Pickard Simpson Law

About Pickard Simpson Law

Pickard Simpson Law is a small civil litigation firm in Chatham, Ontario, with its office on St. Clair Street. Steven Pickard has spent the past ten years litigating in Ontario's Superior Court of Justice and the Court of Appeal for Ontario, building a practice around business, contract, property, employment, and estate and trust disputes, plus defamation claims. The firm also offers paralegal services, handling landlord and tenant disputes, small claims court matters, and provincial offences such as traffic and municipal bylaw charges.

Karen Simpson leads the firm's personal injury work, with a particular focus on claims arising from sexual violence. Simpson's background as a first responder informs that approach. On sexual abuse claims specifically, the firm points out that Canadian law sets no time limit on when a survivor can sue, so historic and childhood claims can proceed decades later, and that civil cases are decided on a balance of probabilities rather than the higher criminal standard of proof.