Areas of Law
At Ridgway & Company, we offer a full range of legal services. From our wheelchair accessible and centrally located office building in downtown Duncan, BC we serve the legal needs of clients throughout Vancouver Island, as well as the rest of British Columbia, and the world. Within our firm we have the wide range of experience and diversity of skill necessary to effectively assist you with most business and personal legal matters.
Estate Planning and Administration
Planning for your possible incapacity and eventual passing is extremely important. We can advise you about the current state of the law and prepare the necessary documents to help you meet your goals. We can also assist executors in obtaining Grants of Probate or Letters of Administration and advise them on their duties and obligations. We provide services relating to wills, representation agreements, committeeships, as well as other reas.
Business and Corporate Law
Business matters are important whether they involve simple or complex transactions. Be sure to seek legal advice without delay to protect your interests and your financial security. We handle incorporations, buying and selling businesses, corporate reorganizations, shareholders agreements, commercial contracts, leases and more.
Family and Divorce Law
When your relationship breaks down you may be faced with issues of prooperty division, spousal maintenance, child support, and custody and access. Dealing with these very personal issues can be extremely stressful. You need someone who can advise you on your rights and responsibilities and advocate on your behalf. If you are entering into a second marriage you may wish to ensure that you and your new spouse can each preserve your estate for the benefit of the children and grandchildren of your first marriages. You may be entering into a common-law relationship and need advice regarding the support obligations you are assuming towards your new spouse and stepchildren, and your exposure to claims to a share in your property if the relationship breaks down.
Litigation
We can assist you if another person has started litigation against you. If you are a surviving spouse or child of a deceased person, we can advise you on whether adequate provision was made for you under their Will, and represent you in making application for a variation of the Will, if necessary.
Our Committment To You
As a client of Ridgway & Company, you will be impressed with our firm’s commitment to provide high quality legal services.
01. Primary Goal
Our primary goal is to achieve positive results for our clients – in an efficient, ethical, and cost-effective manner.
We are committed to working closely with our clients to analyse their legal needs, to help them fully understand their legal matters, and to establish realistic budgets for the legal services they require.
02. COMMUNICATION
We are committed to working closely with our clients to analyse their legal needs, to help them fully understand their legal matters, and to establish realistic budgets for the legal services they require.
We keep our clients informed and up-to-date regarding the progress of their legal affairs as well as regarding the legal expenses they have incurred to date.
03. SERVICE DELIVERY
To best serve our clients, we utilize a team approach in delivering our services. This approach, which combines the talents of our lawyers who concentrate their practices in “preferred” areas of law, ensures clients access to the level of legal expertise they require. As appropriate, clients are referred within our firm to the lawyer best qualified to provide assistance.
04. SOLUTIONS
Our clients benefit from our creative approach to problem solving and negotiation. We have the expertise to use mediation and arbitration as a means to effectively resolve legal issues and problems for our clients.
05. OUR TEAM
Our competent and highly trained legal support staff assist our lawyers in providing the prompt, efficient, and personalized service we feel our clients deserve.
06. OUR PROMISE
As a valued client of Ridgway & Company, you will feel confident in knowing your legal team is working diligently with your best interests in mind. Also, you will feel secure in knowing that at all times a qualified member of our team is available to assist you and promptly respond to your legal needs – in a friendly, and caring way.