Guaranteed outcomes, unwritten fees, slow replies and no conflict check: the warning signs to watch for when hiring an Ontario lawyer, and how to check one before you sign.
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How an Ontario partnership legally ends under the Partnerships Act, what winding up involves, who gets paid first, and why notice to customers and creditors matters.
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They say that “two heads are better than one”, and in the case of business partnerships, it makes sense. After all, pooled capital resources present bigger investment opportunities, and a diverse set of expertise can mean more innovative approaches. It’s no wonder that business partnerships are so prevalent in the Toronto business world and beyond.
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If you are trying to resolve a legal issue, you may have the option to pursue both litigation and mediation. Because the litigation process is very different to the mediation process, it’s important to understand the advantages and disadvantages of each. In this article, we explore litigation vs mediation, reviewing the advantages of litigation as
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Criminal Litigator vs Civil Litigator: What is the Difference? Understanding the legal system can be challenging, especially when defining between a criminal litigator vs a civil litigator. In this article we explain what these two types of lawyers are, how they differ, and why this distinction is significant. This will help you understand the difference
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Litigation is a formal process to resolve civil disputes between two parties. Adversarial in nature, litigation begins when two people or organizations disagree on a legal issue. The party who initiates the process is the plaintiff, while the person on the receiving end of the lawsuit is the defendant. Each party will provide the court
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There are several stages of litigation that parties must go through in order to resolve their dispute. This post breaks down these stages so you can get a better understanding before proceeding with a civil case. What is litigation? Litigation simply refers to the process of resolving legal disputes through the court system. It is
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There have been an outpouring of tributes to Edward Greenspan since his passing on December 24, 2014. There is not much that can be added, so it is Mr. Greenspan’s own inimitable voice that seems most worth recalling. What follows are extracts from an interview with Mr. Greenspan in the Spring 2009 edition of The
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The litigation Bar in Ontario received a major shock when Justice Janet Wilson decided, in the January 2014 trial judgment in Moore v. Getahun, that communications between counsel and expert witnesses engaged in the preparation of an expert report ought not to occur. The prevailing understanding had been that communication with an expert witness was
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The most recent edition of the Criminal Lawyers Association Newsletter, For The Defence, is devoted to the subject of advocacy. In an introductory note, editor Breese Davies laments the absence of direct feedback from judges on how an advocate might have better performed in an individual case. What could they have done differently? How could
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