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May
02
2013
What steps can I expect to have to go through if I sue someone?
Depending on how much money is involved, there are several stages to a civil lawsuit:
1. pleadings
2. exchanging documents
3. examinations for discovery
4. mediation
5. pre-trial
6. trial
7. appeal
May
01
2013
Expectations
Problems arise in the construction context, as in most situations, when one party fails to either manage or meet the expectations of the other. This was readily apparent in World Stone & Tile Inc. v. Ezekiel, a 2012 decision of the Ontario Superior Court of Justice.
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01
2013
I have just been sued (or I have just sued someone else). What do I do with all the documents I have regarding this matter?
Keep them, and give copies to your lawyer. You have an obligation not to destroy any relevant documents once litigation has started. That includes electronic copies. So you are not allowed to do a blanket deletion of all your old emails if some of them might be relevant to the lawsuit. You should also be careful to stop any standard, new year, “house cleaning” deletions or destruction of documents that might have relevance to the lawsuit.
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