We would like to welcome Allison A. Read who joined the firm on January 5, 2026.

Please be advised that Queens Road is now a one way street! Construction is ongoing to add new bike lanes to the downtown Duncan area. See Contact Us page for map.

Born and raised on Vancouver Island, Elliot graduated from the University of Victoria’s Faculty of Law and was called to the Bar of British Columbia in 2022.

Elliot’s first day with us is January 2, 2024. Welcome to the team Elliot!

The Lawyers and Staff of Ridgway & Company are pleased to welcome Sarah Handel to the firm as a 2022-2023 Articled Student. She began articling under her principal, William R. Younie, K.C., on July 11, 2022.

Sarah grew up in the Cowichan Valley but attended University in Halifax. She graduated from the Schulich School of Law at Dalhousie University in May 2022 and is excited to be back home in the Cowichan Valley.

We are pleased to be celebrating the 100^th Anniversary of the start of our law firm, which was started in January 1920 in downtown Duncan by C.F. Davie.

Cyril Francis Davie occupied a small upstairs office in the old wooden Whittome Building, where Outlooks Menswear is now located, at 53 Station Street. He was appointed King’s Counsel while Speaker of the Conservative Government of Simon Fraser Tolmie.