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AI assistance for Ontario Small Claims Court work

Small Claims Court is the bread and butter of many paralegal practices, and it rewards careful paperwork. ParalegalSkills.ca gives your AI assistant step by step skills for the work you do every week, from drafting a claim or defence to getting ready for a settlement conference or trial.

Each skill follows Ontario Small Claims Court procedure, flags anything outside paralegal scope, and tells your assistant to confirm the current monetary limit, fees and forms on the official court sites instead of guessing from memory.

See plansHow it works

What paralegals use it for

  • ✓Organizing the facts and damages for a plaintiff's claim
  • ✓Drafting a defence that responds to every allegation
  • ✓Preparing a settlement conference brief and a realistic offer
  • ✓Building a trial plan, witness list and document brief
  • ✓Practicing against Simone, who plays the other side

6 Small Claims Court skills

Each skill is a set of step by step instructions your AI assistant follows, with scope checks and verification built in.

  • simone-opposition-sparring

    Simone simulates opposing counsel or the self-represented defendant/plaintiff in a Small Claims Court matter so the user can pressure-test their arguments and evidence before a hearing.

  • small-claims-defence

    Draft an Ontario Small Claims Court Defence (Form 9A), including a Defendant's Claim if the defendant has their own counterclaim.

  • small-claims-demand-letter

    Draft a pre-claim demand letter before filing an Ontario Small Claims Court action.

  • small-claims-plaintiffs-claim

    Draft an Ontario Small Claims Court Plaintiff's Claim (Form 7A) from a client's facts.

  • small-claims-settlement-conference-brief

    Build a Settlement Conference brief for Ontario Small Claims Court (Rule 13) — the position summary a party brings to the mandatory pre-trial settlement conference.

  • small-claims-trial-script

    Build a trial script for Ontario Small Claims Court — an opening statement outline, examination-in-chief question list for each witness, and a document/exhibit list.

Simone, the Small Claims Court sparring partner

Your sparring partner

Practice against Simone

Plays the other side in a Small Claims dispute, whether that's opposing counsel or the self-represented other party.

Brisk and transactional. Goes straight for gaps in your paper trail, your damages calculation, and the limitation clock.

When you’re ready to file, Simone steps aside for the Small Claims Court Legal Assistant, who helps you complete the documents. Try it by typing something like “hey Simone, Small Claims issue.”

Always verify against the official source. Our skills never rely on memorized fees, limits or deadlines. They send your assistant to sources like the Rules of the Small Claims Court forms at ontariocourtforms.on.ca, and you review and sign off on everything before it’s filed. ParalegalSkills.ca is a drafting and research aid, not legal advice.

Questions about AI for Small Claims Court

Can AI draft a Small Claims Court claim for me?
It can produce a strong first draft from your facts, organized the way the court expects. You stay responsible for the final document: review it, confirm the current form and filing requirements on the official court sites, and sign off before anything is filed.
Does it know the current Small Claims Court monetary limit and fees?
By design, our skills never rely on memorized figures. They tell your AI assistant to check the current limit, fees and forms against official Ontario sources, because those change. Our CLARA service also watches official sources so the skills get updated when the law does.
Does this work with ChatGPT and Claude for Small Claims work?
Yes. You connect ParalegalSkills.ca once to Claude or ChatGPT using the personal link on your dashboard, and the skills, sparring partner and legal assistant become available in your chats. Our setup guide walks you through both.

Other practice areas

New to AI in your practice? Read our guide: Using AI as an Ontario paralegal: what the Law Society and tribunals expect.