Litigation

Small Claims Court Disputes

Civic disputes over amounts below $25,000 are heard by the Small Claims Courts and disputes between residential landlords and tenants are heard at the Landlord Tenant Boards across the province. Often times due to amounts in dispute being rather small, retaining a lawyer on most of these types of matters cannot be economically justified. You will need to note that in spite of the small amount in dispute in a Small Claims Court file or a Landlord Tenant dispute, some of these disputes can become extremely complicated with numerous days allocated for hearings and trials. It is the nature of the facts and the legal principles in dispute that make a case complicated and not necessarily the amount in dispute.

This being said, we try to stay away from Small Claims Court and residential Landlord Tenant disputes to the extent possible and often times at the outset advise the our clients that given our fees, our involvement in such disputes may not be worthwhile. We do however get involved with these disputes with pleasure, when the clients make an informed decisions after considering the costs and instruct us to act for them.