On March 11, 2020, the World Health Organization (WHO) declared COVID-19 a global pandemic. This past year has truly been an annus horribilis! How we live, work and connect has changed...
In October 2020, the Law Society of Ontario (“LSO”) approved reforms to how the province’s lawyers and paralegals may charge contingency fees to their clients.
There is a growing interest in Canada in self-representation as a litigant, or self-represented party (also known as an SRL), both civil and family, with almost half pursuing mediation for dispute resolution.1
Litigating small claims can still take a big toll on bank accounts, and rapidly deplete our most valuable currency: Time. Aside from that, there is the risk, publicity...