New Books – Winter 2025/2026

Here’s a selection of new and noteworthy additions to our print collection over the last few months:

Establishing your solo or small practice : a Canadian lawyer’s handbook /
Neha Chugh and Anne-Marie McElroy
Practice Collection; KF 318 C48 2025

This book is designed to assist practitioners from the first steps of setting up a practice, to navigating issues of client management and managing their finances. The authors speak from their experiences, their successes and failures in small business and solo practice, and their commitment to serving the access to justice needs for their communities.

The content in this text is applicable to practitioners across Canada and provides specific provincial regulator rules and guidance, including Table of Concordances highlighting the applicable Law Society rules for each jurisdiction. Checklists and questions are also featured throughout to guide practitioners in making informed business decisions.

Common law rules of procedure for tribunals in Canada : rules, commentary, and practice tips / Diana Edith Ginn and Lisa Teryl
Practice Collection; KF 5417 G56 2026

This book is a practical guide that makes common law rules of procedure for tribunal hearings easily accessible and understandable. The rules are directed toward all participants – whether tribunal members, lawyers, or parties, including self-representing individuals.

Relevant to federal, provincial and territorial tribunals, this handbook explains when to rely on the common law and how to determine the correct procedural rule. Stand-alone rules, clear annotated commentary and practice tips will help tribunals run hearings fairly and confidently and will guide parties through the process.

Family dispute resolution handbook / Barbara Landau and Lorne H. Wolfson
Practice Collection; KF 535 L36 2025

The Family Dispute Resolution Handbook is recognized as a leading Canadian text on family dispute resolution. The Seventh Edition examines comprehensive strategies that integrate legal, psychological, and financial expertise. It presents modern methodologies, practical checklists, and a wealth of precedents to support cooperative outcomes in separation and divorce.

What’s New In This Edition?

• Recent reforms in Family Law relating to parenting
• Discussion of enhanced screening for intimate partner violence
• Updated chapters on Professional Ethics, Standards and Conduct, as well as Collaborative Practice and Parenting Coordination
• Expanded practical appendices

Indigenous law in context : Tŝilhqot’in dechen ts’edilhtan in the governance of water / Alan Hanna
Practice Collection; KF 8228 H36 2026

Indigenous Law in Context investigates the legal order of one First Nation as it applies to water governance: the sustainable use of and access to surface water within Tilhqotin traditional territory in the Chilcotin region of British Columbia.

Alan Hanna explores the intersections and points of conflict inherent in Indigenous, provincial, and federal government legal approaches.

Deciding on death : Rodriguez, Carter, and medically assisted dying in Canada / Kent McNeil and Wayne Sumner
Circulating Collection; KF 3827 .E87 M35 2025

Deciding on Death provides a comprehensive history of medical assistance in dying (MAiD) in Canadian law through a close analysis of the Rodriguez and Carter decisions. It also traces the political and legislative developments before and after those landmark cases.

*Descriptions taken or summarized from: publisher websites, table of contents and book prefaces.