LITIGATION REFERENCE SOURCES
REQUIRED TEXTBOOK
available from Thomson Reuters or please check college bookstore
1. Watson & McGowan’s Ontario Civil Practice 2025
OR
Miller, Cowan, Walwyn Ontario Annual Practice 2024-2025
- Make sure you get both volumes – Volume 1 Rules and Volume 2 Forms
- To ensure you get both volumes, please contact Rick Davidovich by email at Rick.Davidovich@thomsonreuters.com or phone 647.376.4143
- DO NOT GET THE DIGITAL VERSION AS YOU WILL NOT BE PERMITTED TO USE IT DURING EXAM.
2. ILCO’s Litigation Supplemental Material, 4th Edition Emond Montgomery (ISBN 978-1-77255-530-1) ILCO litigation supplementary material
3. Civil Litigation, Revised Fourth Edition, 2020 Olivo and Kelly; Emond Montgomery (ISBN 978-1-77462-188-2) https://emond.ca/Store/Books/Civil-Litigation-Revised-4th-Edition
Recommended Reading:
Ontario Litigator’s Pocket Reference, 2025 Edition Ira Nishisato; LexisNexis Canada (ISBN/ISSN: 9780433527978) Ontario Litigator’s Pocket Reference, 2025 Edition. You may purchase the print or digital version https://store.lexisnexis.ca/en/products/ontario-litigators-pocket-reference-2025-edition-skusku-cad-6747/details
Rules of Professional Conduct The Law Society of Ontario, https://lso.ca/about-lso/legislation-rules/rules-of-professional-conduct
Pocket Dictionary of Canadian Law, 5th Edition, Daphne Dukelow; Thomson Reuters (ISBN 9780779836888) https://www.amazon.ca/Pocket-Dictionary-Canadian-Law-5th/dp/B00JLZGCUM
Recommended Websites:
The Sedona Conference: https://thesedonaconference.org/publications
Ontario Statutes and Regulations are available online at www.ontario.ca/laws
Courts of Justice Act, R.S.O. 1990, c. C.43 https://www.ontario.ca/laws/statute/90c43
Rules Of Civil Procedure https://www.ontario.ca/laws/regulation/900194
Rules Of The Small Claims Court https://www.ontario.ca/laws/regulation/980258
Federal Statutes and Regulations are available online at https://laws.justice.gc.ca
Ontario Court Forms are available online at http://ontariocourtforms.on.ca/en/
Canadian Judicial Council – News and Publications and Technology Issues are available online at www.cjc.gc.ca
Information regarding court fees, court addresses and phone numbers etc. is available by following the links online at www.ontariocourts.ca and www.attorneygeneral.jus.gov.on.ca
Fees are also available on CanLII Court Fees
Information regarding pre-judgment and post-judgment interest rates is available at www.attorneygeneral.jus.gov.on.ca/english/courts/interestrates.php
Practice directions are available online at https://www.ontariocourts.ca/scj/practice/
Daily Court Lists for the Superior Court of Justice (Ontario) and the Ontario Court of Justice are available at https://www.ontariocourtdates.ca/
Court transcripts – to find an authorized court transcriptionist in Ontario www.courttranscriptontario.ca
Other Reference Materials:
E-Discovery and Information Governance in Canada, 4th Edition (ISBN 9780433505860) https://store.lexisnexis.ca/en/categories/shop-by-jurisdiction/federal-13/ediscovery-andinformation-governance-in-canada-4th-edition-skusku-cad-00943/details
Small Claims Court: Procedure and Practice, 5th Edition, Knight, Emond Publishing (ISBN 978-1-77255-795-4) https://emond.ca/Store/Books/SmallClaims-Court-Procedure-and-Practice-5th-Ed
A Guide to Practice and Procedure in the Ontario Small Claims Court Martel; LexisNexis Canada (ISBN 9780433495611) https://store.lexisnexis.ca/en/categories/shop-byjurisdiction/ontario-10/a-guide-to-practice-and-procedure-in-the-ontario-small-claims-courtskusku-cad-6668/details
Bennett on the Commercial List, 2nd Edition Bennett; LexisNexis Canada (ISBN 9780433478010) https://store.lexisnexis.ca/en/search?query=Bennett+on+the+Commercial+List%2C+2nd+Edition )
Bypass Court - A Dispute Resolution Handbook, 5th Edition Chornenki & Hart; LexisNexis Canada (ISBN 9780433478942) (https://store.lexisnexis.ca/en/search?query=Bypass+Court+ +A+Dispute+Resolution+Handbook%2C+5th+Edition) )
Fundamentals of Contract Law, 3rd Edition, Fitzgerald, Olivo; Emond Publishing (ISBN 978-1-55239-385-7) https://emond.ca/Store/Books/Fundamentals-of-Contract-Law-3rd-Edition?r=%2fStore%3fsearchtext%3dFUNDAMENTALS%2bOF%2bCONTRACT%2bLAW%26searchmode%3danyword
The Law of Contract in Canada, 6th Edition, Fridman; Thomson Reuters (ISBN 978-0-7798-3646-8) https://store.thomsonreuters.ca/en-ca/products/the-law-of-contract-in-canada-6th-edition-hardbound-book-30836015
Law Workbook: Developing Skills for Legal Research and Writing, 2nd Edition Kierstead, Gordon, Elkhadem; Emond Publishing (ISBN 978-1-55239-336-9) https://www.emond.ca/Store/Books/The-Law-Workbook-Developing-Skills-for-Legal-Rese?r=%2fStore%3fsearchtext%3dLaw%2bWorkbook%253a%2bDeveloping%2bSkills%2bfor%2bLegal%2bResearch%2band%2bWriting%26searchmode%3danyword
Legal Research: Step by Step, 5th Edition Kurt z, Blatt; Emond Publishing (ISBN 978-1-77255-602-5) (Legal-Research-Step-by-Step)
The Conduct of an Appeal, 4th Edition Sopinka & Gelowitz; LexisNexis Canada (ISBN 9780433494959) (https://store.lexisnexis.ca/en/search?query
Sopinka on the Trial of an Action, 4th Edition McEwan, Sopinka, Houston & Sopinka; LexisNexis Canada (ISBN 9780433502401) https://store.lexisnexis.ca/en/search?query=Sopinka+on+the+Trial+of+an+Action
Enforcing Judgments and Orders, 2nd Edition Upenieks & Van Kessel; LexisNexis Canada (ISBN 9780433479338) (https://store.lexisnexis.ca/en/search?query=ENFORCING+JUDGMENTS+AND+ORDERS)