Overholt Law LLP: Your Reliable Workplace Law Advocates In Vancouver

Whether you are seeking legal advice proactively or because a problem has already arisen, a lawyer can help you or your organization decide on the best course of action. Seeking legal advice proactively can often avoid costly financial risks from developing and seeking legal advice soon after learning of a problem can assist in defusing a difficult situation or minimizing damages. We recommend that you always obtain legal advice before you enter into an agreement. Do not sign an agreement without legal advice.

After we determine the general nature of your inquiry and confirm we have no conflict in advising you, our services are provided for a fee. We are happy to discuss our billing arrangements with you at any time. As fees for legal expense for your organization or for you personally may be tax deductible, we recommend you hold on to copies of our invoices to raise with your accountant or tax lawyer come tax time.

We owe each of our clients a duty of undivided loyalty. It is important to us to determine properly prior to receipts of engagement, whether there is any risk of a conflict arising which would prevent us from discharging that duty. In order to assess whether there is the risk of a conflict, we need to understand the nature of all possible claims and the names of all organizations and individuals who would be adverse in interest to you. In this way we will be able to assess the likelihood of conflict arising.

If you are a business, we will need to know whether you are a corporation, partnership, proprietorship or other legal entity. We will require your proper legal name and any registration or identification number. If you are a proprietorship or seeking advice personally, we will require a copy of your driver’s licence.

We recommend that you prepare a written chronology or outline describing the background and identifying the facts and documents that are relevant to your inquiry. With this information, we will be able to respond efficiently to your inquiry. The written chronology may be useful in later referencing your recollection of the events and important discussions. Written statements that are either simultaneously made or written immediately following the event or incident may prove to be very helpful in the event of litigation.