Remote Video Independent Legal Advice (ILA) for Alberta
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To schedule an appointment, contact our law firm at 403-400-4092 or Chris@NeufeldLegal.com
For many Albertans, it is actually difficult to find a lawyer capable of providing them with Independent Legal Advice (ILA), whether this pertains to a domestic contract, personal guarantee or real estate matter. Even in Calgary, where there are so many lawyers and law firms in the city, clients all too often indicate how difficult it is to find a lawyer that is capable of providing ILA. The challenge is that much greater outside of the city, where there are far fewer lawyers and there can be considerable difficulty in finding a lawyer that is willing and able to provide independent legal advice, especially where the one possible lawyer is already representing the person on the other side of the domestic contract or real estate matter. And for that very reason, our law firm provides the means for attaining ILA anywhere in Alberta by using remote video communications in conformity with the strict protocols of the Law Society of Alberta.
Providing ILA to Albertans almost anywhere in the province by secure video link naturally needs to follow some very strict protocols, which are not only set by the Law Society of Alberta, but are also supplemented by our own law firm's prerequisites - such that arrangements that impose significant inequities between the parties, where we cannot satisfactorily confirm that the individual is capable of fully understanding the legal rights they are waiving and/or are doing so of their own free will (without coercion or intimidation), we will not issue a Certificate of Independent Legal Advice. And even though these instances tend to be quite rare, I wish to be clear from the outset, that there are circumstances where we will not proceed with providing ILA by way of remote video communications. Yet, in most instances, where we do proceed with providing ILA through a remote video session, there is considerable procedural work that needs to be undertaken to ensure the integrity of the process, together significant preparatory work in reviewing all the material and information related to the particular situation, together with the process during the actual video conference session, and the follow-up work that we invariably have to undertake to complete this entire process (i.e., due to the 'wet ink' requirements of Alberta Land Titles).
So, if the ultimate recipient of the ILA permits its completion by remote video conference (i.e., financial institution, court, Alberta Land Titles), and we can satisfactorily confirm your free will and understanding of the legal rights that you are relinquishing, our law firm can provide you with remote ILA from almost anywhere in Alberta. To schedule a remote video session for ILA, contact our law firm in strict confidence at Chris@NeufeldLegal.com or 403-400-4092, such that we might confirm the specific materials and information that we require for undertaking the remote video session and the anticipated costs in completing this process.
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