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The legal system in Ontario plays a vital role in upholding rights, maintaining order, and resolving disputes to protect our society. When a dispute, suit, or issue requires legal action, it will fall into one of two branches of the system: civil law or criminal law, at which point you'll need to find a lawyer specializing in that field.

Civil lawsuits, also known as civil litigation, are a type of legal dispute that can be initiated to hold entities or individuals accountable for the damages caused by their actions. Many types of incidents may prompt a civil lawsuit, including wrongful termination, contract disputes, personal injury and medical malpractice, property damage, fraud, and reputation-related suits, i.e. defamation or...

In the law, Rule 21 is a motion that can be brought before the commencement of a civil proceeding, which asks the court to either stay the proceedings – meaning, stop the legal process – or dismiss the claims altogether. There are a number of circumstances where your civil litigation lawyer may use this motion, and it would be permitted, but generally, they hinge on cases that deal with a...