Small Claims

Going into business with someone starts on a foundation of trust. Shared goals, shared effort, and often shared money. When that relationship breaks down and one partner is left owed a specific sum, the fallout can be both financially damaging and personally bitter. The good news for many Ontario business owners is that recovering money… Read More

March break, summer vacation, a grandparent’s trip with the grandkids, a school group heading across a border. Every year, thousands of Canadian children travel abroad without both parents, and every year some families are caught off guard at a border because they were missing one simple document. A travel consent letter is not something most… Read More

It sits right there in the lease, printed in plain language and signed by both parties: no pets allowed. Most tenants read that line and assume it settles the matter. Most landlords write it believing it gives them the power to demand a pet be removed. Both are working from a misunderstanding, because in Ontario… Read More

Few pieces of paper cause more confusion between landlords and tenants than the N5 notice. A tenant who receives one often assumes eviction is imminent, while a landlord who serves one sometimes believes the tenant is already on their way out. Both are usually wrong. The N5 is a formal notice with a very specific… Read More

September 30 is the National Day for Truth and Reconciliation, a day set aside across Canada to honour the children who never returned home from residential schools, the Survivors who carry that history, and the families and communities still living with its legacy. MTS Paralegal Services P.C. joins communities across Kitchener, Waterloo, Cambridge, Guelph, Hamilton,… Read More