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Our team of experienced lawyers and law clerks focus on ensuring that our clients are well informed and well advised. Family law is about relationships and rights within families. It includes cohabitation agreements, marriage contracts, divorce and separation, child custody and access, and support payment matters.
Our team of experienced lawyers and law clerks focus on ensuring that our clients are well informed and well advised. Family law is about relationships and rights within families. It includes cohabitation agreements, marriage contracts, divorce and separation, child custody and access, and support payment matters.
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The present partnership of LILLICO BAZUK GALLOWAY HALKA can trace its roots back through several generations in the Peterborough area. The firm was founded by G.N Gordon after the First World War. G.N. Gordon served as a Minister in the Coalition Government during the Second World War. His son, W.B (Pete) Gordon joined his father in practice, and James Lillico became a partner with W.B. Gordon after the Second World War.
Peter Lillico was called to the bar in Ontario in 1979. He attended Queen's University and McMaster University for undergraduate work, then received his law degree from the University of Windsor. Peter's practice is concentrated in the areas of Estate Planning, Business and Corporate Law, and Real Estate.
Lawyers are permitted to practise in all areas of law, but in reality, every lawyer has areas of law in which he or she is more experienced and comfortable. How do you find the lawyer who is right for you? First of all, it may be useful to ask people you trust for a referral.
If someone from your family, a friend, or a business acquaintance is sufficiently pleased with their lawyer to recommend him or her to you, then that lawyer will merit consideration.However, don't just accept the judgement of others. You should certainly contact that lawyer directly to form your own opinion.
If someone from your family, a friend, or a business acquaintance is sufficiently pleased with their lawyer to recommend him or her to you, then that lawyer will merit consideration.However, don't just accept the judgement of others. You should certainly contact that lawyer directly to form your own opinion.
You don't have to get a divorce to separate from your spouse and divide your property. You can negotiate terms of separation with your spouse and specify them in a legally enforceable document.
Involving legal counsel will be an important step in the process, to ensure you fully understand your rights and obligations, and to ensure that your agreement complies with requirements of the Family Law Act to ensure it will be enforceable and to protect your agreement against potential future challenge.
Involving legal counsel will be an important step in the process, to ensure you fully understand your rights and obligations, and to ensure that your agreement complies with requirements of the Family Law Act to ensure it will be enforceable and to protect your agreement against potential future challenge.
A Will is the only opportunity you have to control what happens to your assets after your death. Without a Will, Ontario law provides for payment of your debts and a distribution of any remaining assets among the next of kin. However, this "default" distribution may not be carried out in the manner you would have preferred.
Reviews (8)
Monica Dingle
Sep 08, 2020
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Our family had a very positive experience working with Peter Lillico for our intergenerational cottage transfer. He has extensive knowledge in this area and is very professional to deal with. He explained our options in clear language and provided various tools (information sheets, worksheets, etc.) to help us further familiarize ourselves with legal concepts and clarify what we collectively wanted to achieve. His responsiveness to follow up questions was also greatly appreciated. We found Peter's services to be of great value and we felt well accompanied during our decision making process for
Mary Lynne Holton
Jul 18, 2020
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Thank you so much for your patience and your expertise at managing to get an agreement that is mutually agreeable to all concerned. Not an easy task at times. I appreciated the various options that you provided to me so that we could move forward with the CSA agreement. I am very happy and pleased with the clearly stated CSA vision statement which will ensure that the cottage property will continue to be a gathering place for future generations of the family.
Fourpaw Charlie
Jun 23, 2020
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Lilico ruined my family. Dad, who was grieving moms passing and on the verge of a breakdown, was looking for info on a cottage succession plan for his 3 sons. There were already some minor tensions regarding the cottage usage and priviledges, that just needed time and communication to be worked out. Lilico - who we never met as a group, and who I never spoke to - did the entire deal remotely via email - had each of us send him confidential wishlists for the cottages future. Brother 1 (me) wanted to wait, take things slow, mend fences, partner up with whoever was willing...and compromise (if not
Don Hunter
Jun 08, 2020
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I found Peter Lillico expert on cottage successions matters. He has published in Cottage Life magazine.His seminar where we were introduced was well done, concise and informative. His work for us after the seminar was very timely and very good value for money.
He acted professionally and courteously throughout the process. I can’t think of a suggestion for improvement
We were very glad to have found him as the succession mater had been weighing on our minds for a few years
Thank you Peter
He acted professionally and courteously throughout the process. I can’t think of a suggestion for improvement
We were very glad to have found him as the succession mater had been weighing on our minds for a few years
Thank you Peter
Senior Danno GuyMan
Jun 02, 2019
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What does any smallish city need? Lawyers! If you're getting drunk across the street at 180 and you want to smash some guys face in, we'll now don't! That's right. Just take out a huge amount of money and get lawyers to handle it... Or... Or.... Smash him in the face. Either way you going to have to deal with a lawyer!
Bradley Stewart
Nov 19, 2018
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Trina Smith
Dec 07, 2017
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Horrible I went there for my divorce when I didn't do what Elizabeth' Halka wanted she quite and charged me double on some things when I got my bill I seenthe double charges that she had already billed for. Also my last testament and will was double the price as other lawyers I found out. Sent them a letter stating the over charges and certain phone calls made to me from Elizabeth with witnesses to some inappropriate demands and still have not got a response after waiming a monto now. I have asked for my money back as I was not represented with my interests as they should ha e been. I would not
Robert Riley
Dec 30, 2015
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I had Peter Lillico prepare a will and update powers of attorney (personal care and financial) which I had drawn up with him about 15 years ago. Peter is very thoughtful, intellectual, intensely interested in and knowledgeable about relevant law and best practices, as well as ensuring that his clients understand - in detail - the reasons why they need these documents prepared, the purpose, how they work, how best to formulate them. For a very simple and straightforward case such as mine Peter spent a considerable amount of time, in person, explaining and reviewing everything with me, proposing
