The PLA Library has just added several new resources to our print collection:

Check out our New Books page for a full list of books added to the PLA Library collection this year. Recent additions are marked with *NEW* at the beginning of the title.

Following the election of Directors at our Annual General Meeting held on April 3, 2025, the Peel Law Association is pleased to welcome the following new and returning Directors to its Board.

The Board of Directors is comprised of a total of 11 Directors. 

The Board will elect its new executive at its monthly meeting on April 16th and will share the results of the same with you shortly thereafter.

Information provided on UBC Press' website:

Heenan Blaikie is the fascinating story of a respected law firm that buckled under weak governance and management. Adam Dodek, an unbiased outsider, analyzes the origins, evolution, and demise of the firm. Heenan Blaikie seemed to punch above its weight: bilingual, humane, national with international aspirations. But just underneath its unique culture as a kinder, gentler law firm – as revealed by the author’s extensive interviews with firm lawyers and legal-industry insiders – lay workplace bullying, challenges for women and visible minority lawyers, and sexual harassment.

Dodek astutely situates the firm’s rise and fall within the context of events of the time: the 1970s oil shock, Quebec separatism, the flight of business from Montreal to Toronto, economic expansion from the 1980s to the early 2000s, and the 2008 financial crisis. Heenan Blaikie is a meticulous account that is gripping from beginning to end.

For more information about this resource, click here.

This item is available to PLA Members in good standing for sign-out. PLA Members can sign-out up to three items for overnight use for a seven day period. Overdue charges may be applicable to items that are not returned by their due date.

Not a member, but looking to become one? Please follow the link for the Membership Form and Fees. You may also contact the PLA Library Staff by email, and they will be happy to assist you. It only takes moments to join, and the PLA Library Staff can process memberships on the spot. Once payment is received, you can take advantage of all your PLA Membership Benefits, including discounts on CPD programs and social events.

As a friendly reminder, the Peel Law Association Library, Lawyers' Lounge and related services are open to all lawyers who are in good standing with the LSO, articling students, and LPP/NCA candidates.

The PLA Library will be closing early on April 3, 2025, at approximately 3:00 PM as staff will be off-site for our Annual General Meeting.

Kindly note that staff will not be available to provide any library services or access to PLA Facilities.

If you need to return a book to the Library, you may do so using the book return box located by the intercom button.

A new posting has been added to our Will Notices page.

If you have any information regarding any postings listed, please contact the person indicated.

Looking for a Will?

You can check out the Law Society of Ontario website to learn more about Locating wills and documents.

You can also complete our will posting form linked on our Will Notice page to have your notice posted on our website.

Information provided on LexisNexis' website:

Expert Evidence, 4th Edition will ease the strain of managing expert evidence. In this new, fully updated edition, author Glenn Anderson describes and analyzes the law of expert evidence in Canada from both the civil and criminal law perspectives. He recommends how to determine reliability and admissibility following methodologies from Canada and the United States. Discussion also includes potential reforms to improve impartiality of expert witnesses, reliability of expert evidence and its evaluation.

What’s New In This Edition

For more information about this resource, click here.

This item is available to PLA Members in good standing for sign-out. PLA Members can sign-out up to three items for overnight use for a seven day period. Overdue charges may be applicable to items that are not returned by their due date.

Not a member, but looking to become one? Please follow the link for the Membership Form and Fees. You may also contact the PLA Library Staff by email, and they will be happy to assist you. It only takes moments to join, and the PLA Library Staff can process memberships on the spot. Once payment is received, you can take advantage of all your PLA Membership Benefits, including discounts on CPD programs and social events.

As a friendly reminder, the Peel Law Association Library, Lawyers' Lounge and related services are open to all lawyers who are in good standing with the LSO, articling students, and LPP/NCA candidates.

The Ontario Court of Justice has issued a new Practice Direction which will come into effect on March 31, 2025: Mode of Appearance for Ontario Court of Justice Criminal Proceedings

This practice direction will supersede the Revised Guidelines re Mode of Appearance for Ontario Court of Justice Criminal Proceedings.

The PLA Library has just added several new resources to our print collection:

Check out our New Books page for a full list of books added to the PLA Library collection this year. Recent additions are marked with *NEW* at the beginning of the title.

Materials for the PLA's upcoming Annual General Meeting are now available in the Member's area of the PLA website: Meetings of the Membership

Our AGM is now paperless! We will only be providing material in electronic format.

You will need to log into your PLA member account to be able to access the AGM material. Please contact PLA staff if you require any assistance.

Information provided on Fernwood Publishing's website:

Amid the proliferating scholarship and often sensational public campaigns, Trafficking Harms offers fresh insights and critical analyses. The collection’s four thematic areas — Discourses and Representations; Law and Prosecutions; Policing and Surveillance; Migrant Labour Exploitation — examine an array of issues, including the contested definitions of human trafficking, the application of trafficking law and policy, the conflation of sex work and trafficking, the impacts of anti-trafficking frameworks on racialized communities, questions around “victims” and “traffickers” and much more. Showcasing a mix of scholarly research, public advocacy and first-person narratives, this book is the first of its kind in Canada. The authors include a diverse group of academics, legal advocates, frontline activists who work with migrant and sex-working communities, individuals who have been charged and/or convicted of trafficking offences and those who are directly impacted by trafficking law and policing, such as domestic and migrant sex workers.

For more information about this resource, click here.

This item is available to PLA Members in good standing for sign-out. PLA Members can sign-out up to three items for overnight use for a seven day period. Overdue charges may be applicable to items that are not returned by their due date.

Not a member, but looking to become one? Please follow the link for the Membership Form and Fees. You may also contact the PLA Library Staff by email, and they will be happy to assist you. It only takes moments to join, and the PLA Library Staff can process memberships on the spot. Once payment is received, you can take advantage of all your PLA Membership Benefits, including discounts on CPD programs and social events.

As a friendly reminder, the Peel Law Association Library, Lawyers' Lounge and related services are open to all lawyers who are in good standing with the LSO, articling students, and LPP/NCA candidates.