Legal Research

Finding Forms & Precedents, Part 1: CLE Online

How to use CLE Online, a product available at the British Columbia Courthouse Library, to find forms and precedents, using the example of trying to find a shareholders agreement.

Finding Forms & Precedents, Part 2: Library Catalogue

How to use the library catalogue at the Courthouse Library of British Columbia to find forms and precedents, using the example of trying to find a shareholders agreement.

Finding Forms & Precedents, Part 3: O'Brien's Forms

How to use O'Brien's Encyclopedia of Forms, a comprehensive set of print volumes available at the British Columbia Courthouse Library, to find forms and precedents, using the example of trying to...

Researching Legislation, Part 1: Tracing Legislation Back

How to trace legislation back in time to when it was first enacted, using resources available at the British Columbia Courthouse Library. This tutorial traces a law back to the 1940s that makes...

Researching Legislation, Part 2: Noting Up Legislation

How to note up legislation to see whether any cases have considered it, using WestLaweCarswell's LawSource platform, a product available at Courthouse Library locations across British Columbia....

Researching Legislation, Part 3: Legislative Intent

How to research the intent behind a piece of legislation by tracking the legislative debates at the time the legislation was introduced. Just what was the thinking in the late 1940s when publishing...