I recently attended a Motion to set aside the Default Judgment and terminate the Garnishment we issued against the Defendant’s bank account.  Their lawyers were requesting costs of the Motion, payable by not only our client but me personally, and they were asking for close to $5,000.00!  Well, that was a first! Recently, I obtained

Murray Brown has blogged a few times about representing a Landlord on the residential side of things and he certainly has some interesting cases, however, being a residential Landlord is not the only type of Landlord.  What about being a Commercial Landlord? Owning any type of investment property that you rent out, whether residential or

Has your incorporated business been named as a party in a lawsuit? Is your incorporated business contemplating initiating a lawsuit? It is important to keep in mind that The Law Society Act prohibits anyone other than a “licensee” (Lawyer) from providing legal services. The Ontario Rules of Civil Procedure state that a party to a proceeding that is a

Now that we are officially one month into 2024, let’s take a quick breather to see how this new year is going. They say its usually by this time that our new years resolutions are broken (if they even make it this far). Why is this? Well, it’s usually one of the following culprits: Whatever

I am frequently in motion court in real life these days and see many associates and articling students from other firms appear in “real court” for the first time. Most of those people have not been told what to do in “real court”.   They don’t know basics, like where to stand, when to bow, how

TikTok is a great place to be entertained and kill time, however, it is not a great place to obtain legal advice. Over the holidays, having time to kill, I scrolled my FYP (For You Page) on TikTok and was blown away at the amount of people (aka Influencers) on TikTok (what are they even