by Suzanne Diamond | Jul 10, 2015 | Ramblings of a Paralegal
I have now decided that I am going to branch off into the real estate aspect of being a paralegal. I love anything to do with land, development and real estate and have been researching the Environment and Land Tribunals. I thought I would write a blog on this topic...
by Suzanne Diamond | Jul 10, 2015 | Latin terms
I remember working at a large law firm in downtown Toronto and ran across a student who was the editor of the Obiter Dictum (oh-bee-ter deek-toom) at their law school. I had to look it up to see what it meant! It means something said in passing or something a judge...
by Suzanne Diamond | Jun 24, 2015 | Latin terms
Caveat emptor: Let the buyer beware This phrase is used commonly when in transactions where the item is sold “as is”. For example, if you purchase a used vehicle without having a mechanic look at it or a home without doing a home inspection. The...
by Suzanne Diamond | Jun 9, 2015 | Ramblings of a Paralegal
Electronics and I have a special relationship. They have a tendency to not work correctly and I have a tendency to drop them and last night was no different. Last night I went to make a phone call and I dropped my phone on the tile floor in the kitchen. I know,...
by Suzanne Diamond | Apr 10, 2015 | Latin terms
Don’t you love it when you are self represented and you have presented your case and feeling proud and then the Judge starts speaking and it seems like Latin, it probably is. I heard a Judge the other day use the term inter partes when he was speaking to the...
