by Andriessen & Associates | May 4, 2021 | Our Take on Things
It has become incredibly frustrating to see the lawyers at our firm moving their matters forward in Superior Court while I sit on dozens of files waiting for something to happen in Small Claims Court. I filed a Motion for Subservice in early January, 2021. ...
by Andriessen & Associates | Apr 27, 2021 | Our Take on Things
These days if you listen to ads on the radio you may think that if you have been terminated from your job, you’re entitled to a lot of money from your former employer. You may be, but as we lawyers love to say “it depends”. As a firm that only...
by Andriessen & Associates | Apr 13, 2021 | Our Take on Things
The Ontario Small Claims Court is finally allowing Settlement Conferences to proceed on all matters where a Defence has been filed, regardless of the filing date. Up until March 16, 2021, the Small Claims Court was only accepting requests for Settlement Conferences on...
by Andriessen & Associates | Apr 13, 2021 | Our Take on Things
I moved my son to virtual learning for this school year. While I don’t want to get into a debate about why I did that, I was laughing because I thought sick days and snow days would no longer exist. Similarly, they wouldn’t exist for people who work from...
by Andriessen & Associates | Apr 6, 2021 | Our Take on Things
That got your attention, didn’t it? Well, we all know what sells these days. Now that your listening, today’s topic is actually about a specific type of legal trust: the “naked” or (as we’ll call it) a “bare” trust. Don’t look so disappointed, just “bare” with us, it...