CPD: Monetary Jurisdiction (Quiz): Understand Small Claims Court Limit Rules Accurately

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Understand the Small Claims Court limit including:

• The common misunderstanding of what constitutes as splitting of claims,
• The proper manner of pleading for cases with joint Plaintiffs,
• The coming increase to a $50,000 per Plaintiff limit,

and much more.

Expected Takeaways

The Monetary Jurisdiction presentation explains the principles involved with, among other issues:

• The coming increase to a $50,000 limit per Plaintiff that will enable $100,000 cases or even higher sums;
• The proper Notice of Intent to Amend required when increasing current cases to the new limit;
• The law applicable to currently issued cases that go to Trial after October 1st;
• The proper definition for a cause of action;
• The basis for bringing joint tort law claims;
• The basis for bringing joint contract law claims;
• The right for each Plaintiff to claim at the court limit;
• The types of cases commonly involving joint claims issues;
• The applicable costs limits within jointly brought claims; and
• The bonus material for how to attract more clients.

Materials Included:

• A handout containing extensive case law, fully cited, and linked to CanLII for convenient future use as quick reference secondary source material;
• A sample Notice of Intent to Amend document for prompt use in notifying parties to existing matters of intentions to increase awards sought;
• A sample Plaintiff's Claim pleading for convenient future use and reference when preparing to litigate jointly brought claims; and
• A Certificate of Participation that syndicates to your Profile page throughout the Success.Legal network.