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...
by Andriessen & Associates | Feb 19, 2013 | Litigation
In the last month we’ve seen one, then two, and now three interesting, and completely expected lawsuits. I’m talking about the class actions against the federal government for the loss of a data drive containing the personal information about student borrowers. As a...
by Andriessen & Associates | Feb 12, 2013 | Litigation
As litigation lawyers, Inga and I walk a fine line between being an advocate on behalf of a client and straying into the use of words or actions that would have a label of “incivility” tossed in our direction. Our law society is always trumpeting the need for lawyers...
by Andriessen & Associates | Feb 6, 2013 | Our Take on Things
A recent decision of the Ontario Court of Appeal drives home once again the title of this blog: put intentions in writing. The case of Mountain v. Mountain Estate 2012 ONCA 806 is the sad story of what happens when people rely on an oral contract to handle complex...
by Andriessen & Associates | Jan 29, 2013 | Our Take on Things
This weekend the Liberal Party of Ontario elected the first woman who will Premier of Ontario. This woman also happens to be openly Gay. As I read the news headlines I couldn’t help but think, do either matter? It is 2013: when do we stop labelling people by...
