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Ontario Superior Court of Justice Trials

What are people going to trial for in Ontario?

Canada is a litigious country, 1 out of every 100 Canadians starts a civil legal proceeding each year (excluding family law).  3.6 out of every 10,000 Canadians will have a trial each year. In Ontario before the Superior Court of Justice, 96.4% of civil cases are disposed of prior to trial and 3.6% of all […]

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Trial Occurs in 9.7% of Small Claims Court Cases

Here are some interesting Small Claims Court statistics from the Ministry of the Attorney General over the past 5 years: It is shocking that only 28.7% of cases have a settlement conference.  This means cases are either settling or are proceeding undefended.  It’s more likely that they are undefended.  And they are probably collection proceedings. The […]

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How to Prepare a Witness to Testify

Lawyers are often too busy getting themselves ready for trials and hearings to spend an adequate amount of time preparing their witnesses.  While not ideal, this is understandable given the number of things on the go when a trial or hearing approaches. Here are some ideas on how to prepare a witness, broken into 3 […]