We update our classification on an ongoing basis to ensure it reflects recent legal developments, legislative changes, and emerging topics , and to add granularity to important areas.
- In Human Rights Law, we have added the topic Gender identity or expression as one of the prohibited grounds of discrimination.
- Family Law practitioners: we have added a total of 30 new legal topics across our common law and civil law classifications covering factors the courts consider in determining issues of custody, parenting and access. These more granular topics allow you to easily navigate to relevant content.
Please find below the list of our most recently released Legal Topics:
Family law
- Common Law > Custody, parenting, and access > Considerations > Best interests of child
- Common Law > Custody, parenting, and access > Considerations > Capacity or conditions of parents
- Common Law > Custody, parenting, and access > Considerations > Child's age
- Common Law > Custody, parenting, and access > Considerations > Child's cultural heritage
- Common Law > Custody, parenting, and access > Considerations > Child's religious or educational training
- Common Law > Custody, parenting, and access > Considerations > Child’s views and preferences
- Common Law > Custody, parenting, and access > Considerations > Conduct of parents
- Common Law > Custody, parenting, and access > Considerations > Conduct of parents > Abuse or neglect of child
- Common Law > Custody, parenting, and access > Considerations > Conduct of parents > Drug or alcohol abuse
- Common Law > Custody, parenting, and access > Considerations > Conduct of parents > Failure to exercise existing rights
- Common Law > Custody, parenting, and access > Considerations > Conduct of parents > Parental alienation
- Common Law > Custody, parenting, and access > Considerations > Conduct of parents > Risk of future harm
- Common Law > Custody, parenting, and access > Considerations > Conduct of parents > Willingness to facilitate access with other parent
- Common Law > Custody, parenting, and access > Considerations > Expert report or assessment
- Common Law > Custody, parenting, and access > Considerations > Maximum contact principle
- Common Law > Custody, parenting, and access > Considerations > Primary caregiver
- Common Law > Custody, parenting, and access > Considerations > Separation of siblings
- Common Law > Custody, parenting, and access > Considerations > Status quo or maintenance of stable environment
- Common Law > Custody, parenting, and access > Considerations > Tender years doctrine
- Québec > Garde, droit d’accès et temps parental > Éléments à considérer > Conduite des parents > Aliénation parentale
- Québec > Garde, droit d’accès et temps parental > Éléments à considérer > Conduite des parents > Communication entre les parents
- Québec > Garde, droit d’accès et temps parental > Éléments à considérer > Conduite des parents > Consommation de drogue ou d’alcool
- Québec > Garde, droit d’accès et temps parental > Éléments à considérer > Conduite des parents > Négligence
- Québec > Garde, droit d’accès et temps parental > Éléments à considérer > Conduite des parents > Relations conflictuelles
- Québec > Garde, droit d’accès et temps parental > Éléments à considérer > Conduite des parents > Violence familiale
- Québec > Garde, droit d’accès et temps parental > Éléments à considérer > Disponibilité des parents
- Québec > Garde, droit d’accès et temps parental > Éléments à considérer > Éducation religieuse ou scolaire de l’enfant
- Québec > Garde, droit d’accès et temps parental > Éléments à considérer > Figure parentale principale
- Québec > Garde, droit d’accès et temps parental > Éléments à considérer > Langue et patrimoine culturel
- Québec > Garde, droit d’accès et temps parental > Éléments à considérer > Risque de préjudice futur
Human rights law
- Common Law > Discrimination > Prohibited grounds > Gender identity or expression
- Québec > Charte québécoise > Discrimination > Motif > Identité ou expression de genre
The Legal Topics feature is a fantastic tool which allows the researcher to search for content which focuses on specific legal concepts set out in the classification scheme. Legal Topics can be accessed from via the following:
- In the top left corner of the screen select Browse, and then select Topics.
- Choose the Canada Flag, and then follow the prompts to select the topic and sub-topics you are interested in.
- As you click on each Legal Topic, an Actions for option appears which allows you to:
- Get documents – retrieves documents indexed with the Legal Topic
- Add topic as a search filter – adds the Legal Topic as a filter, and allows you to search within the Legal Topic.
- Create a topic alert – allows you to create a Legal Topic alert and get notified when new documents dealing with the selected topic are loaded online.
