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Halsbury’s Laws of Canada is the definitive general reference to Canadian statutory and judicial law. It is an encyclopaedic research tool, and its jurisdiction-specific commentary provides a complete analysis of the black letter of the law. Features of this legal classic include:
- A comprehensive summary that offers an organized and authoritative reference, delivering the key elements of the law in each of the logically selected subject areas
- A black-letter statement of the law that provides definitive legal information focusing on the law as it stands today without opinion or commentary, and without archival case law or outdated statutory references that don't illuminate or add real value
- National scope and jurisdiction-specific commentary that provides a complete and integrated analysis
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The Halsbury’s Laws of Canada group source on the Quicklaw® service includes all online volumes of Halsbury's Laws of Canada. Each online volume can also be searched individually. The group source’s division into alphabetically arranged titles makes the source convenient to use and allows for quick and easy browsing into the selected topics.
The following is a list of current online volumes, including the author/contributor name(s) and a brief description of each source:
- Halsbury's Laws of Canada – Access to Information and Privacy (Power) — This source provides a definitive examination of the statutory and judicial framework that governs the rules, requirements, prohibitions, caveats and exemptions relevant to the fields of both access and privacy.
- Halsbury’s Laws of Canada – Administrative Law (Régimbald) — This source provides a straightforward and accessible discussion of the rules that govern the activities of administrative agencies of government in Canada. Topics covered include the constitutional framework, the delegation of legislative powers, a judicial review of administrative decisions, standards of review, and remedies available to the courts and litigants.
- Halsbury’s Laws of Canada – Agriculture (Buckingham) — Topics include the constitutional framework for agricultural law; the acquisition and regulation of farm assets; business types and financing; marketing agricultural products; agricultural employees; environmental risks; farm sales and transfers; and the impact of death and marital breakdown on farm assets and management.
- Halsbury’s Laws of Canada – Alternative Dispute Resolution (Glaholt, Rotterdam) — This source covers all options for resolving disputes without resorting to traditional litigation, including negotiation, mediation and arbitration; ombudspersons and community and faith-based dispute resolution processes; conciliation; and more.
- Halsbury’s Laws of Canada – Athletics (Brecher) — This title sets out the legal framework that supports and regulates sports and athletic activity in Canada, both professional and amateur. Topics covered include activities involving animals; the relevant legislation; anti-doping rules; general rules governing amateur sports bodies; an overview of labour and employment contracts in professional sports; and criminal and civil liability.
- Halsbury’s Laws of Canada – Aviation and Space (Trembley) — This title offers convenient access to the legal framework that governs aviation in Canada, and the commercial and non-commercial use of space.
- Halsbury's Laws of Canada – Business Corporations (McGuinness) — This comprehensive business corporations source provides practitioners with the respected guidance they need to understand the fundamental legal principles and issues that impact the operation and obligations of business corporations in Canada.
- Halsbury’s Laws of Canada – Cemeteries and Interment (Nemet-Brown) — This source provides a clear and straightforward explanation of the legal aspects of death and burial, from the issuance of a death certificate to the exhumation of a body. It includes a discussion of the business regulation of funeral homes and cemeteries.
- Halsbury’s Laws of Canada – Charities, Associations and Not-for-Profit Organizations (Bourgeois) — Written by one of Canada’s most-respected practitioners of charities law, this source is the ideal reference for anyone for whom charitable law is not a day-to-day topic of expertise. It puts this important area into focus, and systematically explains the structure of the non-profit field and outlines the duties, liabilities, and logistics connected with this important area.
- Halsbury’s Laws of Canada – Civil Procedure (Abrams, McGuinness, Brecher) — The starting place for effective research on questions relating to civil practice and procedure in Canada, this source outlines the framework for litigation in civil courts across Canada. Topics include the commencement of proceedings and jurisdictional issues; pleadings; disposition without trial; motions in a proceeding; discovery and special procedures; and pre-trial procedures.
- Halsbury's Laws of Canada – Conflict of Laws (Walker) — This source addresses cross-jurisdictional legal conflicts in regard to three major areas: choice of law, choice of jurisdiction, and recognition and enforcement of foreign judgments.
- Halsbury's Laws of Canada – Construction (Glaholt, Rotterdam) — This source provides guidance to understanding the fundamentals of legal principles, issues and questions that arise in the course of building projects, especially those questions falling outside one’s own fields of experience. It is an essential reference for anyone seeking guidance on the legal framework governing construction activity in Canada.
- Halsbury’s Laws of Canada – Contracts (Swan, Adamski) — The law of contracts is one of the bedrocks of common law, making a firm understanding of its application a prerequisite for lawyers in every area of practice. This source delivers that understanding with a straightforward narrative of the law, explaining key topics such as offer and acceptance; frustration and fundamental breach; mistake; enforcement of contracts; illegal and unenforceable contracts; promissory estoppel; and damages and remedies for breach of contract.
- Halsbury's Laws of Canada – Criminal Offences and Defences (Gold) — This source provides a clear and straightforward explanation of the black-letter statement of the law governing criminal offences and defences in Canada. Topics covered include investigative powers and enforcement; criminal negligence and recklessness; offences involving violence or threats of violence; property offences; and statutory and common law defences.
- Halsbury's Laws of Canada – Criminal Procedure (Gold) — This source sets out the law governing criminal procedure in Canada, as codified by the Criminal Code of Canada, and complements the discussion of the substantive law set out in Halsbury’s Law of Canada – Criminal Offences and Defences. Clearly written and logically organized, it explains the framework for administering the substantive law and discusses the procedural rules that support the implementation and enforcement of that law.
- Halsbury's Laws of Canada – Defamation (Downard) — Written by one of Canada’s leading defamation practitioners and designed for practitioners who do not specialize in this area, this volume provides a succinct, general overview of the black-letter law relating to defamation, libel and slander.
- Halsbury's Laws of Canada – Discrimination and Human Rights (Ray-Ellis) — This source contains the law governing federal and provincial human rights legislation by specifically addressing the questions of discrimination and equality. It also provides a practical understanding of the regulatory framework and varied enforcement mechanisms.
- Halsbury's Laws of Canada – Employment (England) — This source provides an understanding of the complex employment relationship issues such as reasonable grounds for dismissal, confidentiality requirements, workplace harassment, and the entitlement to bereavement leave. Topics covered include employment standards and other protective legislation; human rights legislation; making the contract of employment; statutory obligations of the employer; obligations and duties of the employee; and termination of the employment relationship.
- Halsbury's Laws of Canada – Environment (Lucas, Cotton) — This source provides a clear and straightforward understanding of the maze of laws, regulations and legal issues that frame the subject area of environmental law. Topics covered include the constitutional framework; environmental protection and regulation; environmental assessments; international environmental issues; and civil liability issues.
- Halsbury’s Laws of Canada – Firearms, Weapons and Explosives (Brunet) — This title provides a comprehensive discussion of the legal issues relating to the possession and use of weapons in Canada. Topics covered include Firearms Act requirements; civil liability arising from the use of weapons and explosives; Explosives Act; import and export of weapons and explosives; miscellaneous legislation in relation to weapons and explosives; mining and other underground operations; mandatory reporting requirements; and insurance questions.
- Halsbury’s Laws of Canada – Fires (MacKenzie) — This source provides a concise description of the regulatory framework that governs the use and prevention of fires in Canada. Topics covered include roles and responsibilities of fire officials, Criminal Code and other fire-related offences, civil liability and more.
- Halsbury’s Laws of Canada – Food (Buckingham) — This source comprehensively describes Canada’s regulatory framework to assure food safety and quality, such as federal and provincial food safety rules; liability in tort and contract; private law liability for food producers, processors, marketers and restaurateurs; and other rules.
- Halsbury’s Laws of Canada – Gifts (Morin) — This source fully explores the requirements necessary to create a valid gift, including gifts given in contemplation of death, from the required intention through to delivery and acceptance.
- Halsbury’s Laws of Canada – Holidays (Morin) — This source provides a comprehensive explanation of the patchwork web of rules and legislation that governs the provision of public holidays in each jurisdiction in Canada.
- Halsbury’s Laws of Canada – Hospitality (Morin) — This source is an accessible and convenient reference to the rules governing the interaction between hotels and food and drink establishments and their patrons. It includes a discussion of the legislation relevant to the provision of hospitality services, the duty and liabilities of a hotel or restaurant to its guests, legal requirements of hotel operation, and more.
- Halsbury’s Laws of Canada – Hunting and Fishing (Brecher) — Fishing, hunting and trapping are strictly controlled by federal and provincial law, with criminal and quasi-criminal consequences arising from the violation of the rules. This source provides clear insight into a unique corner of Canadian law and offers a concise description of the relevant regulatory framework.
- Halsbury's Laws of Canada – Immigration and Citizenship (Waldman) — This source defines, in a clear and straightforward manner, the law that governs entry to Canada, residence requirements, and the attainment of Canadian citizenship.
- Halsbury’s Laws of Canada – Income Tax (Corporate) (Krishna) — Taxation of corporations involves very specialized rules that can often differ from those applied to individuals or to other kinds of businesses. With the unprecedented growth in the number of corporations, both large and small, corporate taxation is an important topic for even non-tax lawyers to understand.
- Halsbury’s Laws of Canada – Income Tax (General) (Krishna) — This source succinctly covers the law governing the taxation of income in Canada and provides an accessible explanation of the general operation of the income tax system.
- Halsbury’s Laws of Canada – Infants and Children (Wilson) — This volume sets out the legislation and case law that govern minors in Canada, and discusses topics such as legal status and rights; contractual and property rights; child protection laws; custody; access and adoption; child support; and the legal status of young offenders.
- Halsbury’s Laws of Canada – Inquests, Coroners and Medical Examiners (Nemet-Brown) — This source examines all of the pertinent legislation and case law regarding such matters as the notification of death, powers during an investigation, and the determination of whether to proceed with an inquest or inquiry.
- Halsbury’s Laws of Canada – Interim Preservation of Property Rights (Abrams, McGuinness, Brecher) — This source consolidates all judicial methods for safeguarding the rights of complainants and defenders, pending the ultimate disposition of civil proceedings. It covers interlocutory injunctions, receiverships, certificates pending legislation and more.
- Halsbury’s Laws of Canada – Judges and Courts (Sossin, Bryden, Brecher) — This source covers all pertinent legislation and case law regarding the appointment, discipline, removal and retirement of judges, and the jurisdiction of courts, justices of the peace and other judicial administrators.
- Halsbury's Laws of Canada – Legal Profession (Sossin, Adamski) — This premier legal reference includes a narrative of how the legal profession is regulated in the various provincial jurisdictions; requirements regarding entry intro the profession and educational standards; the organization and conduct of a law practice; financial and reporting requirements; the rules and obligations governing client relationships and interaction with the public; and issues of professional conduct and duties towards the court and other lawyers.
- Halsbury's Laws of Canada – Media and Postal Communications (Brecher) — This premier legal reference provides, in a clear and straightforward manner, the laws impacting the print newspaper industry, as well as the regulation of the delivery of communications through the postal system.
- Halsbury's Laws of Canada – Medicine and Health (Ferdinand) — This source provides a concise statement of the legislation and judicial rulings that govern health and medical law in Canada. Topics covered include the framework for healthcare in Canada; the licensing and regulation of health professionals; consent to treatment; health records and health information; governance of public hospitals; regulation of private hospitals; malpractice and liability issues; fertility and reproduction; complementary and alternative therapies; and refusing life-sustaining treatment.
- Halsbury's Laws of Canada – Negligence (Linden, Feldthusen) — This source sets out the law in Canada that governs the inadvertent causation of harm. Authored by two of Canada’s leading tort law experts, it is an important and authoritative resource for Canadian legal practitioners seeking a non-specialist’s understanding of the area of law. Topics covered include necessary elements of a tort; standard of care; duty of care; evidence and proof; causation and remoteness; damages; public authorities; defences; and limitation of actions.
- Halsbury's Laws of Canada – Oil and Gas (Thackray) — This source delivers a concise, organized and expert narrative of the law that governs the ownership of, access to, and extraction of oil and natural gas in Canada. Topics covered include the types, nature and contents of leases; operating procedures for joint ownership of resources; royalty issues; federal and provincial regulation; negligence and nuisance; surface rights and titles to land; purchase and sale of oil and gas interests.
- Halsbury's Laws of Canada – Partnerships (Coombs) — This source provides a clear explanation of the law that governs for-profit, non-corporate business organizations in Canada. Topics covered include the legal framework; sole proprietorships; creation, management and dissolution duration of partnerships; relations between partners and with third persons; limited partnerships and limited liability partnerships; and joint ventures.
- Halsbury's Laws of Canada – Patents, Trade Secrets and Industrial Designs (Hughes, Clarizio) — This source provides authoritative commentary on this always-important subject. Authored by two of Canada’s leading IP experts, it clearly delineates the law governing patents of invention in Canada, as codified by the Patent Act, as well as the law pertaining to trade secrets and industrial design.
- Halsbury’s Laws of Canada – Penitentiaries, Jails and Prisoners (O’Connor) — This source examines all of the pertinent legislation, regulations and case law regarding such matters as the organization of the penitentiary system, health care, discipline, searches, sentences and remedies.
- Halsbury’s Laws of Canada – Personal Property and Secured Transactions (MacDougall) — This source delivers a national, organized summary of the legislation and case law that are relevant to the common law aspects of personal property and to the creation, perfection and enforcement of related security interests. Especially useful for legal professionals who do not specialize in PPSA issues, this source comprehensively deals with the key aspects of personal property law and the law governing secured transactions under provincial and federal legislation.
- Halsbury’s Laws of Canada – Planning and Zoning (Buholzer) — Planning and zoning concerns aren’t just the province of specialists, but they are specialized; informed guidance is absolutely essential — and now conveniently available. This source provides practitioners with a thoughtful and thorough explanation of an increasingly important area of law.
- Halsbury’s Laws of Canada – Police, Security and Emergencies (Freund) — This source surveys the legal structure governing law enforcement in Canada, national security issues and government powers during public emergencies, including roles of police, military police, private police and security, CSIS and government bodies.
- Halsbury's Laws of Canada – Public Utilities (Nemet-Brown) — This source discusses legal aspects of the regulation of public utilities, focusing on the provincial regulation of electricity, natural gas and pipelines, and water utilities.
- Halsbury's Laws of Canada – Religious Institutions (Ginn) — This source examines the many points of intersection between law and religion in Canada, covering such topics as freedom of religion; faith-based arbitration; denominational schools; consent to medical treatment; property rights; civil and criminal liability; governance and legal status; and judicial review of decisions by religious institutions.
- Halsbury's Laws of Canada – Roads, Highways and Bridges (Morin) — This source clarifies the issues surrounding the use of roads, including what constitutes a roadway or highway; restrictions on use; access to highways; ownership; opening and closing of highways; the duties of municipal and provincial/territorial authorities to maintain highways and sidewalks; liability for damages (including slips and falls); and remedies for damages.
- Halsbury’s Laws of Canada – Securities (MacLellan) — A valuable reference to those legal professionals who do not deal with securities issues in their day-to-day practices, this source provides a straightforward and integrated explanation of the regulation of securities in every Canadian jurisdiction. Topics covered include the distribution of securities and prospectuses; disclosure and insider reporting and insider trading; takeover bids and issuer bids; protection of minority security holders; registration requirements; enforcement and civil liability; and the operation of stock exchanges.
- Halsbury's Laws of Canada – Torts (Linden, Feldthusen) — This premier legal reference enumerates, defines and explains the application of the law in Canada relating to civil wrongs. From intentional wrongs such as battery and conspiracy to nuisance, product liability, and Quebec's law of delict, this valuable resource provides a black-letter narrative of the law for everyone seeking a straightforward understanding of the law of torts.
- Halsbury's Laws of Canada – Trade-marks, Passing Off and Unfair Competition (Hughes, Ashton) — This source sets out the law governing trademarks in Canada, as governed by the Trade-marks Act, as well as the law pertaining to the common law and statutory remedy of passing off. Authored by two of Canada’s leading IP experts, this title is an important and authoritative resource for Canadian legal practitioners.
- Halsbury's Laws of Canada – Wills and Estates (MacKenzie) — This source provides the general legislative framework of wills and estates as well as explicit guidance on specific points of the law. Wills topics include the capacity to make a will; formal requirements; revocation of wills; interpreting testamentary instruments; testamentary gifts; challenging the validity of testamentary instruments; dependants' relief legislation; and rule against perpetuities. Estates topics include estate administration issues; letter probate and grants of administration; intestacy; and duties and powers of executors and administrators.
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Pay-Per-Use or Subscription — choose from a range of versatile packages, based on the number of online searches you perform — daily, weekly or monthly. Your Account Executive will help you choose the most cost-effective plan.
Flexible Packages Tailored to Your Research Needs.
Pay-Per-Use or Subscription — choose from a range of versatile packages, based on the number of online searches you perform — daily, weekly, or monthly. Your Account Executive will help you choose the most cost-effective plan.