Archer Library: Education Law: Case Law

Finding Canadian Case Law

Quicklaw (Lexis Advance Quicklaw)
Quicklaw is a Canadian online legal information system that provides full text of Canadian and foreign case law, federal and provincial legislation and regulations, case reports, digests, tribunal decisions, and statutes, as well as secondary materials such as law journals and newsletters.

Find cases by name: R. v. M.R.M., [1998] 3 S.C.R. 393, you can enter the following: R. v. M.R.M. to retrieve the case.

Find cases by citation: R. v. M.R.M., [1998] 3 S.C.R. 393, you can enter the following: [1998] 3 S.C.R. 393 to retrieve the case.

Finding US Case Law

Nexis Uni
includes case law and legislation from the US, Canada, the UK and Australia/New Zealand.

Find cases by citation: 410 N.Y.S.2d 99

Find cases by parties: Donohue v. Copiague

Searching Tips - Quicklaw

Limit Results

By jurisdiction, subject area and time frame.
Helpful to narrow search

Field Searching

When searching case law, using the Summary search box narrows your search to only the summary information about the case.

CanLII - Canadian Legal Information Institute

CanLII - Canadian Legal Information Institute: is a non-profit organization managed by the Federation of Law Societies of Canada. CanLII's goal is to make Canadian law accessible for free on the Internet.

Legal Citation

Example #1

R. v. M.R.M., [1998] 3 S.C.R. 393

This citation indicates that the R. v. M.R.M. case was reported in volume 3 of the 1998 Canada Supreme Court Reports, beginning at page 393. The fact that it appears in this reporter indicates that the decision was rendered by the Supreme Court of Canada.

Example #2

Fowler v. Adams, [2006] N.J. No. 295

It had a case identifier assigned by Quicklaw (Newfoundland Judgment - NJ) and shows the case is from Newfoundland and Labrador Supreme Court .