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Sidebarring functionality and Proceedings filter

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Sidebarring functionality

Eliminate the need for manual document mark up and sidebar decisions without leaving Westlaw Edge Canada with Sidebarring. Simply highlight the text that you want sidebarred, and select the Sidebar option from the menu that appears. The sidebars will appear on screen as well as on all documents that you email, print or download. 

Proceedings filter

Increase search precision and focus on what’s relevant with the Proceedings filter for case law. Quickly find decisions that address a relevant issue in a particular procedural context, without having to wade through a lengthy results list. Filter case law search results to include the motion or application type relevant to what you are working on.

Narrow down to four Proceedings:

  • Summary judgment motions/applications
  • Motions/applications to dismiss
  • Motions/applications to strike
  • Motions/applications for leave to appeal

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Judicial Consideration for Statutes

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.

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KeyCite Overruling Risk

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. 

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Common Queries

Designed to give you quick answers to common legal questions. Questions are suggested based on your search term queries. When a question is selected you are presented with answers, extracted from cases and filterable by jurisdiction.

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Legal Topic Suggestions

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.

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Select Term Highlighting

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.

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Tables of Contents

A table of content 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. 

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