Small Claims 2017: Essential Law, Winning Strategies For Paralegals and Lawyers

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From drafting pleadings that will persuade the Court, to effective approaches to enforcement (with or without a court hearing) – an expert faculty, including Deputy Judges, will provide you with the information and strategic guidance you need.

• Right from the beginning: effective written advocacy in Small Claims
• How to get judgment on the action at the settlement conference
• “Summary judgment” in Small Claims—motions to strike pleadings
• Motions for substituted service: what to suggest to the Court
• Practical tips for time-and-cost-efficient motions
• Conducting the trial: making sure your evidence is heard and your exhibits aren’t excluded
• “Informal, not anarchic”: effective oral advocacy in Small Claims
• Objections: why, how and when?
• Ways of maximizing the recovery
• Advancing or defending claims for aggravated, punitive and exemplary damages
• Making effective submissions on costs
• Current status of the law on the availability of arrest warrants and the power to incarcerate
• Application of the Rules of Professional Conduct for lawyers and the equivalent Paralegal Rules to Small Claims litigation
• Managing client expectations in the Small Claims context
• How to make your Small Claims practice effective and profitable

Faculty

Chairs

• Beverley A. Martel, LL.M., Administrative Deputy Judge, Brampton Small Claims Court
• Rick Goodman, Fredrick Goodman Paralegal

• Deputy Judge Bernard Aron, Small Claims Court, Central East Region
• Deputy Judge James Branoff, Law Office of James Branoff; Small Claims Court, Southwest Region
• Ellen A. Brohm, HGR Graham Partners LLP
• Paula Callaghan, Callaghan Paralegal
• Deputy Judge Abraham Davis, Small Claims Court, Central East Region
• Brian Houghton, Litigation Projects Manager, Pro Bono Ontario
• Teri Liu, Dutton Brock LLP
• Melissa Miller, Howie, Sacks & Henry LLP
• Deputy Judge Marcel D. Mongeon, Ross, Mongeon, Covello & Co.; Small Claims Court, Central South Region; Past President, Ontario Deputy Judges Association
• Amer Mushtaq, Formative LLP
• Deputy Judge Eric Nadler, Cutler/Nadler; Small Claims Court, Central West Region
• Deputy Judge Gina Papageorgiou, Toronto Small Claims Court; Bencher, Law Society of Upper Canada
• Jeffrey Radnoff, Radnoff Law Offices
• Deputy Judge Frances, M. Wood, Wood Gold LLP; Small Claims Court, Central West Region
• Evelyn Perez Youssoufian, Minken Employment Lawyers
• Dalia Yonadam, Fine & Deo

Agenda

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