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Areas of Focus: Types of Cases Handled
Question: What types of cases can be heard in Small Claims Court in Canada?
Answer: Small Claims Court in Canada typically handles cases involving contract disputes, construction law issues, consumer protection matters, debts and liens, employment disagreements, and tortious conduct claims. Each case's unique facts will determine how these general categories apply. For personalized guidance and to explore your legal options, consider connecting with Success.Legal for a complimentary consultation.
Understanding the Types of Cases that May Be Litigated in Small Claims Court
The various types of law are extensive and certainly too much for anybody to ever fully know. Even judges with decades of experience will lack full knowledge of all types of law; and accordingly, judges are usually assigned to specific types of cases where the type of law involved is familiar. Additionally, judges often expect and require legal representatives to research precedent cases and submit summarized, and cited, viewpoints as arguments for a position in the case as per that research.
Deeper Information About Areas of Focus...
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~ C.A. Osborne A.C.J.O.
McIntyre Estate v. Ontario, 2001 CanLII 7972 (ON CA)
Accordingly, there will be certain judges who will hear civil law cases and there will be other judges who hear family law cases and then other judges who hear criminal cases, etc. In a similar fashion, lawyers and paralegals will develop specific areas of law as the types of Small Claims Court cases that are focused upon. While all cases will involve unique facts, after hundreds of years of development of the law and justice system, few cases are truly novel and various fundamental basics of the law will likely exist and apply to a specific situation.