Ontario Reports

Published by the Law Society of Upper Canada through LexisNexis Canada, the Ontario Reports, Third Series provides, in full text, leading cases decided at all levels of Ontario courts. At least one case per bound volume is presented in both French as well as inand English. The majority of cases chosen for inclusion in the Ontario Reports are published within three months of their release by the court.

Published 50 times per year, the weekly parts also contain official Law Society notices (i.e., Practice Directions, Practice Resources and Tribunal Decisions), government notices of interest to the legal profession, fee schedules, lawyers' announcements and advertising. A personally addressed copy is sent to each of the Law Society’s members each Friday.

The Editorial Board members, all members of the Law Society of Upper Canada, select the cases to be included in the Ontario Reports. The members are:

• Vern Krishna, Q.C., F.R.S.C., F.C.G.A. (Editor-in-Chief)
• C. Jane Arnup, LL.B.
• Jamie Cameron, B.A. LL.B., LL.M.
• J.-G. Castel, O.C., Q.C.
• Sandra A. Forbes, LL.B.
• Stephen M. Grant, B.A., LL.B.
• Boris Krivy, Q.C., LL.B.
• J.-G. Castel, O.C., Q.C., is the French Language Consulting Editor

Cases are selected for inclusion based on whether the case:

• Makes new law by dealing with a novel situation or by extending the application of existing principles
• Includes a modern judicial restatement of established principles
• Clarifies conflicting decisions of lower courts
• Interprets legislation likely to have a wide application
• Interprets a commonly- found clause, for example, in a contract or will
• Clarifies an important point of practice or procedure

Members of the legal profession and judiciary are welcome to submit cases to the Editorial Board, care of LexisNexis Canada, for consideration for reporting in the Ontario Reports.

The Ontario Reports, Third Series is available in a Bound Volume subscription, a Parts Only subscription (Print or Digital), and a Parts and Bound Volume subscription. Also available is a Consolidated Subject Index covering Volumes 1 to 90, and annual Supplements for subsequent volumes. Back volumes of both the Third and Second Series are available as well.

Subject Index

The Consolidated Subject Index covers Volumes 1 to 90 105 of the Ontario Reports, Third Series. Annual cumulative Supplements are published for subsequent volumes. The Index features all of the catchlines of cases reported in specific volumes, listed alphabetically, and in accordance with the Ontario Reports Classification Scheme. This Scheme is a topical organization of the cases reported. The Index also includes an alphabetical Consolidated Table of Cases.

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