CLEAR FEE INFORMATION
Understand the price before you retain a lawyer
The planned marketplace separates lawyer fees, taxes and disbursements and labels estimates, ranges and fixed-fee scopes clearly.
PILOT PRICING PRINCIPLES
No surprise pricing language
Fixed fee
A defined legal-service scope with exclusions, taxes and disbursements shown before engagement.
Price range
A realistic range where complexity varies, with the factors that can move the price clearly identified.
Consultation fee
The price and length of an initial meeting, plus whether any amount is credited to later work.
No public price claims yet
This synthetic pilot does not publish invented lawyer fees. Real prices will appear only with each participating lawyer’s consent, scope, effective date and review schedule.
WHAT EVERY LISTING SHOULD SHOW
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Included
- Consultations and document preparation
- Number of revisions or meetings
- Signing and filing support
- Routine communication and delivery
Separate charges
- HST
- Government and court fees
- Registration, search and title costs
- Courier, identity or third-party charges
Scope changes
- What makes the matter complex
- When hourly work begins
- What is excluded
- How additional work is approved
Start with the service you need
Price clarity begins with the correct scope and process—not a misleading “starting from” number.
