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Case Law

CriminalSource contains a comprehensive collection of criminal, constitutional, evidence and immigration cases from all Canadian jurisdictions.

 

The full text case coverage on CriminalSource includes:

 

·         Decisions published in Carswell Law Reports, including the

      Criminal Reports (1946 -), Motor Vehicle Reports (1977 -) and Immigration Law Reporter (1987 -) 

·        Supreme Court of Canada and Privy Council decisions from 1876

·        Federal Court decisions reported in the Federal Court Reports from 1971, Exchequer Court decisions through 1970, and Federal Trial Reports from 1977

 

From the Common Law Jurisdictions: 

 

·         Reported court decisions from 1977

·         Reported tribunal decisions from 1997

·         Unreported court decisions from 1986

 

From Quebec:

 

·         Court of Appeal cases reported by Soquij in Jurisprudence Express from 1986 and complete coverage from 1997

·         Superior Court cases reported by Soquij in Jurisprudence Express from 1986 and complete coverage from 2003

·         Court of Quebec cases reported by Soquij in Jurisprudence Express since 1986 and complete coverage from 2003

 

 

Full-text Decisions from Carswell Law Report Series

 

Complete coverage of criminal, evidence, constitutional and immigration decisions ever published in Carswell law reports. These include: 

 

Administrative Law Reports (Admin. L.R.)

1983-

Alberta Law Reports (Alta. L.R.)

1908-33 *

Alberta Law Reports (Alta. L.R.)

1977-

British Columbia Law Reports (B.C.L.R.)

1977-

Business Law Reports (B.L.R.)

1977-

Canada G.S.T. Cases (G.S.T.C.)

1992-

Canada Tax Cases (C.T.C)

1917-

Canadian Bankruptcy Reports (C.B.R.)

1920-

Canadian Cases on Employment Law (C.C.E.L.)

1983-

Canadian Cases on the Law of Insurance (C.C.L.I.)

1983-

Canadian Cases on the Law of Securities (C.C.L.S.)

1994-98 *

Canadian Cases on the Law of Torts (C.C.L.T.)

1976-

Canadian Cases on Pensions and Benefits (C.C.P.B.)

1994-

Canadian Environmental Law Reports (C.E.L.R.)

1987-

Canadian Intellectual Property Reports (C.I.P.R.)

1984-90 *

Carswell's Practice Cases (C.P.C)

1976-

Construction Law Reports (C.L.R.)

1983-

Canadian Reports, Appeal Cases (C.R.A.C.)

1871-78; 1912-13 *

Coutlee's Canada Supreme Court Cases (Cout. S.C.)

1875-1906 *

Criminal Reports (C.R.)

1946-

Eastern Law Reporter (E.L.R.)

1906-14 *

Estates and Trusts Reports (E.T.R.)

1977-

Fox Patent Cases (Fox Pat.C.)

1940-71 *

Immigration Law Reporter (Imm.L.R.)

1987-

Maritime Provinces Reports (M.P.R.)

1929-68 *

Motor Vehicle Reports (M.V.R.)

1977-

Municipal and Planning Law Reports (M.P.L.R.)

1976-

New Brunswick Reports (N.B.R.)

1867-1929 *

Northwest Territories Reports (N.W.T.R.)

1983-98 *

Nova Scotia Reports (N.S.R.)

1886-1929 *

Ontario Practice Reports (P.R.)

1896-1904 *

Ontario Reports (O.R.)

1935-56

Ontario Weekly Reporter (O.W.R.)

1902-16 *

Personal Property Security Act Cases (P.P.S.A.C.)

1977-

Real Property Reports (R.P.R.)

1977-

Reports of Family Law (R.F.L.)

1971-

Reports of Family Law, Reprint Series (R.F.L. Rep.)

1824-1970 *

Saskatchewan Law Reports (Sask. L.R.)

1916-31 *

Tax Appeal Board Cases (Tax A.B.C.)

1949-71 *

Western Law Reporter (W.L.R.)

1905-16 * 

Western Weekly Reports (W.W.R.)

1911-

 

* Start and end dates are provided for discontinued report series published by Carswell or its licensors. 

 

Full-text Decisions from non-Carswell Law Report Series

Unless otherwise stated, our case law collection covers criminal, evidence, constitutional and immigration court decisions appearing in the following reporters back to 1977, and criminal, constitutional, evidence and immigration tribunal decisions appearing in these reporters back to 1997.

 

Alberta Labour Relations Board Reports (Alta. L.R.B.R.)

British Columbia Appeal Cases   (B.C.A.C.)

Canadian Criminal Cases (C.C.C.)(1970-)

Canadian Human Rights Reporter (C.H.R.R.)

Canadian Labour Law Cases (C.L.L.C.)

Canadian Labour Relations Board Reports (C.L.R.B.R.)

Canadian Native Law Reporter (C.N.L.R.)

Canadian Patent Reporter (C.P.R.)

Canadian Rights Reporter (C.R.R.)

Dominion Law Reports (D.L.R.)

Dominion Tax Cases (D.T.C.)

Federal Trial Reports (F.T.R.)

Insurance Law Reporter (I.L.R.)

Labour Arbitration Cases (L.A.C.)

Land Compensation Reports  (L.C.R.)

Manitoba Reports  (Man. R.)

New Brunswick Reports (N.B.R.)

National Reporter  (N.R.)

Nova Scotia Reports (N.S.R.)

Newfoundland and Prince Edward Island Reports (Nfld. & P.E.I.R.)

Ontario Appeal Cases  (O.A.C.)

Ontario Labour Relations Board Reports (O.L.R.B. Rep.)

Ontario Municipal Board Reports (O.M.B.R.)

Ontario Reports (O.R.) (1935 -)

Saskatchewan Reports (Sask. R.)

Workplace Safety and Insurance Appeals Tribunal Reporter (W.S.I.A.T.R. -- formerly W.C.A.T.R.)

Yukon Reports (Y.R.)

 

Note:

i.)       Decisions from non-Carswell law report series have either been published in Carswell's own law reports, collected from our own archives, or gathered directly from the courts by Carswell before they are entered into WestlaweCARSWELL.

ii.)     Carswell's editorial staff classifies these cases, and adds our own headnotes and other value-added information to them.

 

Full-text Decisions from the Supreme Court of Canada and Privy Council

 

Coverage includes criminal, evidence, constitutional and immigration decisions of the Supreme Court of Canada since its establishment in 1875 as well as Privy Council decisions arising out of Canadian courts.

Full-text Decisions from Federal Courts

Coverage includes criminal, evidence, constitutional and immigration decisions reported in the Federal Court Reports from 1971 forward (with coverage of reported decisions of the Exchequer Court from 1875 to 1970) and decisions reported in Federal Trial Reports from 1977.

Full-text Decisions from Quebec Courts

Coverage of Québec cases is as follows:

 

·    Court of Appeal cases reported by Soquij in Jurisprudence Express from 1986 and complete coverage from 1997

·     Superior Court cases reported by Soquij in Jurisprudence Express from 1986 and complete coverage from 2003

·     Court of Quebec cases reported by Soquij in Jurisprudence Express since 1986 and complete coverage from 2003

 

Carswell's Criminal Law Digest

 

From the CriminalSource home page, you can directly search Carswell's Criminal Law Digests (from The Canadian Abridgment). The 13 topics searchable from the home page are:

1.       General Principles

2.       Charter of Rights and Freedoms

3.       Constitutional Authority

4.       Search and Seizure

5.       Invasion of Privacy (Electronic Surveillance)

6.       Offences (select from a list of common offences)

7.       Defences

8.       Procedure: Pre-trial, Trial, Post-trial

9.       Sentencing

10.   Correctional Issues

11.   Appeals and Extraordinary Remedies

12.   Special Topics: Young Offenders, Dangerous Offenders, Extradition

13.   Evidence (select from a list of specific evidence topics)

 

Legislation

The CriminalSource legislation database contains the full text of all federal, provincial and territorial legislation essential to a criminal law practice.

 

Federal Legislation

CriminalSource’s ever-expanding federal legislative collection includes the following:

·         Access to Information Act

·         Assisted Human Reproduction Act

·       Biological and Toxin Weapons Convention Implementation Act

·         Canada Evidence Act and Regulations

·         Canada Post Corporation Act

·         Canadian Bill of Rights

·         Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms

·         Canadian Environmental Protection Act, 1999

·         Charities Registration (Security Information) Act

·         Competition Act

·         Constitution Act, 1867

·         Contraventions Act and Regulations

·         Controlled Drugs and Substances Act and Regulations

·         Copyright Act

·         Corrections and Conditional Release Act and Regulations

·         Corruption of Foreign Public Officials Act

·         Court Martial Appeal Rules

·         Criminal Code and Regulations