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...
by Andriessen & Associates | Mar 30, 2021 | Our Take on Things
I recently finished a two day Bankrutpcy hearing using Caselines and Zoom in the Province of Ontario. While the issues were simple, the use of an interpreter added some challenges as well as the continual dropping of the Zoom connection to the Court...
by Andriessen & Associates | Mar 23, 2021 | Our Take on Things
I have been writing blogs for the firm now for a while and when I was first asked to start writing, the first thought that came to my mind was “Who is going to read a blog by a Law Clerk?” The second thought I had was “What the heck am I going to write about?”...