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PARALEGAL SERVICES INCLUDE
Tribunals, Boards & Commissions
Landlord and Tenant Board
Workplace Safety and Insurance
Financial Services Commission
Court Services
(Civil & Criminal Law)
Other Services
(and more…)
Commissioner of Affidavits
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