Everyone’s heard of Small Claims Court. But not everyone knows when to use it. The Ontario Small Claims Court is a lot of things. It’s a court of justice. It’s a statutory court. It’s a forum to litigate civil disputes and occasionally some minor family law cases.  It has minimal “equitable” jurisdiction.  As long as […]

August 5th, 2016 – OTTAWA        SullivanLaw is sponsoring a one-day baseball tournament Saturday, August 6, 2016 (rain date Sunday, August 7) in Alta Vista after several local teams were shut out of a Kanata tournament.   After receiving word that the tournament in Kanata couldn’t accept any more teams, the South Ottawa Blues traveling team

Our very own Timothy Sullivan was recently interviewed by David Lu of the Law School Show. The Law School Show is designed to give law school students and recent grads access to real-world insights and information from practicing lawyers across a wide variety of specialties and roles. Law school can teach you a lot about

Proportionality has become increasingly important in civil law disputes, but is less commonly seen in family law disputes because of the emotional issues involved. Our own Timothy Sullivan was asked to comment on the subject in this recent Law Times article. Find the article here.

The series of checks and balances that help to protect clients With the news so often carrying stories of lawyers involved in scandals, it’s hard not to worry that you’ll choose a lawyer only to be disappointed or blindsided by their behaviour or work. It’s important to keep in mind that the vast majority of

Residency should be flexible in adoption of adult child From this week’s article on AdvocateDaily, by our own Timothy Sullivan: Judicial discretion should be exercised if someone wants to adopt an adult child from another jurisdiction, says Ottawa family lawyer and civil litigator Timothy N. Sullivan. So when Justice Bruce E. Pugsley said he could not grant an

Which makes more sense? Like so many of you, no doubt, I have been following the battle between Kesha/Dr Luke/Sony Music with some interest in the past week or two. (Kesha is trying to get Sony to release her from her contract, alleging that producer Dr. Luke physically, emotionally and sexually assaulted her and that

Ultimately, parents make the decisions From this week’s article on Advocate Daily, by our own Timothy Sullivan: A recent Ontario Superior Court of Justice decision underscores how grandparents have no right to see a grandchild, says Ottawa family lawyer and civil litigator Timothy Sullivan. “They would need the factual basis to show the child is better

Well, it’s that time of year again, when no one really wants to read blog posts about weighty legal matters. However, I did want to take the time to thank everyone – our clients, employees, volunteers and colleagues in the law – who made 2015 one of our best yet. (And a special thanks to

A recent Superior Court of Justice decision has “endorsed judges’ role as an inquisitor in family law cases.” As this November 9th Law Times article indicates, the response to the decision has been mixed. Our own Timothy Sullivan was asked to comment. Law Times article November 9 2015