Welcome to the Casual Legal Services program. MIABC has selected Lidstone & Company to provide Casual Legal Advice to British Columbia local governments that have subscribed to the MIABC Casual Legal Services program. Casual Legal Services are defined as those that are limited to 30 minutes and involve no legal research or preparation of documents.
Subscribing local governments may seek Casual Legal Services by telephone or email:
Toll free 877.339.2199
(members are requested to advise the Lidstone & Company receptionist at the beginning of the call that the matter is “Casual Legal Advice”).
We provide the legal advice directly to the local government, not to MIABC or any other third party, and for each casual legal matter a legal services relationship, characterized by privilege and confidentiality, exists between the law firm and the local government. After a subscribing local government has paid the Casual Legal Advice fee to MIABC, there is no charge for the Casual Legal Advice.
Subscribing members are also entitled at NO EXTRA CHARGE to the following benefits:
Every lawyer at Lidstone & Company provides Casual Legal Advice.
After a subscribing local government has paid the Casual Legal Advice fee to MIABC there is no charge for the Casual Legal Advice, which is defined as legal advice services that are limited to 30 minutes and involve no legal research or preparation of documents.
If a Casual Legal Advice subscriber contacts Lidstone & Company in good faith for the 30 minute advice service by email or phone, but the matter takes longer than 30 minutes or requires preparation or review of documents (by mutual agreement of the subscriber and law firm), then the subscriber is entitled to a discounted hourly rate, billed to the subscriber, for the continued legal service (exclusive of applicable taxes).
