Civil Litigation typically involves suing for money, whether it is damages for things like breach of contract, misrepresentation, personal injury, wrongful or constructive dismissal, real estate litigation, breach of lease, and so on. The court will assess damages based on the evidence before it. You need to prove your losses or out-of-pocket expenses. The court […]
“Do you know a litigation case can be both criminal and civil? In such cases, an individual can break a criminal law by doing a legal wrong against another person. It usually happens in domestic violence cases. An example of this is civil cases, which come under family law and involve abuse allegations(financial, emotional and […]
Civil litigation is the action, process or practice of settling a dispute in a court of law. Not all lawyers practice in the area of civil litigation. Further, there are many different areas of law within the scope of civil litigation. For example, your dispute could be over a breach of contract, personal injury, constructive […]
With all the condominium and construction developments going on in the Greater Toronto Area (and beyond), neighbouring property owners are often approached by a developer who wants to enter into a “Tieback and Crane Swing Agreement” with them, also known as a Construction License Agreement. These types of agreements give permission to the developer to […]
Fired Durham employee Joel Nicholson has reached a settlement with the region for his wrongful dismissal over an innocent mistake in the way he collected back rent from social housing tenants. Nicholson, who was seeking about $3.2 million in damages, couldn’t comment on the terms of the confidential agreement, reached almost two years after his […]