British Columbia
Every lawyer we list in Vancouver, 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.
Richard Weiland · Partner, Estates & Trusts Co-Chair
885 West Georgia Street, Suite 900, Vancouver, BC V6C 3H1
Co-chairs the firm's Estates and Trusts group and chairs its tax group. He advises private business owners, trustees and charities on tax, estate and business succession planning and trust administration. The firm also has a family law group.
Ryan N. Rosenberg · Managing Partner
595 Howe Street, Suite 1400, Vancouver, BC V6C 2T5
Managing partner and co-founder of a Vancouver firm that practises only Canadian immigration law. His work covers corporate and business immigration, provincial nominee programs and work permits, for companies and individuals.
Laurence S. Klass · Partner, Family Law Group Leader
1075 West Georgia Street, Suite 1200, Vancouver, BC V6E 3C9
Leads the firm's Family Law Group. His practice covers divorce, division of property and debt, spousal and child support, parenting time, guardianship and family law agreements, with an emphasis on mediation and negotiation. He practised in London, England before moving to Vancouver in 2007. The firm also covers workplace law, real estate, wills and estates, and personal injury.
Vancouver has separate courthouses for its two trial courts. The Law Courts at 800 Smithe Street house the Supreme Court, where divorce, property division, probate and larger civil cases are heard, and the Provincial Court at Robson Square, 800 Hornby Street, deals with small claims and family cases. Vancouver is in the Metro Vancouver Regional District, one of the areas where foreign buyers pay the additional 20% property transfer tax.
Richard Weiland at Clark Wilson LLP focuses on wills and estates work, and the firm also covers family. Ryan N. Rosenberg at Larlee Rosenberg focuses on immigration work. Laurence S. Klass at Watson Goepel LLP focuses on family work, and the firm also covers employment, real estate, wills and estates, personal injury.
The Supreme Court of British Columbia hears larger civil claims and is the only court that can deal with divorce and property division. The Provincial Court hears small claims up to $35,000 and family matters such as parenting and support. The Civil Resolution Tribunal decides most small claims up to $5,000. Immigration, citizenship and divorce are governed by federal law. Lawyers are regulated by the Law Society of British Columbia, which also deals with complaints about them.
For Vancouver, divorce and property division go to the Supreme Court at the Vancouver Law Courts, 800 Smithe Street. Parenting, support and protection orders can also be dealt with by the Provincial Court at Robson Square, 800 Hornby Street.
You can apply for a grant of probate in any BC Supreme Court registry. In Vancouver the Supreme Court is at the Law Courts, 800 Smithe Street.
Employment standards complaints go to BC's Employment Standards Branch within six months of your last day of work, and human rights complaints go to the BC Human Rights Tribunal, which has a one-year time limit.
Legal Aid BC provides free legal information, advice and representation to people in British Columbia who qualify, including in family, child protection and immigration matters. Legal Aid BC
Court details from BC courthouse locations (gov.bc.ca). Most cases settle without a hearing — your lawyer will tell you if you need to attend.
Vancouver Law Courts (Supreme Court of British Columbia); Robson Square Provincial Court (Provincial Court — small claims and family). The Supreme Court of British Columbia hears larger civil claims and is the only court that can deal with divorce and property division; the Provincial Court hears small claims up to $35,000 and family matters such as parenting and support.
For Vancouver, divorce and property division go to the Supreme Court at the Vancouver Law Courts, 800 Smithe Street. Parenting, support and protection orders can also be dealt with by the Provincial Court at Robson Square, 800 Hornby Street.
You can apply for a grant of probate in any BC Supreme Court registry. In Vancouver the Supreme Court is at the Law Courts, 800 Smithe Street.
Employment standards complaints go to BC's Employment Standards Branch within six months of your last day of work, and human rights complaints go to the BC Human Rights Tribunal, which has a one-year time limit.
To practise law in British Columbia a lawyer must be a member of the Law Society of British Columbia. You can look up any lawyer in the Law Society's public Lawyer Directory, which shows their practising status and any discipline history. Each lawyer on these pages was checked in that directory before being listed, but people move firms, so check again before you hire. Complaints about a lawyer go to the Law Society.
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