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AREAS OF CANADIAN LAW BY TYPE OF PRACTICE EXPLAINED IN PLAIN ENGLISH  FOR THE CONSUMER
AREAS OF CANADIAN LAW By TYPE OF PRACTICE EXPLAINED IN PLAIN ENGLISH FOR THE CONSUMER
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AREAS OF PRACTICE, TYPES OF LAW

Motor Vehicle Car Crash Injury?

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Our motor vehicle law referral service will find you the best motor vehicle lawyers or law firm. If you or a family member have been seriously injured in a car crash or other vehicle accident ask our motor vehicle law lawyer for help.

 

Have you been arrested or charged? CanLaw will locate the best  defence lawyer in motor vehicle law or the best criminal law firm to defend you.

Business Law

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What is Business Law? Business law applies to the rights, relations and conduct of companies and or persons carrying on commerce, trade, merchandising, services and sales.

Civil Litigation Law

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Civil litigation is any legal dispute between two or more parties that seek money damages or specific performance rather than criminal sanctions.

Class Action Law

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A class action is a lawsuit in which one or several persons sue on behalf of a larger group of persons. While class action lawsuits can vary widely, two factors are almost always present for every class action The basic reasons for the law suit are common to all members of the class. There are so many people wanting to sue that it is not practical to bring them all before the court.

Collections Law

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What to do when the Collection Agency calls. A debt collection lawyer is an individual licensed to practice law who primarily focuses on helping others collect debts. CanLaw also posts the best collections law and credit law lawyer directory in Canada including all credit law lawyers

Computer Lawyer Referral Service >>

Computer law deals with Internet law and the patent and copyright aspects of computer technology, intellectual property rights, copyright, piracy and software.

It is about Internet and computer crime, hacking, scams and fraud. Computer law deals with computer crime or software copyright. Too bad it can't stop hooker spam.

Incorporation Law

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CanLaw's Incorporation Law referral service will find you the best Incorporate lawyer or law firm. If you've got any type of corporation problem you need a top ranked Incorporation Law lawyer. CanLaw will refer you to the right Incorporation Law lawyers.

Insurance Lawyer Referral Service >>

Insurance law deals disputes over insurance policies and claims. There are three major areas, regulation of the business of insurance, regulation of the content of insurance policies, especially consumer policies, regulation of claim handling.

Intellectual Property

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Intellectual property law refers to protecting creations of the mind. The Canadian Intellectual Property Office is responsible for the administration and processing of the greater part of intellectual property in Canada

International Law

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International law is the body of rules established by custom or treaty and recognized by nations as binding in their relations with one another. You will probably never need an international lawyer

Investment Law

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Investment law lawyers can help you with banking, project finance, real estate finance and private equity finance, and similar issues. Financial lawyers may specialize in one of these subcategories or have broad industry knowledge. Lawyers generally work in an office setting and may frequently travel to see clients

Landlord & Tenant Law

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Bad Tenant Problem? If you are seeking to evict a residential tenant or have been served with a notice of termination consult a CanLaw lawyer. Landlord tenants lawyers do not work pro bono or for free. If you are tenant in landlord trouble you may get legal aid if you apply.

Malpractice Law

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Malpractice includes honest mistakes in your treatment.

All health care professionals, including specialists, doctors, nurses, pharmacists, dentists, medical technicians and alternative health practitioners including chiropractors are negligent if the treatment of a patient under their care is below the minimum standard regarded as acceptable by the medical profession.

 Mediation ADR Law

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Mediation is a voluntary way of resolving disputes where a trained mediator helps parties of relatively equal bargaining positions to resolve disputes about family issues.

 

Mediators are usually social workers, lawyers, psychologists, or other professionals Mediation is a way to resolve legal disputes together without going to court.

Constitutional Law

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All laws of Canada, provincial and federal, must conform to the Constitution, the Charter of Rights. Any laws inconsistent with the Constitution have no force or effect. However it can take years for a law to be overturned and many people languish in jail waiting for a ruling. It does not work like the tv shows.

Construction

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Construction Law deals with the legal process, from the initial bidding on the project, to the negotiation including all contracts, agreements and warranties.

 

If workers are injured, workers’ compensation law is also a subset of construction law.

Consumer Protection Law

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Credit reporting agencies must collect, maintain and report your credit and personal information in a responsible manner,

The  Payday Loans Acts provides rights when you borrow from a payday loan shark. Cooling-off periods come under Consumer Protection laws.

Generally it is illegal for a business or individual to give you false information about themselves or the product or service they offer.

Corporate and Commercial

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Covers business legal problems of all kinds.

Our Corporate & Commercial Law referral service will find you the best Corporate Law  lawyer or law firm.

Criminal Law

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Criminal charge? You need a lawyer now. Criminal law is controlled by the Federal Government in Canada, although the provinces also have "quasi criminal" offences. Either can send you to jail.

 

The Criminal Code of Canada regulates social conduct and proscribes whatever is threatening, harmful, or otherwise endangering to the property, health, safety, and moral welfare of people. It details the punishment of people who violate these laws.

 

Criminal law varies according to jurisdiction and gender. Women are treated far more leniently than men despite the Charter.

Administrative Law

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Canadian administrative law deals with the actions and operations of governments and governmental agencies.

Municipal Law

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Municipal Law is the law specific to a particular city or county (known legally as a "municipality"), and the government bodies within those cities or counties. This can include police power, zoning, education policies, and property taxes.

Natural Resource Energy Law

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Unless big oil is wrecking your back yard, this is not for consumers.

Canadian energy and natural resource laws govern the use and taxation of renewable and non-renewable energy. It deals with the area of natural resources, energy and environmental law, and facilitates collaboration and interaction with related disciplines, institutions, governments, the legal profession and the community.

Pensions & Benefits Law

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Pension law is heavily regulated and very complex. Pension regulation in Canada falls mostly within provincial jurisdiction. You really need a lawyer's guidance.

Personal Injury Law

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If you are seeking a slip and fall lawyer  the CanLaw  Personal Injury referral service will find you the best wrongful death lawyer or law firm. If you've got any type of legal problem you need a top ranked medical malpractice lawyer.

Real Estate Law

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Real estate law covers rights to possess, use, and enjoy land and the permanent man made additions attached to it. This includes deeds and mortgages as well as the right to hold interests in real property, permissible interests in real property, relations between owners. owners and the community, landlord and tenant relations, the transfer of interests in real property, and real property financing.

Defamation Libel Slander Law

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Strict time limits apply. Talk to a lawyer immediately.

 

Defamation includes libel and slander and includes

any intentional false communication, written or spoken, that harms a person's reputation or decreases the respect, regard, or confidence in which a person is held or induces disparaging, hostile, or disagreeable opinions or feelings against a person.

 

It can even be defamatory to question a women's "honour" which is pretty laughable now.

Employment and Labour Law

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Sign nothing until you talk to a labour lawyer. Employment law is very complex with numerous government agencies each with their own seemingly contradictory rules and regulations.

 

It is not an area for the average consumer to handle on his/her own. A lawyer is highly recommended.

In Canada it generally refers to the law disputes involving wrongful dismissal, severance, overtime, benefits, workplace harassment and human rights matters. Canadian labour law regulates the rights, restrictions and obligations of trade unions, workers and employers.

Estates Law

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What does an Estate Lawyer do? Every estate needs an Executor who in turn needs a lawyer to handle winding up and distributing the assets and paying the debts etc of the deceased.

 

The estate lawyer acts on instructions from the Executor.

 

The estate lawyer's will advise and assist the Executor in dealing with accounting and tax issues, obtaining a Clearance Certificate from Revenue Canada, and assisting in distributing the estate.

Energy Oil Gas Law

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Canadian energy and natural resource laws govern the use and taxation of renewable and non-renewable energy.

Securities Law

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Canadian securities regulation is managed through laws and agencies established by Canada's 13 provincial and territorial governments.

 

Each province and territory has a securities commission or equivalent authority and its own piece of provincial or territorial legislation.

Small Claims Court Law

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Generally, Small Claims Courts in Canada provide a way for the average person to resolve Simple disputes concerning money or property with a neighbour, a merchant and even a customer for amounts up to $25,000, (varies in each province). They are quicker and cheaper than regular courts and are run fairly informally.

Taxation Law

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Tax lawyers represent and defend the interests of individuals, businesses and organizations trying to make their way through the intricacies of the Canada Revenue Agency (CRA).

Torts Law

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Tort simply means wrong. Tort laws offer remedies to individuals harmed by the unreasonable actions of others. Tort claims usually involve provincial law and are based on the legal premise that individuals are liable for the consequences of their action if it results in injury to others

Trademark & Copyright Law

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The CanLaw Trademark Law referral service will find you the best Copyright Law lawyer or law firm. Protect your trade mark and business from poachers.

Traffic Tickets DUI Texting

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The penalty for those people who text should be the police takes one finger on the spot.. The problem will solve itself.

 

Even if you are guilty, you should file a defence to protect your licence and prevent horrendous insurance increases. If you were charged with any provincial offence you should act immediately. If you were charged you can minimize the consequences with a good lawyer.

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