Common Queries

Important cases interpreting a statute appear in a tab beside Citing References, giving you seamless access to a list of cases that meaningfully interpret the provision that you are noting-up.

Adding another layer of trust to KeyCite flags, so that you can be confident that you are citing good law, by flagging decisions that may have been implicitly overruled as opposed to explicitly invalidated by a subsequent ruling. 

A case law filter that allows you to narrow search results by motion or application type, so that you can find decisions that are relevant to the procedural context of your matter.  

A table of contents appears to the left of all cases.  The tables of contents headings are dependent on the content and structure of the decision.  All headings are linked, allowing you to easily jump directly to specific sections that are relevant to you. 

Add sidebars to any content on Westlaw Edge Canada.  The sidebars appear on screen as well as on all documents that you email, print or download.  Sidebarring on Westlaw Edge saves time by eliminating the need for manual document mark-up.

The colour differentiation allows you to 1) scan search result lists for relevance and 2) navigate directly to key portions of the decision based on the concentration of and relationship between search terms and phrases.

As you type keywords into the search box, suggestions of related legal topics appear. Clicking into one of these legal topics brings you to a curated set of material, across content sets so that you can be sure you haven’t overlooked any relevant resources.