Schedule A · Fees · Current and complete
The fee schedule
Most firms make you book a meeting to learn what anything costs. Ours is published, complete, and current. If a figure on this page needs to change for your matter, you hear the reason before the work, not on the bill.
A.1 Flat fees
One number for the whole job, agreed before it starts. Where a range appears, the difference is complexity, and you get the exact figure in writing at the first meeting.
Residential purchase
$1,200 to $1,500
Plus disbursements and taxes. We list them before you sign anything.
Residential sale
$950 to $1,250
Discharge of one mortgage included.
Refinance
$900 to $1,150
One lender, one title.
Simple will
$650
One person, straightforward estate.
Mirror wills, couple
$975
Two wills that echo each other.
Will, power of attorney, representation agreementper person
$1,350
The full set, done once, done properly.
Incorporation of a BC company
$1,100
Plus government filing fees, stated up front.
Severance package review
$900
A written opinion on what you are actually owed.
Figures on this page sit perfectly still. They are promises, not fireworks.
A.2 Hourly rates, stated plainly
Some matters cannot honestly be quoted flat: a dispute has two sides and only one of them is us. For those, the rates, billed in six-minute increments and itemized monthly:
Eleanor MarlowePartner
$385 / hour
Daniel FennPartner
$350 / hour
Priya SandhuPartner
$325 / hour
Kate MoreauAssociate
$295 / hour
Every estimate comes with the number of hours we expect and what would change it. Estimates are revisited with you, never silently exceeded.
A.3 What a retainer really is
Retainer funds are held in trust and remain the property of the client until billed.
A retainer is a deposit, not a price. It stays your money until we earn it.
Fees are drawn against the retainer only upon delivery of an itemized statement of account.
Every month you see exactly what was done, by whom, for how long, and what it cost.
Any unexpended balance is returned to the client upon conclusion of the matter.
If the work costs less than the deposit, the difference comes back to you. Always.
A.4 What we will never do
- A.4.1
Send a bill you have not been warned about.
- A.4.2
Let an estimate change without explaining why, in writing, before more work happens.
- A.4.3
Charge for the ten-minute call that tells you whether you need us at all.
A.5 Questions people actually ask
- Why do you publish your fees when other firms will not?
- Because the silence is the problem. People delay wills, conveyances, and severance reviews for years because nobody will name a price. Publishing the schedule costs us nothing but negotiating room, and we were never going to bill you more than the page says anyway.
- What are disbursements?
- Actual out-of-pocket costs that belong to your matter: land title registration fees, court filing fees, couriers, searches. They are listed for you before you commit, passed through at cost, and itemized on every statement.
- Do prices on this page ever change?
- Yes, the schedule is reviewed each January. But the figure quoted for your matter is fixed in writing at the first meeting, and a mid-matter change to the schedule never touches an existing file.
The number comes first
Book a consultation and leave with your fee in writing, or call (250) 555-0184 and ask us to say a price out loud. We will.