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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: In Canada, Small Claims Court handles various civil disputes, including breach of contract, construction disagreements, consumer protection issues, unpaid debts, insurance coverage disputes, and realty conflict cases. Each case type requires proper legal research and presentation. If you need assistance navigating Small Claims Court, consider reaching out to Theresa Forrest, Paralegal, for knowledgeable guidance.
Understanding the Types of Cases that May Be Litigated in Small Claims Court
The law is much too large for any person to ever know in full. Indeed, even highly experienced judges with decades of experience will be without full knowledge of the law and are therefore, usually, assigned to handle a narrow focus of cases that are within areas of law that are familiar to the judge. Even so, judges will routinely expect representatives for the parties to perform precedent research and then provide submissions and present argument based upon the findings of that research.
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McIntyre Estate v. Ontario, 2001 CanLII 7972 (ON CA)
Accordingly, it is common that particular judges will hear civil law cases, other judges hear family law cases, and other judges hear criminal cases, etc. Similarly, legal practitioners will focus upon specific areas of law for the types of Small Claims Court cases that are handled. Of course, it is true that every Small Claims Court case will have a unique factual situation; however, the law and justice system, developed over hundreds of years and it will be unlikely that cases arise where the legal issues truly a first time issue; and accordingly, the relevant law will exist for most case scenarios.