You are looking for a family lawyer because you feel you cannot fully manage the issue yourself. You didn’t look for the situation you are in. You probably don’t even know precisely what legal situation you are in fact in. You and the spouse reached a point where you are on the phone to talk to a lawyer. The issue may be urgent: you may have an impending court date, the issue may be that you are only exploring a future step. You will benefit from a free discussion with me.
Write your problem in the box below and send it, there can’t be any harm in that. Its free.
Ultimately, if you need a lawyer it will not be free. But if you are with me, you can be assured that whatever you end up paying, you will be satisfied that the thing you get (even if it is non-monetary such as custody or access) will be more valuable to you than the money you spend.
The most important thing about a lawyer is experience. We all know the law. We can all argue. Experience develops tools of resolution which make things faster and cheaper. This is not magic. Its because the experienced lawyers have been though all the other ways, and have learned little techniques which less experienced lawyers have yet to learn.
What I can usually tell you, in the first call, is how the situation is going to turn out. I can’t guarantee it, but family law is such that there are generally well established outcomes for well-established issues.
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below you will see some family law case comments that I have published on CanLii Connects.
manufacturing the status quo: latest SCC
hearsay: how does the ONSC deal with hearsay in CAS evidence? (ONSC)
spousal support: early retirement
relocation of children: assessment of latest case (ONCA)
further below you will some notable cases I have dealt with over the last few years.
2021:
family law: ONCA: N. v. F (pending)
2020:
family law: ONSC: N.v F. (order returning child to Dubai)
family law: Court of Appeal: Rawdah v. Geliedan (order returning child to Dubai overturned at ONCA)
2019:
family law: costs against unreasonable litigation conduct
family law: successful stay against order under Children’s Law Reform Act s.40, returning a child to Dubai;
family law: preliminary contempt finding against custodial mother who refused to cooperate with access;
family law: successful motion for sole custody, no access, retaining order, exclusive possession and costs in a custody and access case;
2018
family law: obtained contempt order with costs against husband for failing to produce financial documents
family law: obtained divorce and sole custody for father in case where mother was inappropriate parent
family law: multiple divorces, settlement agreements and case conferences.
2017
family law: negotiated ultimate settlement agreement between divorcing lawyers;
family law: multiple divorces, settlement agreements and case conferences.
2016
family law: negotiated ultimate settlement agreement representing high level federal civil servant
family law: negotiated settlement agreement representing member of Ottawa Police.
2015
family law: negotiated settlement agreement representing university professor visiting from Iran
