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...
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...
