Legal Profession & Practice Management

Words and Phrases enables the practitioner to have at all times the precise meaning of a particular word or phrase. Definitions are taken from the Acts of Parliament, Halsbury's Laws of England, leading textbooks and verbatim judgments from all over the Commonwealth.

This title sets out the law governing the practice of law in Canada.

This title is for all legal practitioners and academics interested in learning about the future of the practice of law and legal decision-making. Book #5 in the UIA-LexisNexis Publications Collection.

This Year-In-Review volume comprises papers reviewing groundbreaking Supreme Court of Canada's 2017-2018 decisions in criminal law, the law of evidence, and recent developments in the legal profession, along with case comments and special essays.

This title serves as a useful reference for legal practitioners dealing with day-to-day compliance issues in the fields of corporate, commercial, banking & finance, and anti-trust law. Book #2 in the UIA-LexisNexis Publications Collection.

The Lawyer's Daily provides Canadian legal news, analysis and current awareness online, on mobile, and through newsletters for lawyers who need a real-time view on the shifting legal landscape.

Conflicts of interest can expose lawyers to costly errors and omissions claims as well as discipline proceedings and disqualification orders by courts and tribunals. This book teaches you how to recognize and steer clear of such predicaments.

Ethics has different meanings in different settings. This new publication examines the intersection between business ethics and legal ethics, and explores how they are interpreted and applied.

From the very first entry (“A or a”) to the last (“ZZZZ”), it is clear that this new publication is the most comprehensive Canadian legal dictionary available. It is a thoroughly contemporary, truly essential resource that even includes definitions of common acronyms now used in text slang (a useful addition given the extent to which text messages are now used as evidence in criminal proceedings).

“There has never been a more critical time for lawyers to start acting and functioning like businesspeople.” This new publication will show you how to do precisely that.