5 Marketing Mistakes New Paralegals Make
Paralegal and professor Reena Basser outlines five trouble spots for new paralegals who want to market their services. I have been in a sole proprietorship as a Licensed Paralegal for a while and...
View ArticleHints, Clues & How-Tos – Free Legal Information
These resources will help paralegals and other service providers to advocate effectively. Resources include links to guides and brochures, videos and PDFs, on subjects such as: human rights, paralegal...
View ArticleLegal Word of the Day: “Limitation Period”
Limitation Period — Time limit on initiating an action, claim or complaint. The action may be related to remedy an injury, loss or damage from an act or omission. In Ontario, these time limits are set...
View ArticleNot an Owner? No LTB Self-Rep for You!
Landlords must also be owners of properties they represent at the Landlord and Tenant Board, according to a recent interim order. In CEL-32403-13-BIR-IN (Re), 2014 CanLII 31000 (ON LTB), member Jeanie...
View ArticleRent Increase Set for 2015
The Ministry of Municipal Affairs and Housing has announced the 2015 rent increase cap: 1.6%. The cap will apply to about 85% of private residential units in Ontario. Also known as the rent increase...
View ArticleNew Osgoode Certificate Program Starts Nov. 29
Osgoode Professional Development, a leader in professional legal education, is offering a unique new opportunity for paralegals: an intensive four-day certificate program that includes three of the...
View ArticleSo-called ‘Agents’ on the Spot; Man Says Argos Discriminate Against Men
Tribunals are a significant practice area for Ontario’s paralegals. Here are highlights from a few recent tribunal cases of interest to the profession. A Hamilton Landlord & Tenant Board member has...
View ArticleCase Law Update — What’s New at CanLII & CanLII Connects
CanLII is a non-profit organization managed by the Federation of Law Societies of Canada. CanLII’s goal is to make Canadian law accessible for free on the Internet. CanLII Connects makes it faster and...
View ArticleRights, Roads & Wrongs: CanLII Cases for Paralegals
CanLII Connects makes it faster and easier for legal professionals and the public to access high-quality legal commentary on Canadian court decisions. See Scope’s Publisher Page. Here are some recent...
View ArticleWho is the Landlord? LTB Review to Sort Out Non-Profits’ Role
A non-profit housing provider’s appeal has triggered a Board-initiated review. The relationship between non-profit organizations as “tenants,” building owners, and occupants of the affordable housing...
View ArticleRegulating Paralegals, Employment Law & More: News from the Scope
Carefully chosen for relevance to the paralegal profession, these articles are selected from reliable sources. Click on the tags, or the Search function, to access more SCOPE articles and links to...
View ArticleNon-Profit Providers and Owners Are ‘Co-Landlords’
A three-person panel of the Landlord and Tenant Board decided in a Review Order that the LTB has no jurisdiction to make orders related to a non-profit housing organization and the building owner it...
View ArticleHumans & Their Rights: Legal News Roundup
Scope regularly provides carefully curated links to news items that are particularly relevant for Ontario paralegals. No matter what areas your practice includes, these articles will help keep you up...
View ArticleUntangling the LTB Mystery — New OsgoodePD Course
Fine-tune your residential landlord-tenant skills, with a new full-day course that brings clarity to the key elements of this practice area. OsgoodePD’s The Practitioners’ Guide to Residential...
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