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Civil Litigation

Contract disputes, commercial litigation, fraud, injunctions.

In short

Disputes rarely settle themselves, and left alone they get more expensive. Civil litigation in Canada runs a defined course: pleadings, discovery, motions, trial. Every step either strengthens your position or weakens it, and most cases are decided by the quality of the preparation long before anyone takes the stand.

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Scope of work

What we take on inside civil litigation, and what each piece of it involves.

  • Breach of contract

    When an agreement is broken we enforce it: damages, specific performance, injunctions.

  • Business & commercial disputes

    Partnership breakdowns, shareholder conflicts and multi-party commercial claims.

  • Debt recovery & enforcement

    Pursuing what you are owed through the courts, garnishment and asset enforcement.

  • Real estate & property disputes

    Title disputes, failed closings, landlord and tenant conflicts, construction claims.

  • Fraud & misrepresentation

    When you were deceived, we build the evidence and pursue every remedy that is open to you.

  • Injunctions & urgent relief

    When the court has to act now: freezing assets, halting a transaction, preserving evidence.

How it proceeds

The order the work runs in, so you know what comes next.

  1. Case assessment

    Your documents, the other side's exposure, the legal merits and the realistic range of outcomes. We will not promise you a result.

  2. Pre-litigation pressure

    Demand letters, negotiation and mediation resolve many disputes before court, faster and for less, when the conditions are right.

  3. Litigation execution

    Tight pleadings, thorough discovery, motions that count, and cross-examination that tests the other side's account.

  4. Judgment & enforcement

    A judgment still has to be collected: garnishment and asset enforcement where the other side does not pay.

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