by Andriessen & Associates | Jun 14, 2016 | Our Take on Things
Effective July 1, 2016, if your business is a “storer of a Motor Vehicle for which there is an Ontario Vehicle Permit issued” you must give notice of the fact you’re storing the vehicle to the owner within 15 days and not the current 60 days that you...
by Andriessen & Associates | Jun 7, 2016 | Our Take on Things
Our firm’s fantastic Paralegal, Murray Brown, is various Ontario Small Claims Courts each and every week. When we discuss many of his files, I can’t help wonder: is this system broken? Small Claims Court is mandatory for claims $ 25,000.00 and under. Most...
by Andriessen & Associates | May 31, 2016 | Our Take on Things
As Business Lawyers our firm often has to tell clients there are certain things they have to do, even if they don’t want to. The most frequent conversations of this nature are: 1. You cannot contract out of the Employment Standards Act Yes, that means everyone....
by Andriessen & Associates | May 24, 2016 | Our Take on Things
I came across a Blog recently that talked about an American law regarding Poisoned Workplaces and how “not everything your boss asks you to do is poisonous.” The article suggested employees should contact their boss before a lawyer when alleging a poisoned...
by Andriessen & Associates | May 17, 2016 | Our Take on Things
We do a lot of collection litigation and we’re good at it. (Hey, if we were humble, we would not be lawyers.) This past week, however, has driven home the frustration of bankruptcy in the collection process. We are always up front with our clients when they...
