by Andriessen & Associates | Nov 26, 2024 | Uncategorized
If you’ve been served with a legal claim in Ontario, it’s crucial to act quickly. Under the Rules of Civil Procedure, defendants have 20 days to respond to a statement of claim, starting from the day you are served. If you were served outside Ontario, you have 40 days...
by Andriessen & Associates | Nov 19, 2024 | Uncategorized
Trademark holders, beware! Scammers are out there fishing for your details—posing as “intellectual property attorneys” with fake warnings that your trademark is “under threat.” These crafty messages create a sense of urgency, hoping you’ll fall hook, line, and sinker...
by Andriessen & Associates | Nov 12, 2024 | Uncategorized
When you put an interest rate in your contract, you want it enforced in Court should you have to sue on it. There are a few ways to ensure that won’t happen and those include not expressing the interest rate as an annual amount and exceeding the criminal rate of...
by Andriessen & Associates | Nov 5, 2024 | Uncategorized
Emergency Procedures in white collar jobs are commonly taken as a joke or a hassle, fire drills are treated as an interruption to the workday and formal procedures are written and forgotten. The truth is emergency procedures seem bothersome and inconsequential, until...
by Andriessen & Associates | Oct 29, 2024 | Uncategorized
In April, we obtained an Order from the Landlord and Tenant Board (the “LTB”) to evict a Tenant who was in arrears of rent, which were at the time of our Application already over the monetary jurisdiction of the LTB (which is $35,000.00). The Tenant filed a Review of...
