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NP Commercial Litigation Professional Corporation is a boutique law firm dedicated to outstanding client-centered representation in commercial and business-related litigation.

We have experience and resolve, representing clients at every level of court in Ontario and before administrative tribunals.  We have the tools, focus and strategic insight to deal with your dispute efficiently and decisively.  With our client-centric approach, we leverage our experience and skills to advocate for you, to advance your interests, to represent your cause.  Our work represents who we are:  High touch, focus, agility. 

We work with Alternative Fee Arrangements.  We offer our clients a value-based fee structure so they can focus on what truly matters, the case. 

Not only do we have the experience necessary to drive your case, but we get results.  Contact us.

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  • Directors’ Duties in Ontario

    People have a business idea. They plan, organize, obtain funding, and decide to incorporate a company to pursue that business idea.  When the company is incorporated, it must have at least one director[1].  The person agreeing to act as a director, immediately assumes important responsibilities and duties whether they realize it or not.  Understanding what these duties are is important to protect the director from liability and for the proper functioning of the company[2].  Who can be a Director? Under the Ontario Business Corporations Act all persons except for: may become a director of a…

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  • Creating Enforceable Contracts in Difficult Times

    Contract Negotiations We focus our blog on everyday issues affecting our clients.  These are difficult times to say the least.  The Covid-19 pandemic is paramount on most peoples’ minds because it is affecting the health, safety, and economic success of small businesses and the population at large.   Companies must adapt in unprecedented fashion.  They must become both nimble and innovative by implementing work at home policies, safety policies, and reallocation of duties to key personnel.  Because of this, I have noticed both in my practice as well as in my clients’ ongoing business operations, that…

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  • Contingency Fee Arrangements for Business Litigation

    At NP Commercial Litigation, we prefer alternative fee arrangements rather than hourly billing. This includes contingency fee arrangements for business related litigation[1].  So, what is a contingency fee arrangement?  Nature of a Contingency Fee Agreement. Contingency fees are payments made to a lawyer that are calculated based on an agreed upon percentage of the ultimate recovery for a piece of litigation.  They are contingent on the lawyer recovering monies for the client.   For example, if the lawyer and client agree to a 33% contingency fee, then the lawyer and/or law firm would receive 33% of…

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  • Is the Payment a Deposit or Part-Payment?

    Parties negotiate a contract, agree to terms, and one party (the buyer) pays an amount of money to the other (the seller).  I did not define the nature of the money paid because the definition given to that payment impacts what happens following a breach[1] of contract. The Difference between a Deposit and Part-Payment. Generally,[2] an initial payment in advance of services or products being provided may be classified as either a deposit or a part-payment. A deposit is an advance payment made by a buyer intended to secure performance through fear of the buyer…

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