by Suzanne Bemrose | 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 Bemrose | 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 Bemrose | 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 Bemrose | 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...
by Suzanne Bemrose | Apr 8, 2015 | Ramblings of a Paralegal
On March 19, 2013 a decision was released by the Superior Court of Justice between The Law Society of Upper Canada v. Mr. Enzo Chiarelli (2013 ONSC 1428 (CanLII)) stating that Property Managers were not to appear at the Landlord and Tenant Board as representatives as...
