Nova Scotia
Every lawyer we list in Halifax, across all practice areas. Each lawyer was checked on their provincial law society's public directory before being listed — check again before you hire, as people move firms.
Lauren M. Randall · CEO & Managing Partner
99 Wyse Road, Suite 600, Dartmouth, NS B3A 4S5
Managing partner whose practice focuses on residential real estate, and wills and estate planning, with a particular interest in condominium law. The firm's office is in Dartmouth, in Halifax Regional Municipality, and it also covers family law, employment law for employees and employers, and accident and personal injury claims.
Elizabeth Wozniak · Founder and Senior Immigration Lawyer
5475 Spring Garden Road, Suite 701, Halifax, NS B3J 3T2
Founder of the firm, which practises only immigration law. Her firm says she has more than 20 years' experience in Canadian immigration and refugee law, and she has taught immigration and refugee law at Dalhousie University's Schulich School of Law. The firm's work includes family class, Express Entry and provincial nominee applications, and refugee and humanitarian applications.
Halifax is Nova Scotia's capital. The Court of Appeal and the Supreme Court sit at the Law Courts, 1815 Upper Water Street, on the waterfront; the Supreme Court (Family Division) has its own courthouse at 3380 Devonshire Avenue; and the Provincial Court and Small Claims Court are at 5250 Spring Garden Road. Homes anywhere in Halifax Regional Municipality, which includes Dartmouth and Bedford, pay the municipality's 1.5% deed transfer tax.
Lauren M. Randall at BOYNECLARKE LLP focuses on real estate work, and the firm also covers wills and estates, family, employment, personal injury. Elizabeth Wozniak at North Star Immigration Law Inc. focuses on immigration work.
The Supreme Court of Nova Scotia hears larger civil claims, and its Family Division deals with family law matters, including divorce and property division, across the province. The Small Claims Court hears claims up to $25,000, and a separate Probate Court deals with estates. Immigration, citizenship and divorce are governed by federal law. Lawyers are regulated by the Nova Scotia Barristers' Society, which also deals with complaints about them.
For Halifax, family cases — including divorce and property division — go to the Supreme Court (Family Division) at 3380 Devonshire Avenue.
Applications go to the Probate Court of Nova Scotia, which appoints executors and administrators. Ask the Probate Court or your lawyer where to file.
Labour standards complaints go to Nova Scotia's Labour Standards Division within six months, and human rights complaints go to the Nova Scotia Human Rights Commission within 12 months.
Nova Scotia Legal Aid helps Nova Scotians facing criminal, family or social justice issues, with a focus on the most vulnerable. You can apply online. Nova Scotia Legal Aid
Court details from Nova Scotia court locations (courts.ns.ca). Most cases settle without a hearing — your lawyer will tell you if you need to attend.
The Law Courts (Court of Appeal and Supreme Court); Supreme Court (Family Division), Halifax (Supreme Court (Family Division)); Halifax Provincial Court (Provincial Court and Small Claims Court). The Supreme Court of Nova Scotia hears larger civil claims and its Family Division deals with family law matters across the province; the Small Claims Court hears claims up to $25,000.
For Halifax, family cases — including divorce and property division — go to the Supreme Court (Family Division) at 3380 Devonshire Avenue.
Applications go to the Probate Court of Nova Scotia, which appoints executors and administrators. Ask the Probate Court or your lawyer where to file.
Labour standards complaints go to Nova Scotia's Labour Standards Division within six months, and human rights complaints go to the Nova Scotia Human Rights Commission within 12 months.
To practise law in Nova Scotia a lawyer must be a member of the Nova Scotia Barristers' Society. You can look up any lawyer in the Society's public lawyer search to check their status and to see whether they have been formally disciplined. Each lawyer on these pages was checked there before being listed, but people move firms, so check again before you hire. Complaints about a lawyer go to the Society.
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