CanLII's Board of directors announced yesterday, February 9th, that Colin Lachance is to step down from his position of President and CEO of CanLII . On this occasion, Lexum wishes to acknowledge Colin's important contribution to the development of Free Access to Law in Canada. Colin Lachance has held the title of President and CEO of CanLII for four years. Under his leadership, CanLII became stronger... Read more
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The Decisions of the Chief Military Judge are Now Made Available with Decisia
In order to promote access to courts martial results and decisions, the Department of National Defence integrated Decisia to the Chief Military Judges (CMJ) website. The new decision website not only provides information about rendered decisions, but also includes details about ongoing courts martial. A summary is provided for each court martial, including information about dates, location, charges... Read more
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The Office of the Information and Privacy Commissioner of Ontario Opts for Decisia
The Office of the Information and Privacy Commissioner of Ontario (IPC) will adopt Decisia for the management and dissemination of its decisions. The IPC offers assistance in promoting open government and protecting personal privacy. Using Decisia will ensure they continue leading the way in accessibility thanks, in part, to the compatibility with the latest Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG... Read more
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Decisia now Fully Multilingual
Decisia now offers fully multilingual public and management interfaces which can be made available in any language. Individual Decisia clients can integrate multiple language versions to fulfil the requirements of any organization or government. Decisia is an online tool for decision-making bodies wishing to self-publish their decisions from their own website, intranet and extranet. The example below... Read more
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Decisia Continues to Increase its Market Shares in Q4 2014
During the last quarter of 2014, four organizations selected Decisia to improve the management and dissemination of their judicial/administrative decisions - the Office of the Chief Military Judge, the Judiciary of Rwanda, the Courts of the Northwest Territories and an agency from the financial sector. With 2014 coming to an end, Decisia has been deployed and is used by 19 organizations to manage and... Read more
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Add your personal notes to the Annotated Civil Code of Quebec by Lexum
Lexum has further improved the Annotated Civil Code of Quebec by integrating Qweri ’s notes feature. For several years, the Annotated Civil Code of Quebec made available online by Lexum stands out by facilitating access by article, advanced search and by providing links to Quebec case law citing each article. Now each user is also able to customize his version of the CCQ by adding his own notes and... Read more
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La Chaire Lexum – Lexum's commitment to improve access to legal information
On 11 November 2014, the Executive Committee of the Université de Montréal decided on the name "Chaire Lexum" to describe the research Chair used to continue the work undertaken by the Laboratoire Lexum from 1993 to 2010. At the same time, the objectives of the research Chair, access to legal information, law and justice as well as the consideration of issues related to the use of information technology... Read more
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Lexum launched its quarterly Newsletter!
Lexum has just launched its quarterly Newsletter which will cover the latest info on market trends, news and company updates. You can read the first edition here . If you like what you read, please subscribe to continue receiving the next editions of the Lexum Newsletter (only 4 per year). Click here to subscribe to the newsletter. Read more
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Create Your Own Annotated Federal Acts of Canada with Qweri
Lexum has made all Federal Acts of Canada available with Qweri for some months now and their popularity is growing rapidly. In addition to the linking of sections with caselaw, the mobile friendly interface and the powerful search, you can now add personal notes to your most often consulted legislative texts. To add your notes to the Federal Acts of Canada, first create an account with Qweri : Thereafter... Read more
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Court Martial Decisions Soon to be Made Available with Decisia by the Department of National Defence
The Office of the Chief Military Judge , an independent unit of the Canadian Forces, has selected Decisia to facilitate access to court martial decisions on its own website. In 2013, 75 courts martial decisions were issued. Decisia will substantially improve searching and browsing these decisions, in addition to allowing the dissemination of the court martial archives in a format compatible with web... Read more