by Andriessen & Associates | Mar 26, 2013 | Our Take on Things
Over the past 20 years (technically it will only be 20 years on April 1) I’ve had many issues that seem to come up over and over in talking to new clients. Lately, the latest issue to come up again (and again) is getting a signature on an agreement. The facts...
by Andriessen & Associates | Mar 19, 2013 | Our Take on Things
It’s interesting to see the main stream media pick up on some of the more technical aspects of Civil Law Suits these days. This morning, the GTA papers were commenting on the recent Ontario Superior Court decision finding William Assaf to be a “vexatious...
by Andriessen & Associates | Mar 14, 2013 | Our Take on Things
When I went to law school there was a lot of emphasis on the emerging laws related to tech businesses. We spent a lot of time trying to figure out which issues applied, depending on whether the business was online or “bricks and mortar”. A decade and a half later,...
by Andriessen & Associates | Mar 5, 2013 | Litigation, Small Claims Court
Sometimes writing a weekly blog is a challenge, some weeks it almost writes itself. This week the latter is true. I heard on the radio yesterday, then read in the paper today, the story of the $ 22 000.00 Cell Phone Bill incurred by the 12 year old son of a family...
by Andriessen & Associates | Feb 26, 2013 | Litigation
The news today contains two stories about parties seeking or being ordered to pay legal fees over $ 100 000.00 to a party on the other side of a law suit. Helena Guergis has been ordered to pay $ 118 560.00 to the defendants she unsuccessfully sued for defamation...