Disputes can arise from business, property, employment, professional, lending, contractual and other legal relationships. When those disputes escalate, clients need more than legal process. They need careful advice, sound strategy, and a clear understanding of the risks, costs, timing, and available remedies.
SEV LAW Professional Corporation represents individuals, businesses, shareholders, directors, lenders, property owners and professionals in a broad range of civil and commercial disputes. We act for individuals, corporations, entrepreneurs, lenders, borrowers, property owners, shareholders, directors, officers, professionals, and business operators in disputes involving contracts, property, business relationships, lending arrangements, professional obligations, employment issues, and other civil claims.
Litigation can be disruptive, expensive, and uncertain. Our approach is to assess the dispute early, identify the objectives, preserve the necessary evidence, and develop a strategy that is proportionate to the issues. In some cases, the appropriate course may involve negotiation, mediation, arbitration, or another form of dispute resolution. In other cases, it may require urgent court steps, motions, discoveries, trial preparation, trial, or appeal.
Ontario civil claims are also time sensitive. Ontario civil claims are often subject to limitation periods. In many cases, a proceeding must be commenced within two years from the date a claim is discovered, but different limitation periods and rules may apply depending on the nature of the claim, the parties and the governing legislation. Ontario law also provides an ultimate limitation period of 15 years for many claims, subject to statutory exceptions and other applicable rules. Early legal advice is therefore important when a dispute arises. For that reason, early legal advice is important when a dispute arises.
Litigation requires ongoing strategic judgment. Parties may need to decide whether to send a demand letter, bring a motion, seek urgent interim relief, pursue settlement discussions, proceed to mediation, conduct examinations for discovery, or prepare for trial. Each step should be assessed in light of the evidence, the strength of the legal position, proportionality, cost, the available remedies, and the practical consequences of the dispute.
SEV LAW assists at each stage of the litigation process, including pre-litigation advice, demand letters, pleadings, motions, injunctions, documentary production, examinations for discovery, mediation, settlement negotiations, trial preparation, trials, and appeals. We focus on building the evidentiary record, framing the legal issues clearly, responding effectively to the opposing party’s position, and advancing the case with discipline and judgment.
Our civil and commercial litigation work includes:
- Contract disputes
- Director and officer liability
- Shareholder disputes and oppression remedy claims
- Partnership and joint venture disputes
- Corporate governance disputes
- Business torts
- Civil fraud claims
- Professional negligence claims
- Property disputes
- Real estate litigation
- Mortgage and lending disputes
- Commercial leasing disputes
- Lien disputes
- Collections and debt recovery
- Employment and wrongful dismissal claims
- Defamation and reputational claims
- Unjust enrichment claims
- Product liability claims
- Economic tort claims
- Procurement disputes
- Regulatory proceedings
- Cross border commercial disputes
- Injunctions and urgent interim relief
- Appeals
Civil and commercial litigation covers a wide range of disputes. Whether the matter is narrow and urgent, commercially sensitive, document-intensive, or headed toward trial, SEV LAW works with clients to understand the problem, evaluate the available options, and protect their interests through focused litigation strategy.
Our Litigation Lawyer
- Syed Abid Hussain
- Founder, Principal Lawyer and Managing Director
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