If you’re involved in a negotiation with someone whose resources out match yours, here are some tips that should help you. Before delving into the details of a negotiation, it’s important to ask yourself some basis questions. The first question is whether your lack of resources, financial or human, are likely to impair your ability […]
If you are involved in a business or property conflict and are thinking of going to court, here are some important basics. In Ontario, there are two levels of civil trial courts; small claims courts and superior courts of justice. Our small claims courts handle claims for damages or return of property limited to $25,000.00. […]
If you are about to negotiate a transaction with a stranger and are concerned about protecting yourself from possible disappointment, here are some tips for you to consider. Prepare yourself before making any deal. If you’re considering negotiating with someone who you don’t know, and haven’t dealt with, there is no basis for trust. Trust […]
If you’re involved in a heated property or commercial dispute, here are some pointers that will help you avoid negotiating traps. Emotional outbursts will not get you closer to resolution. If anything, the chances increase that the other party will respond in kind. Any useful discussion of workable solutions will take a back seat to […]
If you are involved in a property or commercial dispute that you are unable to resolve through direct negotiation, third party mediation or arbitration and feel that using the courts is your only sensible option, here are a few pointers that will help you. Courts of law deal with factual issues that the parties do […]
If you are involved in a property or commercial conflict here is a quick glossary of tips that may help you decide how to proceed. If you are confident in your ability to negotiate a resolution, reach out to the other party and ask to discuss the issues. But remember in any successful negotiation, each […]
If you are involved in negotiating the sale of a business and are worried that the other party may not honour any post-closing obligations, here is a list of tips that will help you. Let’s assume that you are selling a business and a portion of the sale price will be paid on closing. You are […]
If you are involved in a property, or commercial dispute here are a several tips that will help you. Mediation is a voluntary, consent based process. Except for family, and estate disputes, and civil conflicts where lawsuits have been filed in Ottawa, Toronto or Windsor, the law does not require mediation. This means that in […]
If you are considering arbitration regarding a property or financial dispute, here are several tips that will help you. Arbitration is not a professionally accredited field. Any one can call himself an arbitrator if he chooses. So it is important to check the credentials of any arbitrator you may be interested in naming. Because arbitration […]
If you decide to name a mediator to help you resolve a dispute, here are a few tips that are vital. Once the parties to a dispute have had an opportunity to present their sides to each other and to the mediator; list their interests and explore those interests they share in common, much of […]
