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| service_description = The Canadian Bar Association BC Branch's '''Lawyer Referral Service''' provides referrals to lawyers in private practice who specialize in various areas of the law. For a fee of $25 plus tax, a client is entitled to up to 30 minutes of consultation with a lawyer where the lawyer may provide information, assistance or summary advice about the client's legal issue.
| service_description = Access Pro Bono Society of BC's '''Lawyer Referral Service''' provides referrals to lawyers in private practice who specialize in various areas of the law. Any member of the public may call this service to obtain the contact information of a lawyer who will provide a free half-hour legal consultation.
 
| website      = [http://www.accessprobono.ca/lawyer-referral-service www.accessprobono.ca]
| website      = [http://www.cbabc.org/For-the-Public/Lawyer-Referral-Service www.cbabc.org]
| phone      = 604-687-3221 <br />
| phone      = 604-687-3221 <br /> Toll-free: 1-800-663-1919
| clicklaw_label = '''Find on Clicklaw'''
| clicklaw_label = '''Find on Clicklaw'''
| clicklaw_address = [http://www.clicklaw.bc.ca/helpmap/service/1044 Lawyer Referral Service on HelpMap]
| clicklaw_address = [http://www.clicklaw.bc.ca/helpmap/service/1044 Lawyer Referral Service on HelpMap]

Latest revision as of 21:42, 18 July 2024

Access Pro Bono Society of BC's Lawyer Referral Service provides referrals to lawyers in private practice who specialize in various areas of the law. Any member of the public may call this service to obtain the contact information of a lawyer who will provide a free half-hour legal consultation.
Website www.accessprobono.ca
Phone 604-687-3221
Find on Clicklaw Lawyer Referral Service on HelpMap
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In law, to formally deliver documents to a person in a manner that complies with the rules of court. Service may be ordinary (mailed or delivered to a litigant's address for service), personal (hand-delivered to a person), or substituted (performed in a way other than the rules normally require). See "address for delivery," "ordinary service," "personal service" and "substituted service."

Under the Family Law Act, a term that describes the time a person who is not a guardian of a child, including a parent who is not a guardian, has with that child. Under the Divorce Act, a term that describes the time a person who is not a married spouse has with a child. See "guardian" and "parental responsibilities."

A person licensed to practice law in a particular jurisdiction by that jurisdiction's law society. See "barrister and solicitor."

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