Most legal advice turns on documents. Gathering what you already hold before a consultation means the hour is spent on your position rather than on assembling the file.
What is useful depends on the matter.
WHAT TO BRING
- Family: recent pay statements, tax returns and notices of assessment, bank and investment statements, mortgage and property records, and any existing agreement
- Estates: the will and any codicil, the grant if one has been issued, records of assets and debts, and correspondence with the executor
- Business: the shareholder or partnership agreement, the corporate minute book, financial statements, and the contract in dispute
- Harassment or intimate partner violence: messages and call records, a timeline of events, photographs, any police file number, and the names of witnesses
- Reputation or privacy: the publication complained of, screenshots showing dates and addresses, and any record of the harm done
Keep the originals and keep copies. A complete file moves faster and is easier to argue.
Because the practice is virtual, documents are exchanged through a secure file transfer link rather than by ordinary email, so that nothing sensitive travels unprotected. If you are not sure what to gather, ask when you book.
To speak with a lawyer about your matter, book a confidential consultation. Enquiries are answered the same business day wherever possible.
CONTACT
Suite 107, 255 Railway Street East,
Cochrane, Alberta T4C 2C3
Phone and Text: (587) 328-3328
Fax: (587) 328-3345
Email: info@keystone-legal.ca
