If you own or operate a business in Canada, our world-class business lawyers in Brampton have formulated a list of common legal issues you are likely to face in the course of your business. Our lawyers are highly experienced in all of the relevant fields, and should you require legal help ensuring a smooth future for your business, contact us. We have experience working for all types of businesses, large and small, along with relevant experience in fields such as employment law, contract law, commercial law, bankruptcy, trades, taxes, and intellectual property.

All advice given to you will be tailored to fit your needs. For example, the degree of being affected by legal issues depends upon the size of your business. If it is large, then the goal will be to minimize damages and harm to reputation. Still, it might be wiser for smaller businesses to avoid litigation threats altogether and avoid going to court. Settlements conducted out of court or arbitration or negotiation might be crucial, and our attorneys are trained well in all these areas. 

Without further ado, we will list the five common legal issues faced by business owners in Canada, along with an introduction to the functions of business law and why our business lawyers in Brampton are the perfect legal representatives for your business.

1. Employee Issues – Employees in Brampton have stringent rights bestowed upon them by the law, especially by the Ontario Human Rights Code and the Employment Standards Act. For instance, though you may be entitled to ask for a doctor’s note stating that your employee cannot work due to medical reasons, you cannot lay them off for taking leave from work without sufficient reason that will hold up in case of a wrongful dismissal plea. If you have to ask your employee to resign, guarantee its enforceability through a signed contract to ensure legality. Our Brampton business lawyer will be glad to help you draft employment documents of sufficient clarity of necessary terms. 

• Contractual Trouble – It is not unlikely to encounter trouble completing your contract or having another party fail to uphold your contract. In case of violation on your side, you might be liable for hefty damages. To avoid contractual disputes, it is wise to have an attorney look through its terms and present you with a clear idea of your duties. You can also seek advice based on force majeure clauses if your contractual obligation is rendered unfulfillable by an act of God, i.e., a major unforeseen event beyond your control. Our business lawyers for Brampton specialize in the law of contracts and will be able to give you essential advice to protect your business.

• Harassment in the workplace – Do not take racism/sexism/homophobia or any other form of harassment based on any of these issues or even on other bases like religion or background lightly. Equality and employment laws protect all your employees from harassment of this sort, and you must resolve the issue as quickly as possible. Do not let the offender go unpunished, and consider termination in serious cases. If the victim files a lawsuit, the name of your business will be tarnished. Criminal issues like sexual harassment must be appropriately handled, and our attorneys will provide you with knowledge of what steps to take. 

• Insufficient screening of employees – All your employees must hold valid papers giving them the right to work in Canada. The Government can and will conduct immigration audits to ascertain if your business employs illegal immigrants, and if any of your employees possess falsified documents, you might be held liable. To avoid this, conduct background checks and seek our specialized lawyers in Brampton in the event of discovering falsified documents.

• Customer Lawsuits – Customers have the right to file a lawsuit against your business and gather support from consumer protection groups if there is an unfulfilled promise, insufficient quality of service, or faulty product that has been sold to them. These lawsuits deal considerable monetary damage along with blighting your business’s reputation and will lower customer trust along with affect willingness of other parties to work with you. Ensure quality in your products and services and avoid promises that are difficult to uphold. If such a lawsuit has been filed, we will be happy to represent you in solving the issue as quickly and painlessly as possible. 

Why are we the best choice of business lawyers in Brampton?

We believe that to be a good business lawyer, one must have corporate knowledge and awareness of the commercial word along with knowledge of the pertaining laws, and we often advise businesses about trademarks, mergers, and acquisitions, real estate, employment, and securities, some of which are relevant to every business. 

Important qualities in our business lawyers in Brampton include a deep knowledge of businesses’ workings, especially their operations and validity in sync with the corporate law. We make concerted efforts to always educate ourselves on outside trends and developments that may affect businesses, such as the current business market or legislation passed to affect businesses directly. We are proud to demonstrate strong communication skills. All our lawyers know what it means to be forward-thinking, always prioritize the business’s future, and be flexible and quick-thinking in adapting to the business world’s dynamic nature. 

Prior business law experience is a necessity in large-scale legal issues, and we are proud of our experienced team of business lawyers in Brampton. They possess all the required corporate, administrative, managerial, and interpersonal skills to excel in this field. 

Therefore, combining all our above strengths, we are confident in our ability to represent your business on par with world-class standards. 

What will we offer you?

As your legal representative, we will bring to the table strong skills in communication and negotiation along with the ability to think creatively, work hard, pay attention to detail, and display analytical skills in all our interactions with you. We realize the importance of working with other teams, especially in complicated transactions. So we have emphasized resource management, development of interpersonal skills, and value compromise and flexibility our the line of work to not compromise with achieving the quality you expect from us.