Day three!
Mona's dire note about the amount of filing that needed to be done when I came into the office was not idle. It took me two hours to file everything; between finding the files in either the cabinet or the separate piles of boxes of client files that were too big to fit into the cabinet, and fixing the oopsie I made during my first attempt at filing on Monday. My oopsie being that I was very nervous and accidentally filed the client's most recent bill in the Correspondence (kirk colour) rather than the Accounts file (orange coloured.)
As far as I am aware, I finished the SETTLEMENT Conference Brief (mistakenly wrote it as a Case Conference Brief previously.) Because it was a new file, I had to refer to previous Settlement Conference Briefs, Pleadings, and Heather Caron's notes in order to fluff up the most recent SC Brief. It took a lot of reading and brain power to figure out how to fit what I read into the headings ie. Backgrounds, Custody Support and S. 7 Costs, as well as Spousal Support.
After reading Heather's notes, I learned that she wanted to file an SDO and SDOI with the court which led to me filling out these documents. So far, that was the simplest thing I've had to do with this file to date (notwithstanding the filing.)
Phoenix Courier delivered a huge Disclosure for a business file we have. Mona and I had to confirm what it was the opposing counsel have actually sent us, and what we already had. Despite everything being listed on the cover document, a lot of the things they said they sent us were, in fact, missing.
End of day three! I wonder what's in store tomorrow...
Wow Maryrose. Your posts are so interesting and I thank you for writing so much. Remember to title your posts Week 1, Post 1, Week 1, Post 2, Week 1, Post 3. Even though you only need to post twice, I so enjoy reading what you are working on. Good job on preparing the SDO and SDOI as I know that is covered in class. What colour is "kirk"? I don't recall what "disclosure" is in relation to family law. Can you explain please?
ReplyDeleteThe posts I need to make to fit the Blogging requirements are titled as Week 1 etc, these other posts are just me sharing what my days have been like so far. I was going to do my Post 2 blog yesterday but eConestoga was not working and that's how I refer to what I need to write about. Kirk was the colour name she used in the manual she provided me with, but it's like this greyish-brown colour. From what I understand, Heather had asked the opposing counsel to send documents such as the Respondent's T4's. They did so in the form of the 'Respondent's Disclosure.'
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