Keystone Legal is a litigation practice, and that shapes everything about how a file is handled. Advice is given on the footing that the matter may have to be decided by a judge; files are prepared from the first meeting as though they will be heard, and the lawyer appears in person at the Calgary Courts Centre.
How a contested file is run
Every file begins with a clear view of what the client wants and what a court would realistically order, since that is what decides whether to negotiate, apply or wait. Disclosure and evidence are assembled early, because a proposal made at the table carries weight only if the other side can see the case that would be put if it is refused. Most matters resolve at that point, through direct negotiation, mediation or judicial dispute resolution before a justice of the court. Where they do not, the firm takes them through applications in chambers and, where the facts are contested, to trial.
What the firm litigates
Urgent applications, which by their nature cannot wait, include emergency protection orders, restraining orders, exclusive possession of the family home, non-removal orders for children and applications brought without notice, and the firm takes them on short timelines, as the urgent applications page explains.
In family matters, the firm litigates separation and divorce, parenting and decision-making, child and spousal support, and the division of family property, including the disclosure and income questions that underlie them. In estates, it brings and defends will challenges, applications to remove an executor or compel an accounting, claims for maintenance and support by family left without provision, and disputes over joint accounts and transfers made before death, all of which the estate litigation in Calgary page sets out. In business, it acts in shareholder and partnership disputes, oppression claims and contract disputes among closely held companies.
The firm also brings civil claims that arise from how one person has treated another: defamation and the protection of reputation, civil harassment, claims arising from intimate partner violence, and claims for assault, battery and confinement, each of which has its own page.
The firm also brings claims for medical negligence against physicians, surgeons, hospitals and private clinics, which the medical negligence page explains.
Where the firm can act
Contested matters proceed at the Calgary Courts Centre, where counsel appears in person, and advisory and uncontested work is available anywhere in Alberta. The practice is virtual, so meetings happen by video, telephone and email, with in-person meetings available on request in Cochrane or in Calgary.
If you have a dispute that may have to be decided by a court in Calgary, call (587) 328-3328.
Frequently Asked Questions
Contested matters proceed at the Calgary Courts Centre, where counsel appears in person, and advisory and uncontested work is available anywhere in Alberta.
Most do not. Files are prepared as though they will, which is what makes settlement possible on reasonable terms, but the majority resolve through negotiation or judicial dispute resolution.
If there is a risk to safety, a child about to be removed, or property about to disappear, call the same day. Such applications can be brought on the same day where the facts justify it.
Yes, on request, in Cochrane or in Calgary. Most of the work otherwise happens by video, telephone and email.
Litigation services
- Family Litigation
- Intimate Partner Violence Litigation
- Estate Litigation
- Shareholder & Business Disputes
- Defamation & Reputation Litigation
- Harassment Claims
- Privacy Claims
- Intellectual Property and Creative Disputes
- Sports, Entertainment & Digital Media Disputes
- Professional Discipline Representation
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
