Lorne MacLean, Q.C. manages our wealth preservation family law department in Vancouver, South Surrey and White Rock. MacLean Law is proud to have been named Vancouver’s top family law firm by Top Choice Awards. Our top rated South Surrey high net worth family law and major estate litigation lawyers see real dangers for separating and […]
Vancouver Family Law Settlements And Agreements
Vancouver Family Law Settlements And Agreements High income and high net worth Vancouver family law lawyer, Lorne MacLean, Q.C. focuses on negotiating, mediating, arbitrating and if necessary litigating complex family law cases. Lorne MacLean, Q.C. heads Vancouver’s top rated family law firm as selected by Top Choice Awards. Most settlements take some time to negotiate […]
BC Family Property-Book of Business
MacLean Law “Book of Biz” Appeal Decision Applied in BC Supreme Court The recent BC Family Law Court of Appeal decision in Lightle v Kotar 2014 BCCA 69 ( in which we acted for the successful Appellant) has been applied in a new BC Supreme Court family law case: SRM V NGTM 2014 BCSC 442, […]
Jointly Appointed BC Family Financial Experts
Jointly Appointed Experts On BC Family Financial Issues The BC family asset and Vancouver family property division lawyers at MacLean Law deal with all types of family property division and valuation cases. It’s critical both the parties and the court have accurate and fair values for assets so proper family property division can be made. […]
Vancouver Family Law Appeals Lawyers
Vancouver Family Law Appeals Lawyers BC Family Law Appeals lawyer Lorne MacLean, Q.C. just helped a client succeed on a complex family property and spousal support appeal before BC’s highest court. The award nearly triples spousal support and for the first time in Canada an appellate court decided a stockbroker’s book of business was divisible […]
BC Marriage Like Relationship Property Division Lawyers
Our MacLean Law, BC marriage-like relationship and Vancouver common law relationship family lawyers are routinely involved in helping BC family law courts set new law. We are proud to have once again set new family law in British Columbia. In a decision that will have profound impact to British Columbians everywhere, the BC Supreme Court […]
Vancouver Gift and Inheritance Dispute Lawyer
Our Vancouver family gift dispute and estate litigation lawyers expect a significant increase in litigation dealing with fights over whether money or property was gifted or only lent to family members because of the new BC Family law Act. Additionally, even where a gift has been made, there can be arguments over whether the gift […]
Vancouver Marriage Like Relationship Constructive Trust Lawyer
BC Common law couples in a marriage like relationships of greater than 2 years are treated the same as married couples for purposes of property division by our new BC Family Law Act. However, a claim for constructive trust and the joint family venture analysis are still powerful weapons that can be used to protect a party […]
BC SEPARATED SPOUSES PENSION DIVISION LAWYERS
As BC family property division lawyers, we deal with division of parties’ private and CPP pensions at separation. We also see common mistakes regarding failures to deal with CPP credits whether by dividing or waiving a claim to these credits. One of the vexing issues in family property pension division occurs when there is a […]
BC Family Property and Family Business Valuation Disputes
BC Family Property Valuations At Start and End Of Marriage Are Key The new British Columbia Family Law Act emphasizes that the starting value and ending value of each spouse’s family professional practices and business are critical to determining what share of family property each party receives upon the end of a marriage or marriage […]
