Fridays With Rogers Partners

This morning, Meryl Rodrigues conducted an in-firm seminar on pleadings as part of our Litigation Strategy Series.

Meryl went over issues to analyze before entering a statement of defence, including:

• Examining whether the client was properly named;
• Checking if the claim was issued in time;
• Assessing whether the court has jurisdiction;
• Seeing if other entities need to be added to the lawsuit;
• Considering whether the action was commenced in the proper venue;
• Examining whether a demand for particulars or a motion to strike is necessary; and
• Determining which facts to plead in the defence.

Meryl also prepared a helpful checklist for defence counsel.