Practice Areas
Why You Need paralegals
Paralegals are essential because they provide affordable legal support, and they increase access to justice to broader sectors of the larger community. We offer clients accessible legal assistance, while working to represent clients in specific legal matters such as those in the Small Claims Court, disputes at the Landlord and Tenant Board, and in Provincial Offences Courts. In the process of handling routine legal tasks with efficiency and diligence, paralegals help to make a successful legal defense more accessible to those who require one.
What We Are Expert At
Legal Practice Areas & useful links
Small Claims Court
Resolve civil disputes quickly and affordably for claims valued at up to $50,000. Small Claims Court claims can involve civil disputes with claims for contractual disagreements, for general or specific damages, damage to dignity or property, monetary loss or payment of debts, or personal injury.
Human Rights Law
The Ontario Human Rights Code (OHRC) is a law which protects individuals from discrimination of all kinds, and which ensures equal treatment in social areas like employment, housing, and provision of customer service. Human rights law endeavours to protect individual rights from personal, governmental, or corporate interference.
Employment Law
You should always know and be aware of your rights under the Employment Standards Act (ESA). This legal guide describes the rules regarding minimum wage, limits for hours of work, termination of employment, and also delineates rules governing dismissal, severance pay, authorized leaves of absence (pregnancy, parental, bereavement), and benefits entitlements including vacation pay.
Landlord and Tenant Board (LTB)
The RTA (The Residential Tenancies Act), enforced by the Landlord and Tenant Board, delineates the legal rights and responsibilities of both landlords and tenants, and governs rental housing relationships in various communities.
Provincial offences
Provincial Offences Courts adjudicate violations of provincial laws, such as speeding, or regional infractions like breaching noise limits, anti-trespassing rules, or environmental protection laws.
Law society of Ontario
The Law Society regulates, licenses, and disciplines Ontario’s more than 61,000 lawyers and over 11,000 licensed paralegals. It fulfills this mandate by ensuring that all legal professionals in Ontario meet high standards of learning, competence, and professionalism, established by professional guidelines for both lawyers and paralegals. Paralegals' activities are regulated by the Paralegal Code of Conduct.
Paralegal scope
Paralegals offer legal guidance, represent clients in authorized matters, and handle legal documents within the scope allowed by law.
small Claims Court
Hashanpreet Sharma
Delivering accessible justice through fair and efficient resolution.
Landlord and Tenant board
In adjudicating cases before the LTB, we will strive to balance the needs and legal rights of both tenants and landlords. We can manage disputes which may involve such varied issues as lease or tenancy agreements, rent payments, eviction conflicts, and those issues concerning tenant rights, safety, independence, and quality of life, while balancing these against community requirements for managing facilities upgrades, construction-related relocations, and regulatory violations.
Provincial Offences Courts: These courts manage issues relating to regulatory offences under provincial law. These can include Highway Traffic Act offences (i.e. speeding), and also issues relating to environmental protection, pet ownership, noise laws, and trespassing.
Edward Finkleberg
Balancing individual and community rights while striving for compromise.
Human rights law
Human Rights Law involves adjudicating cases pertaining to legislation which safeguards individuals against discrimination, ensuring equality and protection of legal rights across social areas including employment, housing, and services; this discrimination is based on legally protected grounds which include attributes such as race, gender, disability, and religion, among others. Human rights law cases can involve discrimination by individual people, employers, the government, or other corporate interests.
Employment Law:
Employment Law strives to balance individual rights and responsibilities of both employees and employers, and to enforce minimal legal standards. Employment law protects everyone by fostering fair treatment, creating safe working conditions, and preventing regulatory violations.
Anthony De chiara
Safeguarding fairness in every aspect of life.
