Our Take On Things

To sue in Canada or abroad ?

Business is global. Doing business globally means at times you're going to find yourself in a legal dispute with someone who is not in the same country as you. When that happens, where do you sue? The first step is to read the agreement, if there is one, that you have...

So you want to get paid

This week I am speaking at the Law Society of Upper Canada's Solo & Small Firm Conference on "Getting Paid". If you follow our firm on Twitter this week (@andriessenlaw) you'll find all tweets this week are related to the topic of getting paid. Some of the tweets are...

Let's get your business paid

For over 23 years I've been a business lawyer and as a big part of that, I've sued debtors who owe my clients money. Collection litigation is only an effective tool if it is done well. If the law firm is the only one making money, then it is not done well. Our firm's...

#RelationshipGoals for you and your Business Lawyer

The hashtag included in the title of this Blog post is a term that keeps showing up more and more on the internet. Of course, some of the "relationship goals" seem a bit questionable, but to each their own. As a business lawyer who works with everyone from a sole...

Be aware when carrying on business in Quebec

It's interesting in the practice of Business Law how things go in waves. One week we have an influx of wrongful dismissal claims, like the week after the Ghomeshi allegations started, and another week, like one a few weeks back, clients are contracting with businesses...

Employees behaving badly

Ah, nothing like a few pints (well, maybe more than few) and a Soccer Match to bring out the hooligan in some people: you all know what I'm writing about. I'm writing about the FHRITP comment (Google if you must, but beware it's NSFW - Google that before the first...

70 years of thanks!

Many people when they first meet me ask me "what are you?" This didn't happen where I grew up in BC, but in Toronto, it appears necessary to many people to put people in a box. I always answer Canadian as I am born here, however, I generally ultimately relent and say,...

The Joys of Settlement

A file I was working on just settled on the eve of trial.  As a trial lawyer, I enjoy arguing a case before a Judge.  I revel in the questions, the objections, the arguments based on law. I appreciate, however, clients do not enjoy trials.  Trials cost money, take...

Our firm is great because of our team !

This week is Administrative Professional's week. I'd like to think every week is that week in our firm, though to be fair, we don't all enjoy a lunch out together every week. When I was an Articling Student, I was initially terrible at working with Administrative...

Happy Law Day Week !

This week is the Canadian Bar Association's annual Law ay week. (Only lawyers could make a day last a week.) This week is intended to educate and inform the public about the role and importance of the law in their lives. One of the ways our firm is participating...

When parties consent

Last week I attended Court on an unusual motion. In 2012, a defendant to a law suit settled an action with my client by agreeing to make payments over time. As is common in settlements of a long duration, one of the terms was that the defendant sign a Consent to...

Law Students, please stop complaining

Lately there have been a lot of articles written by Law Students. They're complaining about the debt they've incurred to get their degrees. They're complaining that there are not enough Articling positions and they may have to pay the LPP fee in order to be licensed....

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