Cases
When conducting research on a client matter, primary and secondary sources are used. An example of a primary research source is
What is a regulation
The style of cause
What is the parties in a case
Substantive, procedural, and evidentiary Canadian law are made up of a combination of
What are statutes, regulations, by-laws, and decisions
By-laws are made by
What is municipalities
The purpose or function of regulations is to
provide details about how to carry out the enabling statute
a description of the events that led to the cause of action
What are the facts
There are four levels of courts in Canada
What is the Supreme Court of Canada, provincial/territorial courts of appeal, Federal Court and provincial/territorial Superior Courts, provincial/territorial courts
A statute, also referred to as an act or legislation, is a
What is law created by Parliament or a provincial legislature
Case law is a
What is written record of a decision by the person before whom the matter is heard
Reference to a regulation in a statutory provision means that
What is the regulation will need to be read in order to fully understand the provision
the legal problem that must be resolved by the decision-maker
What is the issue
The two main subscription services used in Canada are
What is LexisAdvance Quicklaw and WestlawNext Canada
The preamble of a statute is
What is the part of the statute that outlines its purpose
Researching case law is important because
What is it can suggest whether an action might be successful and if so, how much a client may be awarded in damages
Provincial or territorial statutes and regulations
What is bind the courts only in the province or territory in which they were enacted
ratio decidendi is Latin for
What is "reasons for deciding
identifies the case only and not where it may be found in a publication
What is
A neutral citation
Sections and subsections of statutes are also referred to as
What are provisions
When using Westlaw’s online database to search case law, letters or flags beside the name of the cases in a result list are
What are KeyCite references
CED is available online through a subscription service offered by
Halsbury’s Laws of Canada is available online as part of
What is WestlawNext Canada
What is LexisAdvance Quicklaw
The purpose section of a case is written by the editor and is
What is a statement of the nature of the proceedings
Judicial decisions, known more informally as case law, are
What is a Primary Resource
Breakdown of this citation Tobacco Tax Act, RSO 1990, c T.10, s 2 with title, report, year, chapter and section number
What is Tobacco Tax Act, [title of the Act] RSO [abbreviation of reporter] 1990 [year of reporter/enactment], c T.10, [chapter number] s 2 [section number]
A Boolean search requires the use of __________to set out a combination of terms
What are connectors
The abbreviations below mean
CRC
SOR
SI
O Reg
RRO
What is
Consolidated Regulations of Canada
Statutory Orders and Regulations
Statutory Instrument
Ontario Regulation
Revised Regulations of Ontario