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Paralegal

The Best Solution For Your Legal Issue

What Is a Paralegal?

PARALEGAL SERVICES INCLUDE

Tribunals, Boards & Commissions

Landlord and Tenant Board

Workplace Safety and Insurance

Human Rights Tribunal

Financial Services Commission

Court Services
(Civil & Criminal Law)

Small Claims Court

Provincial Offences

Summary Convictions

Highway Traffic Offences

Other Services
(and more…)

Commissioner of Affidavits

Court Attendance

Mediation

Legal Research

To help clarify what Paralegals can and cannot do please review the following:

 

The regulatory scheme set out in the Law Society’s By-Law 4 permits paralegals to practise in what were already permitted areas of practice. Subsection 6 (2) authorizes licensed paralegals to represent someone:

 

  • In Small Claims Court (matters up to $25,000)
  • In the Ontario Court of Justice under the Provincial Offences Act
  • In summary conviction offences where the maximum penalty does not exceed six months’ imprisonment
  • Before administrative tribunals