Explore the Lexis+ Pleadings, Motions & Facta collection at the Great Library

Readers of this blog will already know that the Great Library houses a vast and diverse collection of print resources for use by Ontario licensees and their agents, licensing candidates, self-represented litigants, and members of the public conducting legal research. Did you know, however, that the Great Library also subscribes to a number of databases and other eResources that licensees and licensing candidates can access at any of the Great Library’s computer terminals? Or that one of these eResources contains within it a growing collection of court documents that can support your legal research and writing with judicially recognized precedential material? Read on to learn more about the Lexis+ Pleading, Motions and Facta database, now available at the Great Library. 

Court documents are widely regarded by legal researchers of all kinds as one of the more difficult types of precedent to obtain. Often, acquiring court submissions requires a visit to the courthouse where the case was originally heard, and even then, there are no guarantees that the specific items you’re looking for will be available to you.
 
Now, however, certain court documents are much more easily found, through the Pleading, Motions and Facta database. Accessible through Lexis+, the latest iteration of the LexisNexis Canadian legal research databases, the collection includes pleadings, application records, orders, written submissions, affidavits and more, from jurisdictions across Canada. Containing court decisions from pivotal cases since 2015 for over 30 practice areas, you’ll find inside it motions in complex litigation; leading seminal cases from provincial, territorial, and federal courts; and other timely, topical legal subjects. This invaluable research tool can help ensure you develop arguments based on current legal language and law that is recognized by the courts.

For more information about this or any other of the Great Library eResources, ask the Reference Services team via email, chat, or phone.