Digest coverage areas
- LSO, licensing, professional conduct and notary practice
- Small Claims Court, debt and civil disputes within its jurisdiction
- LTB, residential tenancies and non-profit housing co-operatives
- Provincial offences, traffic, municipal by-laws and administrative penalties
- Permitted Criminal Code summary-conviction matters
- Human rights and discrimination
- Employment standards and labour relations
- WSIB, WSIAT and workplace compensation
- Social assistance, disability benefits and social-security appeals
- Administrative tribunals: LAT, OLT, ARB, ACRB, FSC, CFSRB and other authorised proceedings
- Refugee and immigration tribunal proceedings: RPD, RAD, ID and IAD
- Relevant Ontario and federal court decisions, appeals and scope-of-practice developments
Coverage also includes relevant Ontario court, appellate, Federal Court and Supreme Court of Canada decisions. Reporting a forum does not establish authority to represent every matter there: authority depends on the matter, law and professional authorization. General IRCC and immigration-program news remain in the separate immigration channel.
LSO — paralegal scope fact sheet