Agent K's Blog

What is a contract? When you need to be a party to a contract, whether instigated by you or someone else, there needs to be a lot of money paid out to a lawyer to draw this up.  Right? Wrong.  Anyone can draw up a contract.  Our culture has accepted the idea that all legal contracts need to be drawn up by a licensed lawyer...

Oh no, it's snowing.  Again.  But you just shovelled the sidewalk yesterday. And the day before.  So far in 2025, Ontario has been buried in 20% more snow than in previous years. Is anyone else getting tired of the battle?  Who is legally responsible for shovelling snow off the sidewalk? a) The person who lives o...

 One service I offer as a Private Investigator in Ontario is locating information about a deceased person, including when they may have passed and where they may be buried. When approaching this assignment, I apply the same methodology as when I'm searching for a live person. By using 'the five W questions', I can create a profile of how that perso...

It's 9:30 p.m. on a Tuesday in February.  Your 14-year-old daughter didn't tell you she wasn't coming home after school and she hasn't responded to your repeated texts.  You even made chicken fingers for supper and this is one of her favourite meals.  You're getting worried.  What if something bad happened to her?  What should you ...

The Ontario Landlord and Tenant Board (LTB) are perpetually behind in scheduling eviction hearings.  According to CBC News, as of November 29, 2024, the wait time was at least three months.  Therefore, if a landlord needs to evict a tenant for non-payment of rent, this could cost them thousands of dollars before they can physically get the squat...