Contractor Disputes in Ontario: Renovations, Liens and Holdbacks
Renovation contracts under the Consumer Protection Act, construction lien deadlines under the Construction Act, and why homeowners must keep a 10 per cent holdback.
Debt Recovery in Ontario: How to Collect an Unpaid Debt
How to recover an unpaid debt in Ontario: the demand letter, the limitation period and acknowledgments, suing in Small Claims Court, and enforcing the judgment.
Business Partnership Disputes in Ontario: What You Need to Know
What partners owe each other under Ontario’s Partnerships Act, the oppression remedy when the business is a corporation, and how a partnership can be ended.
Small Claims Court in Ontario: What You Need to Know
Small Claims Court in Ontario now handles claims up to $50,000. The limit, how a case proceeds to settlement conference and trial, and why the 15 per cent costs cap matters.
Limitation Periods in Ontario: The Two-Year Rule
Limitation periods in Ontario run two years from discovery, not from the wrong. How discoverability works, the presumption that traps claimants, and the fifteen-year outside limit.
Suing for Breach of Contract in Ontario
A breach of contract claim in Ontario turns on proof of loss, not on who was in the wrong. What you must establish, what damages cover, which court, and how long you have.