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The Year in Review: Top CanLII Connects Publishers, Authors and Posts of 2019
February 14, 2020
2019 was a great year on CanLII Connects and we would like to thank the authors, publishers and readers for their contributions and participation. We welcomed 298 new contributors this past year and over 3200 new case summaries and commentaries.
Since the launch of CanLII Connects in 2014, we are grateful to all of our active authors and publishers who have contributed content to the site over the years.
Here are the top ten commentaries and summaries from 2019:
- “Standard of Review in Administrative Law”- Dunsmuir v. New Brunswick, 2008 SCC 9, [2008] 1 SCR 190, by Mitchell Grossell — Western University’s Law Students’ Association.
- “Summary of Jones v Tsige” – Jones v. Tsige, 2012 ONCA 32 (CanLII), by Cassidy Gale – Dalhousie Law Students
- “Case Brief: Tsilhqot’in Nation v. British Columbia” – Tsilhqot’in Nation v. British Columbia, 2014 SCC 44 (CanLII), by Thomas Milne
- “The Legal Trial of Gerald Stanley – a second look at the case through the lens of law” – R v Stanley, 2018 SKQB 27 (CanLII), by J Duncan for Robson Crim
- “Case Summary of Law Society of British Columbia v. Trinity Western University, 2018 SCC 32” – Law Society of British Columbia v. Trinity Western University, 2018 SCC 32 (CanLII), by Joshua Rogala — Joshua Rogala | Winnipeg Criminal Defence Lawyer
- “Restrictive Covenants are not Forever in Ontario” – Andrews v. Rago, 2019 ONSC 800 (CanLII), by Peter S. Spiro
- “Can You Sue Someone for Dumping You?” – Bobel v. Humecka and Patten, 2019 ONSC 1876 (CanLII), by Russell Alexander
- “Thin Skull and Crumbling Skull” – Athey v. Leonati, [1996] 3 SCR 458, by CLBC Library – Courthouse Libraries Society of BC
- “Sentencing Judgment Found Inside a Chinese Fortune Cookie” – R. c. Bissonnette, 2019 QCCS 354 (CanLII), by Léonid Sirota and Maxime St-Hilaire
- “Non-Disclosure of a Murder = Fraudulent Misrepresentation?” – Wang v. Shao, 2019 BCCA 130 (CanLII), by Eugene Meehan, Q.C. — Supreme Advocacy LLP
Special thanks go to the most prolific publishers on the site in the past year:
- Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada / La Commission de l’immigration et du statut de réfugié du Canada (CanLII Connects)
- Law Society of Saskatchewan (CanLII Connects)
- Supreme Advocacy LLP (CanLII Connects)
- Borden Ladner Gervais LLP (CanLII Connects)
- JSS Barristers (CanLII Connects)
And the most prolific authors in 2019:
- John Polyzogopoulos – Partner in Blaney McMurtry’s Commercial Litigation and Family Law Practice Groups (CanLII Connects)
- Russell Alexander – Principal at Russell Alexander Collaborative Family Lawyers (CanLII Connects)
- Edward Conway – Edward C. Conway Barrister & Solicitor (CanLII Connects)
- Sarah Picciotto – Founder and Research Lawyer at OnPoint Legal Research Law Corporation (CanLII Connects)
- Georgialee Lang – Attorney, Arbitrator, Mediator, Legal and Political Commentator (CanLII Connects)
Thank you once again to the many contributors on CanLII Connects who make it faster and easier for legal professionals and the public to access high-quality legal commentary. If you’d like to join this growing community of writers, you can sign up here.
Let’s make 2020 another year to remember!