by Andriessen & Associates | Jun 28, 2016 | Employment issues
It’s almost July. The kids are or are almost out of school. It doesn’t matter that I’ve been out of school for way too many years to remember, there is still something about July and August that says “vacation”. No. We’re not...
by Andriessen & Associates | Jun 21, 2016 | Our Take on Things
A few weeks ago the newspapers were buzzing with the decision of the Honourable Mr. Justice Nordheimer to halt criminal charges against an individual until Legal Aid paid the bill for his lawyer. The basis for this is that the $ 11,000.00 income limit before you are...
by Andriessen & Associates | Jun 14, 2016 | Our Take on Things
Effective July 1, 2016, if your business is a “storer of a Motor Vehicle for which there is an Ontario Vehicle Permit issued” you must give notice of the fact you’re storing the vehicle to the owner within 15 days and not the current 60 days that you...
by Andriessen & Associates | Jun 7, 2016 | Our Take on Things
Our firm’s fantastic Paralegal, Murray Brown, is various Ontario Small Claims Courts each and every week. When we discuss many of his files, I can’t help wonder: is this system broken? Small Claims Court is mandatory for claims $ 25,000.00 and under. Most...
by Andriessen & Associates | May 31, 2016 | Our Take on Things
As Business Lawyers our firm often has to tell clients there are certain things they have to do, even if they don’t want to. The most frequent conversations of this nature are: 1. You cannot contract out of the Employment Standards Act Yes, that means everyone....
