I. Finding Case Law

• Author: Ted Tjaden
• Profession: National Director of Knowledge Management McMillan LLP
• Pages: 126-127

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Just as the availability of free online legislation has greatly improved over the last five years, so has the availability of free case law. Once again, CANLII is the best "clearing house" for free online Canadian case law, although the websites of the federal and provincial courts also generally provide access to their recent judgments and other court-related information. Table 5.12 sets out a list of the website addresses for those Canadian court websites that release their judgments for free on the Internet, along with the Canadian Legal Information Institute. In most cases, using the CANLII website will be the preferred method of accessing free Canadian case law, although in some situations you may need or want to visit the actual court website as well.

Table 5.12

Canadian Court Websites

Court Website address

CANLII www.canlii.org

Supreme Court of Canada http://scc.lexum.umontreal.ca/en/

Federal Court of Canada http://decisions.fct-cf.gc.ca/en/index.html

Tax Court of Canada www.tcc-cci.gc.ca

British Columbia www.courts.gov.bc.ca

Alberta www.albertacourts.ab.ca

Saskatchewan www.sasklawcourts.ca

Manitoba www.manitobacourts.mb.ca

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Court Website address

Ontario www.ontariocourts.on.ca

Québec www.jugements.qc.ca

Nova Scotia www.courts.ns.ca

Prince Edward Island www.gov.pe.ca/courts/supreme/index.php3

New Brunswick www.gnb.ca/cour/

Newfoundland www.court.nl.ca

Northwest Territories www.justice.gov.nt.ca/dbtw-wpd/nwtjqbe.htm

Nunavut www.nucj.ca

Yukon www.yukoncourts.ca

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