W. J. Burgess Legal Services (WJBLS) provides affordable, dependable, and effective legal services serving Toronto, Durham (Pickering, Ajax, Whitby, Oshawa, Brock, Clarington, Scugog, and Uxbridge) and York (Markham, Richmond Hill, and Newmarket) Regions. Within its areas of legal services specialization, WJBLS is focused and committed to accomplishing the best achievable outcome for your legal issue as efficiently as possible.

WJBLS is proud of its relationships with other paralegals and lawyers. WJBLS would be pleased to refer you to a lawyer or paralegal for any legal matters that fall outside of our areas of legal services specialization and/or the geography WJBLS serves.

Call now at Toll Free (855) 497-7650 or Click on “Contact” to submit a request for information concerning your legal issue.

Traffic Ticket News

• Stunt Driving - Toronto sees nearly 600% increase in stunt driving during coronavirus pandemic - Global News April 29, 2020
• Demerit Points In Ontario - Think Insure Jan 29, 2020
• Driving Without Insurance In Ontario - Think Insure Apr 8, 2020

Landlord and Tenant

• Evicted: The loophole Ontario landlords use to force tenants out - The Globe and Mail MAY 1, 2019
• Toronto homeowners fight to evict tenant ‘taking advantage’ of COVID-19 - The Globe and Mail May 17, 2020
• Some Toronto landlords are trying to remove AC units from tenants’ windows. Not so fast, expert says - June 15, 2020
• Can my landlord ban window air conditioning units in my apartment? - June 6, 2020

Small Claims Court

• Consumer SOS: Ontario contractor accepts money, takes off before finishing - Global News Nov 4, 2019
• Ontario government increases limit for small claims court to $35,000 - Global News Oct 23, 2019

COVID-19 and the Province of Ontario’s order declaring an emergency on March 17, 2020 has impacted the operations of the Landlord and Tenant Board, the Provincial Offences Courts, and the Small Claims Court.  For an update on the current status of each, please follow the links below or call W.J. Burgess Legal Services for more information.

• Landlord and Tenant Board  http://www.sjto.gov.on.ca/ltb/covid-19/
• Provincial Offences Courts  https://www.ontariocourts.ca/ocj/covid-19/
• Small Claims Courts  https://www.ontariocourts.ca/scj/notices-and-orders-covid-19/suspension-small-claims-ops/