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ENFORCING OR APPEALING A JUDGEMENT OR ORDER AND OBTAINING YOUR COSTS

A judgment is considered as a kind of order that a court issues.At the end of a proceeding, a judgment is pronounced. It is a decision that...

SOME THINGS TO NOTE WHEN CONSIDERING GOING TO TRIAL

Once all the evidence needed for the trial is ready, there remains a number of preliminary matters for consideration immediately before (or at the start of) trial. Generally,...

PREPARING FOR TRIAL

Collecting evidence is the first step in preparing for the trial of an action. Testimony of witnesses, admissions, and documents are the components of evidence.  A...

DAMAGES IN REAL ESTATE

When a vendor or purchaser breach an agreement of purchase and sale by not completing the sale transaction, the innocent party may suffer damages and should...

TRIAL AND JURY

Pre-trial procedures and offers to settle are considered a process in-themselves.  People are gently nudged to see the cost consequences for failure to accept a realistic offer, thereby...

TESTIMONY & BEING EXAMINED IN A DISCOVERY

At the outset, it is necessary to note that in Ontario there is no discovery in applications. In Ontario discoveries occur in actions; a two-part process, beginning...

WHAT IS A MOTION

A proceeding within a proceeding, that is how a motion is defined. With a view to decide issues arising between parties, this subsidiary step is taken...

HOW TO COUNTER-SUE!

If a litigant decides to proceed by way of an action, rather than by an application, it is necessary to serve either a Notice of Action...

HOW A CLAIM CAN BE DEFEATED OR RESOLVED BEFORE A TRIAL

After starting an action or application by issuing and serving a Notice of Action followed by a Statement of Claim or just by issuing a Statement...

HOW TO PLEAD YOUR CASE

It is an action or application  that illustrates the position and/or intention of a party to the proceeding, along with its status. It is a document to start ...