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Isthatlegal.ca Mission Statement"In furtherance of the fundamental democratic principle that law should be available for use by all, to create and maintain extensive online Ontario and Canadian legal resources."
About IsthatlegalThe brief history of the Isthatlegal website is that I started writing legal 'Guides' (really, online textbooks) about 30 years ago in the areas of my initial legal-political interests - which were social assistance, tenancy, small claims court and employment law. The Guides eventually expanded to about 15 different topics, most of which are still being maintained, albeit not as currently as I would like (they are located alphabetically in the left 'Topics' sidebar).
In 2015 I started regularly reviewing cases from the four Canadian and Ontario appeal courts [Supreme Court of Canada, Federal Court of Appeal, Ontario Court of Appeal, Ontario Divisional Court] for interesting and useful 'dicta' from our hard-working and conscientious judges. Over time, the process of organizing these increasingly voluminous case dicta into topical categories has resulted in rich new resources - which is what you will find (growing daily) in the 200+ sidebar topics.
Interested in public interest legal work like this?People - I'm way too busy with this and other projects and can't myself expand into all the legal areas that the public needs. A larger public interest project needs lawyers who are prepared to 'adopt' substantial areas of law - not only in sectors of Ontario and federal law like I do, but from other provinces as well. Wouldn't it be great to have a network of across-Canada lawyers providing similar resources for all areas of law?
If you are a Canadian lawyer and can produce and update volume quality legal content, getting involved in this may be for you. It's especially well-suited for retired or online-only lawyers (and natural obsessiveness is a big plus!).
If you are interested and want to discuss getting involved, please email me (using email header: 'Interested') and let's talk.
Simon Shields, LLB
simonshields@isthatlegal.ca
02 April 2026
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