Dominion Law Reports

The only general Canadian law report series reporting cases in all subject areas from the two federal courts as well as from all provincial courts is the Dominion Law Reports, cited D.L.R.

The manner in which the D.L.R. is cited has changed somewhat as new series have been added:

• 68 D.L.R. 381 / First series / 1912-1922 / volume and page number
• [1923] 2 D.L.R. 485 / First series / 1923-1955 / year of publication, volume number within that year, and page number
• 29 D.L.R. (2d) 114 / Second series / 1956-1968 / volume and page number, noting series
• 80 D.L.R. (3d) 725 / Third series / 1969-1984 / volume and page number, noting series
• 1 D.L.R. (4th) 201 / Fourth series / 1984-present / volume and page number, noting series

Contents of Dominion Law Reports, 4th series

• Aboriginal Peoples
• Air Law
• Assignment
• Citizenship
• Conflict of Laws
• Coroners
• Customs and Excise
• Employment
• Family Law
• Harbours
• Immigration
• International Law
• Mental Health
• Negotiable Instruments
• Planning
• Public Utilities
• Sale of Goods
• Substitute Decisions
• Trusts and Trustees
• Workers’ Compensation
• Administrative Law
• Animals
• Associations
• Civil Procedure
• Constitutional Law
• Corporations
• Damages
• Environmental Law
• Fiduciaries
• Highways
• Industrial and Intellectual Property
• Judgments and Orders
• Mortgages
• Partnership
• Police
• Railways
• Sale of Land
• Taxation
• Unemployment Insurance
• Admiralty
• Appeal
• Bankruptcy and Insolvency
• Communications Law
• Consumer Protection
• Courts
• Debtor and Creditor
• Equity
• Financial Institutions
• Hospitals
• Injunctions
• Landlord and Tenant
• Motor Vehicles
• Pensions
• Professions
• Real Property
• Securities Regulation
• Time
• Wagering
• Agency
• Arbitration
• Building Liens
• Compensation for Victims of Crime
• Contempt of Court
• Criminal Law
• Education
• Evidence
• Guarantee and Suretyship
• Hotels and Restaurants
• Insurance
• Limitations
• Municipal Law
• Personal Property
• Public Health
• Restitution
• Social Welfare
• Torts
• Wills and Estates
• Agriculture
• Assessment
• Change of Name
• Competition Law
• Contracts
• Crown
• Elections
• Expropriation
• Habeas Corpus
• Human Rights Legislation
• Interest
• Lotteries
• Natural Resources
• Personal Property Security
• Public Inquiries
• Road Transport
• Statutes
• Trade Unions
• Words and Phrases