MEDIATION
- Personal injury
- Business contract disputes
- Contractor disputes
- Civil actions
- Employment, employee/employer
- Estate
- Elder Care (care home transitioning, care plan, asset allocation)
- Co-parenting Plans
Is your dispute with a business associate, family member or vendor?
Whether it be a Small Claims Court matter (<$25,000 claim) or a claim exceeding that amount , it is mandatory to attempt to settle the dispute ahead of seeing a Justice of the Peace or Judge as part of bringing a civil action (suing someone). The Judge or Justice will require proof that the parties attempted settlement (Rule 24.1 of the Rules of Civil Procedure). A settlement conference is mediation is the context of the Ontario Superior Court of Justice where a mediator may or may not be present. Now that you know that you WILL be required and have to prove your effort towards attempting a settlement why not initiate the meeting yourself before involving costly lawyers?
Rule 24.1 of the Rules of Civil Procedure (Ontario Superior Court of Justice) establishes mandatory mediation in civil cases.
Rules 24.1 and 75.1 apply in Toronto, Ottawa and Windsor.
Rule 75.1 makes contested estates, trusts and substitute decision matters applicable to mandatory mediation.
- Personal injury
- Business contract disputes
- Contractor disputes
- Civil actions
- Employment, employee/employer
- Estate
- Elder Care (care home transitioning, care plan, asset allocation)
- Co-parenting Plans
Is your dispute with a business associate, family member or vendor?
Whether it be a Small Claims Court matter (<$25,000 claim) or a claim exceeding that amount , it is mandatory to attempt to settle the dispute ahead of seeing a Justice of the Peace or Judge as part of bringing a civil action (suing someone). The Judge or Justice will require proof that the parties attempted settlement (Rule 24.1 of the Rules of Civil Procedure). A settlement conference is mediation is the context of the Ontario Superior Court of Justice where a mediator may or may not be present. Now that you know that you WILL be required and have to prove your effort towards attempting a settlement why not initiate the meeting yourself before involving costly lawyers?
Rule 24.1 of the Rules of Civil Procedure (Ontario Superior Court of Justice) establishes mandatory mediation in civil cases.
Rules 24.1 and 75.1 apply in Toronto, Ottawa and Windsor.
Rule 75.1 makes contested estates, trusts and substitute decision matters applicable to mandatory mediation.