by Andriessen & Associates | Dec 11, 2018 | Commercial Leasing, Corporate documentation, Employment issues, Estate Planning, Law Practice Program, Litigation, Our Take on Things
I know it’s been a few weeks (during which time we’ve eaten all of our Halloween candy and done a lot of black Friday shopping) but here we are again for our third installment of “The Good Lawyer.” During our previous discussions on what makes for a good lawyer, we...
by Andriessen & Associates | Jul 25, 2017 | Commercial Leasing, Corporate documentation
A few weeks ago the Bank of Canada raised its key lending rate for the first time in seven years by a quarter-percentage-point. Although a move like this signals a growing confidence in the Canadian economy, not everybody shares this excitement. For lenders, it can...
by Andriessen & Associates | Mar 29, 2016 | Commercial Leasing, Employment issues, Litigation, Small Claims Court
At the end of last week, the Judge handed down his decision in the Jian Ghomeshi case. The finding was that the Crown had not proven its’ case “beyond a reasonable doubt”. That is the technical definition of what needs to be established in a criminal...
by Andriessen & Associates | Nov 17, 2015 | Commercial Leasing, Corporate documentation, Employment issues, Estate Planning
I recently had a meeting with a client who retained us to draft a Shareholder’s Agreement for her and the co-owner of her business. This type of an agreement lets the shareholder of a company control what happens in the event of certain things such as change in...
by Andriessen & Associates | Jul 1, 2014 | Anti-Spam, Commercial Leasing, Corporate documentation, Employment issues, Privacy, Small Claims Court
It’s July 1, let’s celebrate 147 years of our Country by bringing the commercial use of email to a screeching halt. I’m not going to repeat what you need to do to comply with the Canadian Anti-Spam Legislation here. Scroll down our Blog and read the...
by Andriessen & Associates | Jun 17, 2014 | Commercial Leasing, Litigation, Small Claims Court
Judgments entitling you to money are just pretty pieces of paper until you take steps to enforce it. Those Judgments can cost a lot of legal fees to obtain and there should be no satisfaction in obtaining a Judgment that only has value of principle, rather than...
