Areas of Practice

Peterson Stark Scott provides a wide range of legal services including the following:

• Corporate & Commercial

  • Corporate and commercial development
  • Corporation records
  • Partnership agreements
  • Shareholder disputes
  • Incorporating a business
  • Franchising, leasing, trademarks
  • Acquisitions and sales of businesses

  Contact: John B. Peterson, Jalal A. Jaffer, Rodney Yates.

• Real Estate Law

  • Residential and commercial real estate transactions
  • Conveyancing and mortgages
  • Property and condominium law
  • Co-operative housing
  • Landlord and tenant disputes
  • Foreclosures
  • Land use planning

  Contact: John B. Peterson, Jalal A. Jaffer, Rodney Yates.

• Expropriation

  • Expropriation law
  • Land compensation
  • Easements and statutory rights of way
  • Street and highway widenings
  • Pipelines
  • Parks and schools
  • Water rights

  Contact: J. Bruce Melville.

• Litigation

  • Commercial and general litigation, including banking litigation
  • Administrative and constitutional litigation
  • Insurance and surety litigation
  • Arbitration and mediation
  • Collections
  • Builders’ liens and construction disputes
  • Bankruptcy and receiverships
  • Wrongful dismissal and employment law

  Contact: Steven R. Stark, Jalal A. Jaffer, Harry Astaforoff, Ralph Krikke.

• Family Law

  • Divorce and separation
  • Separation Agreements
  • Cohabitation Agreements
  • Custody, access and parenting issues
  • Parenting plans
  • Property division
  • Child support and spousal support
  • Collaborative family law
  • Mediation

  Contact: G.C.(Scottie) Scott, Trudy Macdonald, Harry Astaforoff, Pamela Rowlands, Ralph Krikke, Jaqua Page.

• Personal Injury Litigation

  • ICBC claims
  • Slips and falls
  • Medical malpractice

  Contact: Jalal A. Jaffer.

• Criminal Law

  • General criminal defence work
  • Assault, uttering threats, theft, fraud
  • Motor Vehicle Act offences, including driving suspensions and driving while prohibited

  Contact: Harry Astaforoff, Ralph Krikke.

• Mediation

  • Family Law Mediation
  Contact: G.C. (Scottie) Scott, Trudy Macdonald, Pamela J. Rowlands, Ralph Krikke.

  • Collaborative Family Law
  Contact: G.C. (Scottie) Scott, Trudy Macdonald, Pamela J. Rowlands.

  • Parenting Coordinator
  Contact: G.C. (Scottie) Scott.

  • Civil Mediation
  Contact: Steven R. Stark, G.C. (Scottie) Scott, Jalal Jaffer.

• Wills & Estates

  • Wills and estate planning
  • Estate administration
  • Estate litigation

  Contact: John B. Peterson, Rodney Yates, Jalal Jaffer, Jaqua Page.

• Elder Law

  • Mental capacity & consent
  • Guardianship
  • Healthcare decision making
  • Powers of attorney

  Contact: John B. Peterson, Rodney Yates, Jaqua Page.