Duhaime Law
345 Vancouver Street
Victoria, British Columbia V8V 3T3
CANADA
Phone: (250) 920-4001
Fax: (250) 984-0776
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Duhaime Law opened in March of 1998 (first as "Duhaime & Company"; now "Duhaime Law").
The senior partner, Lloyd Duhaime, first practiced in Baie-Comeau, Quebec with Savard Nadeau Francoeur and then joined the Standards Council of Canada, in Ottawa, as General Counsel, from 1986 to 1995 (for more on Mr. Duhaime, please see his curriculum vitae).
Mr. Duhaime also enjoyed a term as personal legal advisor to the federal Minister of Justice.
While completing Law Society of British Columbia transfer examinations, Mr. Duhaime was employed as a senior administrative officer with the Ministry of the Attorney General in Victoria, British Columbia in the Reciprocal Enforcement of Maintenance Orders (then known as "REMO") office. Lloyd acquired a reputation as one of Canada's foremost legal experts on international and inter-provincial child and spousal support issues, an expertise he brings to his practise as lawyer for child support payors and recipients embroiled in inter-provincial or international child or spousal support disputes.
Duhaime Law has had experience in many areas of the law including but not limited to:
- litigation before the Supreme Court of Canada;
- litigation before the Court of Appeal of 3 different provinces (Quebec, Alberta and British Columbia);
- litigation before the Supreme Court of British Columbia and the Provincial Court of British Columbia;
- litigation before arbitrators appointed under the Residential Tenancy Act of BC;
- Strata Property Act matters including strata rental issues;
- Divorce Act and Family Relations Act matters including matrimonial property, custody, access and support issues;
- elder law issues including wills, trust law, living wills and power of attorney drafting;
- federal Bankruptcy and Insolvency Act procedures;
- copyright and trademark law including several applications under the federal Trade-marks Act;
- employment issues including grievances, dismissals, employment standards and workmens compensation;
- contract law issues of a wide variety;
- adult guardianship applications under the Patients Property Act;
- sexual abuse litigation;
- victim of crime benefit claims;
- medical malpractice claims
- human rights litigation;
- tort law and litigation;
- real estate law;
- spiritual organization law; and
- yada, yada, yada.