CanLII is an excellent resource for freely accessible legislation and case law in Canada, as well as for secondary sources such as ebooks, law journal articles, and case comments. CanLII has recently updated and added new features to enhance the user experience.
The key updates include:
· Noting up has been improved! In addition to “blue jalapeños” symbols (which show which cases have the most discussion on the noted-up case), unfavourable mentions are now marked with a yellow jalapeño.
· Improvements in case history, where related cases, meaning those with “affirmed”, “reversed” or “varied” in the headnotes or footnotes are now added to the History tab.
· There is now also more accurate hyperlinking to legislation mentioned in judgments.
· Heatmaps are available for case law and now for legislation. In the sidebar of a case or legislation, various shades of blue will show the sections that are most frequently cited. The darkest blue corresponds to the most cited sections. Hovering over the colours in the sidebar will show a preview of the section, and the number of times it has been cited.
