ACCT-311 Lecture Notes - Lecture 7: Lawyer Referral Service, Counterclaim, Specific Performance
18 Mar 2016
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Defendant = defending against suit: statement of claim (plaintiff files) serves onto the defendant. Statement of defense counterclaim (defendant) she was supposed to pay me : discovery process examinations for discovery: witnesses/parties. Working with the other party instead of going to court discovering stuff about the case. 1. examinations: witnesses (people) statements: affidavit of records: evidence (emails, doctor reports, contracts, things) paperwork, mediation. Pretrial conference (cases that need to go to court go to court: trial. 2 years from the date of the incident. Ask yourself: what province do i want to have court case in: where does the defendant reside, where the matter arose. Internet cases = no jurisdiction over the internet: damages = $ default remedies, compensation not punishment. Remedies = solutions things that count can grant: recission, specific performance. If someone sues you don"t be afraid to respond to that because the # of cases that actually go to trial are very few.
