic sources. Use your mouse to select a citation on-screen and view or print the full text of the case, the case summary, or the cases QuickCITE record whether or not youre signed onto Quicklaw. Increase your productivity with QuickFIND.
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