Mediation

Litigation Mediation

Mediation in a lawsuit is common practice throughout Ontario. Whether a case is a family law case or a civil law case, mediation is often helpful. It is different from a pre-trial conference which is a mandatory settlement conference held before a judge with the...

The Concept of Damages

Litigation Losses

A plaintiff usually sues a defendant for damages, that is, for financial compensation. There are two kinds of damages. Liquidated damages are damages that are easily quantifiable by a calculation. Unliquidated damages are damages that are harder to quantify and the...

Promissory Notes

Litigation Limitation Periods

Promissory notes are written statements that a person owes money to another person at a certain interest rate. They are often lending documents made on demand and called demand promissory notes. Lawyers use them in estate planning or when there are loans among family...

Limitation Periods

Litigation Limitation Periods

In the civil law court system, you cannot wait forever to launch a lawsuit. Each province in Canada has specific legislation about how much time you have to sue once you know, or ought to have known, that you have a case against someone else. The legislation is often...

When Can You Sue?

Litigation Limitation Periods

Ancient Ontario laws regarding limitations periods for lawsuits were swept away on January 1, 2004, to the relief of lawyers and their clients. These laws dated from the nineteenth century and were contained in legislation called the Limitations Act and in some later...