Legal Services
Constitutional and General Litigation
- Constitutional and Human Rights Litigation
- Civil, Commercial Litigation Employment Law for Employers
- Administrative Law
- Appellate Advocacy
- Personal Injury and Insurance Law
- Strategic litigation and test cases
- Enforcement
Charity and Not-for-profit law
We provide all legal services required for charities and not-for-profits including:
- Church, Charity and Not-for-profit incorporation
- Charitable registration
- Regulatory compliance
- Amalgamations and mergers
- Governance Policies and Advice
- Legal Risk Management and Audits
- Employment law
- Human rights and civil litigation
- Strategic planning
Ecclesiastical and Church Law
We have expertise in ecclesiastical and church law and provide expert counsel on:
- Church incorporation and charitable registration
- Ecclesiastical and church structures
- Church membership
- Church discipline
- Governance matters
- Employment matters
- Human Rights law
- Institutional protection and doctrinal disputes
- Strategic planning
Education Law
We act for private schools and post-secondary institutions including colleges, universities and seminaries. We provide counsel on:
- Regulatory compliance
- Bylaws and policy development
- Child Protection and Privacy
- Employment matters
- Real Property
- Teacher and staff discipline
- Admissions and membership
- Human rights and civil litigation
- Parental and student rights
Estates Law
- Estate Administration
- Estate Planning
- Estate Litigation
- Wills
- Powers of Attorney
- Guardianship Applications
- Asset Protection
- Trusts
- Bequests and Gifts
Family Law
We offer our clients traditional as well as collaborative family law services.
In a collaborative family law process, parties work together to resolve legal issues out of court with the help of collaborative family law lawyers and other supporting professionals, such as financial advisors and social workers. This approach to family law can be much more cost-effective than litigation and can provide more opportunities to reduce tension, avoid conflict, and provide closure than a typical adversarial approach.
Our family law services include:
- Litigation
- Mediation
- Collaborative Practice
- Child and Spousal Support
- Division of Property and Assets
- Divorce and Separation
- Parenting Time and Decision-Making ResponsibilityAsset Protection
- Unbundled services: Review of financial statements, assistance in drafting correspondence or legal proceedings, assistance with the completion of court forms, pre-hearing coaching about courtroom procedure and rules, and providing independent legal advice.
Health Law
We have particular expertise in healthcare law as it relates to faith-based hospitals and healthcare institutions, as well as to individual healthcare practitioners and professional associations. We provide counsel in relation to:
- Regulatory compliance
- Employment matters
- Ethical/legal conflicts
- Governance
- Bylaws, policies and procedures
- Human rights and civil litigation
- Professional disciplinary matters
Human Rights and Charter of Rights and Freedoms Law
Churches and faith-based organizations are increasingly facing disputes related to human rights or Charter of Rights and Freedoms issues. We have extensive experience and expertise in these matters and provide advice and representation related to:
- Responding to and defending human rights complaints
- Advancing Charter Rights and Human Rights claims
- Preparation of complex legal opinions
- Public policy interventions
- Preparation of legal submissions to legislative bodies
- Preparation of draft legislation
- Development and advancement of test cases
Political and Public Policy Law
We provide counsel and representation in political and public policy matters. Our services include those related to:
- Regulatory compliance
- Lobbying
- Public Policy research and development
- Submissions to legislative bodies
- Development of legislation
- Preparation of complex legal opinions
Corporate / Commercial
- Corporate and Commercial Law
Legal Research and Supreme Court Advocacy
- Supreme Court and Federal Court Agency Services
- Complex Legal Research and Opinions
Employment Law
We provide a number of employment law services to employers and employees, including:
- Employment Agreements and Negotiations
- Workplace Policies and Procedures
- Employment Litigation
- Workplace Conflict
- Management and Discipline Issues
Administrative Law
Administrative law governs individuals’ and organizations’ interactions with the state’s executive branch, which includes various government departments, agencies, and statutory tribunals.
The Acacia Group’s lawyers have assisted clients in navigating administrative law processes through various public bodies, such as human rights tribunals, industrial relations boards, and regulatory bodies. We have argued administrative law matters at the Divisional Court of Ontario; the trial courts of Ontario, Manitoba, Nova Scotia, and British Columbia; the Courts of Appeal of Ontario, Nova Scotia, Alberta, and British Columbia; the Federal Court of Canada; the Federal Court of Appeal; and the Supreme Court of Canada.
Our experience includes the representation of clients in:
- Academic appeals
- Administrative tribunals
- Professional standards complaints
- Workplace Conflict
- Access to Information appeals