Marlowe & Fenn LLP · Barristers and Solicitors
214 Dominion Avenue · Bellwood, British Columbia
Our agreement with you
Entered into between Marlowe & Fenn LLP and every client who walks through the door.
1. Undertakings of the Firm
We answer the phone the day you call.
A lawyer calls you back, not a machine. Same day, before we go home.
You will know the cost before we begin.
A number, in writing, before any clock starts. Our fee schedule is public.
You will never leave a meeting confused.
Ask us to say it plainer. We will, as many times as it takes. That is the job.
Your file is handled by the lawyer you hired.
The person you meet is the person who does the work.
The oxblood marks translate legal drafting into plain English. Try one.
2. Execution
Signed and sealed at Bellwood, BC, since 1987.
Est. 1987
Four lawyers, one office
Fees in writing before work begins
Monday to Friday, 8:30 to 5:00
3. Scope of practice
Six areas of law, practiced the way a small town requires: carefully, plainly, and in person. Each page tells you what happens next and what it costs.
- 3.1Family LawSeparation, divorce, parenting arrangements, and support, handled with a written plan from the first meeting.
- 3.2Real Estate & ConveyancingPurchases, sales, and refinances at a flat fee you see before you commit to anything.
- 3.3Wills & EstatesWills, powers of attorney, probate, and estate administration, in plain language your family can act on.
- 3.4Small BusinessIncorporations, contracts, leases, and the paperwork that keeps a main-street business standing.
- 3.5EmploymentSeverance reviews, wrongful dismissal, and workplace agreements, for employees and employers both.
- 3.6Civil DisputesNeighbour disputes, contract claims, and small claims court, resolved as early and as cheaply as honesty allows.
4. The cost conversation, in writing
Most people put off calling a lawyer because nobody will tell them the price. Ours is published. Flat fees where the work allows it, hourly rates stated plainly where it does not, and no surprise bills either way.
- Residential purchase
- $1,200 to $1,500
- Residential sale
- $950 to $1,250
- Refinance
- $900 to $1,150
Figures sit still on this site. They are promises, not fireworks.
The full fee scheduleAny estimate that needs to change gets explained before more work happens. In writing, like everything else here.
Clause 4.6, Our Terms With You
5. The parties of the first part
Photographed where they actually work, above Dominion Avenue, not in a rented boardroom. The engraved seal beside each signature is the one that closes your documents.
6. What happens next
The part nobody explains. Here is the whole path from this page to a resolved matter, numbered like everything else we put in writing.
6.1
You call, we answer
Tell us what happened in your own words. Ten minutes, no charge, and we tell you honestly whether you need a lawyer at all.
6.2
A number, in writing
Before any work begins you receive the fee, flat or estimated, on one page you can keep. No clock starts until you say so.
6.3
The work, explained
You hear from us at every step that matters, in plain English, and the file ends with a written summary of what was done.
7. Commencement
This agreement takes effect the day you call. We will be at the office Monday to Friday, 8:30 to 5:00.