CIVIL LITIGATION

Civil Litigation

Civil law deals with relationships between individuals. Note that in law, an individual can sometimes be a company or an organization, this is what is referred to as a juristic or juridical person. While litigation is the process of going to court to settle a dispute, civil litigation simply means the process of settling disputes between individuals (natural or juridical) in Court.

A civil litigation lawyer helps to enforce your legal rights or to defend a court action against another individual, based on either federal or provincial laws.

A civil litigation lawyer’s services include:

• Personal injury claims – motor vehicle accidents, slip and fall, medical malpractice and sexual abuse

• Employment disputes

• Debts collection

• Breach of contract

• Property disputes