LICENSED Paralegal

Paralegals are licensed through the Law Society of Ontario to provide legal services in relation to an actual or intended proceeding in the Province of Ontario. Legal Services are available in the following areas:

SMALL CLAIMS COURT:

• Claims for damages or the return of property worth $35,000 or less.

  • • Drafting Pleadings: Plaintiff's Claim; Defence; Defendant's Claim; Third-Party Claims, Motions

    • Appearances: Settlement Conference; Motions; Trials

BOARDS / TRIBUNALS:

• Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs Appeal Tribunal

• Alcohol Gaming and Commission of Ontario

• Assessment Review Board

• Commissioner for Taking Affidavits

• Financial Services Tribunal

• Health Professionals Appeal and Review Board

• Human Rights Tribunal of Ontario

• Landlord & Tenant Board

• License Appeal Tribunal

• Local Planning Appeal Tribunal

• Ontario Highway Transport Board

• Ontario Labour Relations Board

• Ontario Parole Board

• Social Benefits Tribunals

• Workplace Safety and Insurance Board

• Workplace Safety and Insurance Appeals Tribunal

• etc.

ONTARIO COURT OF JUSTICE under the PROVINCIAL OFFENCES ACT involving:

• Blind Persons' Rights Act

• Compulsory Automobile Insurance Act

• Environmental Protection Act

• Highway Traffic Act

• Liquor License Act

• Occupational Health and Safety Act

• Trespass to Property Act

• municipal by-laws

• etc.

SUMMARY CONVICTION COURT under the CRIMINAL CODE:

• s.66(1) Unlawful assembly

• s.83(1) Engaging in prize fight

• s.177 Trespassing at night

• s.201(2) Person found in or owner permitting use (gaming or betting house)

• s.211 Transporting person to bawdy-house

• s.278.9(2) Publication prohibited (in relation to production order)

• s.439(1) Interfering with marine signal

• s.487.08(3) Use of bodily substances

• s.649 Disclosure of jury proceedings

• etc.

HYBRID OFFENCES (when prosecuted by SUMMARY CONVICTION COURT under the CRIMINAL CODE:

• s.56.1(4) Identify Documents

• s.90(2) Carrying concealed weapon

• s.105(2) Losing or finding a firearm / weapon without reporting

• s.127(1) Disobeying order of court

• s.140(2) Public Mischief

• s.349(1) Being unlawfully in dwelling-house

• s.367 Punishment for forgery

• s.423(1) Intimidation

• s.487.0552(1) Failure to company with order or summons

• etc.

COMMISSION FOR TAKING AFFIDAVITS:

• A commission for taking affidavits in and for the courts in Ontario

• Take affidavits concerning any proceeding in Ontario

• Power to take declarations