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Oct
01
2013
Multiples
Sometimes it is advantageous for a plaintiff to join multiple defendants in an action: more parties to contribute to a potential settlement and more pockets to pay an award after judgment. However, at other times, multiple defendants will cause multiple headaches. Such was the case in Guergis v. Novak 2013 ONSC 1130 (S.C.J.).
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01
2013
Unauthorised
For about 20 years, a controversy swirled in legal circles. What to do with unlicensed, non-lawyer, legal practitioners who practised law under the “paralegal” moniker? Ultimately, Michael Bryant, the then Ontario attorney general, decided that, if it agreed to do so, the Law Society of Upper Canada would regulate paralegals.
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01
2013
What is an appeal?
When a party does not like the decision of a lower court, that party will often have the right to appeal that decision to a higher court. Appellate courts give wide discretion to trial courts with regard to their findings of fact, so sometimes there is little point in appealing, unless an error in law has been made.
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