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Conducting a deposition in Toronto, or any other Canadian jurisdiction, requires a little planning in advance.  Canadian protocol is not exactly the same as American, and it’s important to choose a court reporting company that can provide the services you need.  Exhibits Prior to your deposition, consider how many documents you’ll need to bring with you.  Is it boxes of exhibits, or only a binder’s worth?  If you’re shipping your documents across the...

  With the help of technology, the world has never been closer.  Need to examine a witness in Mumbai?  No need to travel thousands of miles and expend thousands of dollars to do so, when you can simply connect via videoconferencing.  Through our experience here at Neesons Court Reporting, below we share some simple guidelines and things to know when using videoconferencing. Before you book with your court reporting agency: Plan well, and in advance.  Don’t assume that there are lots...

Creating Accurate Transcripts Undertaking. Advisement. Refusal. These are three oh-so-simple words that lawyers expect to see plainly laid out in their discovery or cross-examination transcripts. But when counsel don’t make it obvious, omissions or mistakes can easily be made.  Creating accurate transcripts is more than just words on the page. So let’s look at a few things that can confuse the matter. Example 1: There are back-and-forth exchanges over numerous pages of transcript where...

What a unique day (February 29th) to announce that Neesons’ new home in early 2017 will be 77 King Street West, Suite 2020 in the TD Centre.  While our head office will remain at 141 Adelaide Street West on the 11th floor until early 2017, we also have use of 77 King in suite 2020 currently.  So if you don’t want to venture out in the fresh air (and you know you probably should!) and visit us at York and Adelaide, stroll down The PATH and take advantage of the TD Centre location....

Counsel, witnesses or other people present in the hearing room may have all sorts of reasons for recording a private hearing, arbitration or discovery.  But there are serious risks associated with the material that is being recorded, especially by someone who is not neutral, trained and has safeguards in place to protect the record. Regardless of the device, who ensures that (a) the information doesn’t get lost; (b) doesn’t fall into the wrong hands; (c) isn’t doctored or (d) information...

The New York Times obtained Bill Cosby’s deposition transcript — in which he admitted to giving Quaaludes to some women with whom he had sex — through a court reporting service. It’s a scenario that raises some important questions for Canadian court reporting firms and lawyers when it comes to the release of documents.  Read the full article here.

Neesons Ranks No. 422 on the 2015 PROFIT 500 PROFIT magazine unveils 27th annual list of Canada’s Fastest-Growing Companies –  Toronto (September 17, 2015) Canadian Business and PROFIT today ranked Neeson Court Reporting Inc. No. 422 on the 27th annual PROFIT 500, the definitive ranking of Canada’s Fastest-Growing Companies. Published in the October issue of Canadian Business and at PROFITguide.com, the PROFIT 500 ranks Canadian businesses by their five-year revenue growth. Neeson Court...

In our business, we often give court reporters – who report the proceedings and prepare the transcripts – and transcriptionists – who type recordings – opportunities to provide services on a “look-see” basis. In other words, while a resume may read very well, we want to ensure the services they can produce an excellent record to the best of their ability; and in the case of a transcriptionist, that they can produce a quality product with the quality of the audio always top of mind....

Twice recognized as one of Canada’s top 100 women entrepreneurs, Toronto court reporter Kim Neeson is at the forefront of advanced-technology in her field.   more.

I WANT — I WANT — I WANT A VERBATIM TRANSCRIPT! You can’t handle a verbatim transcript! Recently at the STAR conference of court reporting professionals, the topic came up of a truly verbatim record versus a somewhat cleaned up record – what was correct? When I began court reporting, you were to insert every “um” and “ah,” every false start, and every stumble, because that was really verbatim – exactly what you said. However, like many things, court reporting continues to...