Solicitor Forms & Precedents on LexisNexis® Quicklaw™

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For its breadth and authority of content, the Butterworths Canadian Forms & Precedents series has become the mainstay of legal practitioners’ libraries in Canada. Building on this tradition, LexisNexis now offers the complete line of Solicitor Forms & Precedents* via the Quicklaw^™ online service.

Covering an array of practice areas, Solicitor Forms & Precedents offers forms and state-of-the-art, customizable precedents drafted by some of Canada’s leading lawyers and enhanced by insightful commentary on practice points.

• Practical, in-depth commentary providing guidance on statutory requirements, and highlighting legal or business practices that impact drafting
• Highest-quality precedents provided by leading practitioners
• The most comprehensive and authoritative library of drafting documents, covering all major subject areas in the common law provinces
• Expansive coverage of all major litigation topics for British Columbia and Ontario
• Alternative clauses providing the drafting flexibility necessary to solve problems
• Salient legislation for each subject area providing ease of reference

Flexible packages are available to meet your requirements, whether you perform online research once a month or several times an hour.

* Requires a Quicklaw account and a separate subscription.

For all your clients' business needs:

• Intellectual Property — Provides an extensive coverage of copyright, industrial design, trademarks, patents, and private-sector privacy unmatched by any other source. Including over 100 forms and precedents, the material has been compiled by an expert team of practitioners led by the Honourable Justice Roger T. Hughes and including Toni Polson Ashton, Kenneth D. McKay, Dr. Sunny Handa, Stephen J. Perry, and Stephen Burns.

  Topics include:

  • Privacy — Commentary on federal, provincial, and territorial laws, discussion on key Canadian privacy principles, guidance on creating practical privacy policies and a typical privacy compliance project, useful checklists, sample non-disclosure agreements, purchase and sale agreements, sample privacy clauses in purchase and sale agreements, and sample privacy policies.
  • Patents - Canadian patents law and practice with commentary, a plethora of checklists for numerous patent applications, petitions, disclaimers, requests, amendments, declarations, and more. Also includes over 40 patent forms and precedents, including sample statements of claim, defence, counterclaim, sample petitions for grant of patent, sample applications, assignments of patents, plant breeders’ rights infringement actions, and sample employee agreements.
  • Copyright — Includes several checklists on such topics as creation, application for registration, and assignment of copyright, as well as sample applications for registration of copyright, sample statement of claims, waivers and publishing agreements and commentary.
  • Industrial Design — Application, registration, assignment and licence of design, assignment of unregistered designs, and industrial design infringement actions featuring commentary, checklists, and forms and precedents.
  • Trademarks — Extensive commentary on trademark infringement and passing-off actions with over 20 forms and precedents on such topics as applications for registration, declarations of use, assignments of Canadian trademarks, and more.

    Also included is a selection of intellectual property litigation forms.

• Information Technology & Entertainment — Features a comprehensive set of forms and precedents relating to commercial transactions in the information technology and entertainment industries, supplemented with material on patents. From computer contracts to Internet, e-commerce, and entertainment agreements, this source offers a comprehensive set of ready-to-use precedents complete with commentary on procedures, useful practical advice, and checklists. Also included is a selection of intellectual property litigation forms.
• Licensing — Features an unprecedented wealth of precedent documents on licensing. This is the first time this material has been available in Canada in one convenient source. Included are licensing precedents (sample licences, agreements, and releases) in the area of film and television, intellectual property, information technology, and more.
• Corporations — Provides specific and practical commentary and over 215 forms and precedents for all steps in the incorporation process and every situation encountered by clients in this area. Also included are a sample minute book, over 35 precedents for articles of incorporation, shareholder agreements, over 45 corporate by-laws, and a comprehensive set of Directors’ and Shareholders’ resolutions.
• Sale & Operation of a Business — Contains nearly 200 forms and precedents on equipment leasing and the sale and operation of a business. Useful checklists are provided, which are cross-referenced to pertinent commentary, providing expert guidance on drafting documents in these integral areas of business law.
• Sale, Distribution & Transport of Goods — Delivers all the goods on commercial transactions related to the distribution, manufacture, sale, transport, and storage of goods — from franchising to leasing. Expert commentary is provided summarizing the applications of relevant legislation. Also included are drafting tips on preparing documentation for special statutory conditions, warranties, leases, conditions of carriage, and all manner of franchising agreements.
• Banking & Finance — Provides complete coverage of all major banking and financing transactions, containing over 460 forms and precedents, preceded by a practical and insightful overview of the law of banking and finance in Canada. Included in the full range of material are banking and lending agreements, legal opinions, receiverships, equity and cross-border financing agreements, and more.
• Debtor/Creditor — Gives you fast, accurate help in documenting bankruptcy and insolvency issues. It provides over 500 forms and precedents, many of which are exclusive to this source, covering bankruptcy, receivership, restructuring, liens, levying executions, and commercial landlords’ remedies.
• Land Development — A practical hands-on resource designed for private and public sector professionals involved in land-use planning on a daily basis. It features nearly 100 up-to-date sample letters, clauses, certificates, notices, objections, affidavits, and authorization forms; over 20 checklists identifying the necessary tasks to accomplish; supporting material for making the key applications; and a complete set of development agreements covering a multitude of matters. The source is supplemented with succinct, step-by-step commentary written by an experienced author team led by leading municipal and planning law practitioner M. Virginia MacLean, Q.C.
• Commercial Tenancies — Offers a comprehensive set of lease precedents and sample clauses to be adapted to different contexts encountered in commercial leasing transactions, supplemented by essential drafting pointers to pertinent terms in commercial leases. It includes over 125 sample leasing precedents for a wide variety of lease types, such as restaurant leases, retail and office leases, industrial leases, ground leases, high-tech leases, related-party leases, the new REALpac National Standard Office leases, sample notices, and sample estoppel certificates.
• Employment — Provides an extensive set of over 250 employment-related forms and precedents along with instructions on their uses and customization for the needs of your clients. Checklists and letters cover client intake procedures and termination, sample job descriptions, employment litigation pleadings, and sample offers of employment and employment contracts.

For all your clients’ personal needs:

• British Columbia Family Forms — Includes 80 ready-to-use forms and precedents appearing in the text in the order in which they would most likely be used, including sample client information sheets; cohabitation, marriage, and separation agreements; statements of claim and defence; reporting letters; applications for spousal maintenance; and restraining orders. The collection is completed with commentary on procedures and useful practical advice.
• Wills & Estates — Covers over 180 up-to-date precedents on wills, including particular will clauses and 19 complete wills covering virtually all likely scenarios, along with checklists, drafting tips, and commentary that provides the legal context. Also included are over 120 of the latest probate and estate litigation forms and up-to-date precedents, checklists, drafting tips, and authoritative advice, offering a unique blend of documents and supplementary commentary.