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ATTORNEY:    This myasthenia gravis, does it affect your memory at all? WITNESS:      Yes. ATTORNEY:    And in...

The written law is often plagued with outdated decisions, perplexing paradoxes, and the uncommon common sense! While our pop culture is filled with many...

An Affidavit document is a document sworn or affirmed, under Oath, and a document for which the truthfulness of the statements within must be genuinely true.

A licensed paralegal may offer legal services and act as representative in matters falling within the jurisdiction of the Small Claims Court and the Provincial...

The Lack of Specifics within Many Laws is Causing Many Concerns involving Affects of the Covid19 Crisis. The Unprecedented Circumstances are Giving Rise to...

The potential for legal issues to arise from incidents involving tree ownership or tree management is significant.  Among other things, legal issues may...

Most Canadians cannot afford to sue when they are wronged or defend themselves when they are sued, and cannot afford to go to trial.  Without an effective and...

When an engagement is terminated, the 'contract to enter into marriage' is ceased and the engagement ring must be returned. 

In civil litigation, meaning a lawsuit, the Plaintiff must prove that the allegations are true on a balance of probabilities as opposed to the beyond a...

The legal question of whether an occupier of premises owes a duty of care to another occupier of the same premises may arise infrequently; however, the rarity...

Corporate Veil Unveiled For Proper Understanding of Limited Liability Protection  By: Scott McEachern Firstly, let me start this article with a...

It is rather obvious that a legal services practitioner's ability to best serve the client is highly dependent on maintaining a positive, constructive,...

Although an inaccurate translation from the literal Latin, the principle of 'stare decisis' may be thought of as the starring precedent setting decision when a...

Understanding Whether Going to Court Is Actually Going Back to Court? Laypeople and lawpeople can be confused regarding the res judicata principle, also...

Limitation periods are time limits that restrict when legal proceedings may be commenced.  In Ontario, generally, with some specific exceptions, the...

The law despises waste and the doctrine of mitigation, being the duty to mitigate, is the mechanism that imposes an obligation upon a harmed party to take...

Liability claims arising when a person suffers injuries in a slip and fall may be brought against the owners, occupiers, or others, with duties for the care...

Helpful Guide to Understanding the Importance of Pleading Alternative Theories of Law Within Claims While pleading alternatives may involve legal theories...

Litigants in legal proceedings can often make the process of litigation more difficult than necessary through the use of uncivil and discourteous conduct.

Potholes and other hazards can pose significant risk to persons and property.  While many incidents with roadway hazards result in only relatively minor...

While some people may choose self-representation over the cost of hiring a paralegal, all too often the self-represented make mistakes in the legal process...

Generally, the word "retainer" possesses two contexts and refers to both the contractual agreement entered into when hiring a legal professional as well as...

Proving a case in court requires evidence to back up certain allegations.  Sometimes, the 'evidence' is simply credible testimony without any tangible...

Stress injuries, meaning emotional concerns such as anxiety, annoyance, disappointment, distress, fear, frustration, loss of peace of mind, upset, among other...