» Real Estate
Common real estate purchases and sales are not to be taken for granted, as they usually represent the largest single monetary transactions in peoples’ lifetimes and neither our clients nor we can afford to be careless, even where the risks may appear to be low. Quality, professional service is our assurance!

Every real estate transaction for which our firm is engaged receives the personal attention of a lawyer and every client meets with a lawyer and throughout, every client has the process explained to them. With our personalized, attentive services, unusual requirements will be addressed promptly and professionally.

We offer higher value that is too often taken for granted, but not necessarily received from others.

We also offer experience and service in commercial developments, condominium conversions, commercial leases, zoning applications, variances, subdivisions and other real estate related matters, as well as in mortgages, foreclosures and orders for possession.

» Business & Commercial
We offer a broad range of legal services to small businesses through to medium-sized businesses. We can assist with initial considerations, business plans, structures, insurance advice, business names, partnerships and corporations, leases, business purchases and sales, employments contracts, shareholders agreements, supplier contracts, federal and provincial registrations and licensing.

Our firm acts for sole proprietors to national and international companies. We have experience with licensing, franchises, trademarks, agency agreements, and many other aspects of a small to medium-sized business.

We can also provide consulting and analysis services and proactive legal risk assessments to help owners recognize existing and potential problems and actions that may be taken to remedy or avoid the risks.

Carroll Fisher Belding also operates in association with buyCan to work in an international environment to promote business relationships and purchasers from foreign investors into Canada. For more information on this aspect of our practice, see buyCan.

» Family Law
More than any area of law, family law requires a balance of knowledge, experience, good judgment, compassion and creative solutions.

Family breakups are very difficult for the parties and their children. Too often families are further devastated by the financially crippling costs of litigation and the damaging effects that litigation causes and the aggravation of the hurt and anger upon the former families and their respective relationships. Too often, well meaning parents fail to appreciate the ways in which they are each contributing to the hurt and injury their children suffer.

We have the skills and experience to be very effective in hard-fought litigation, but because of the consequences seen only too often, we believe that such recourse should be an extreme measure only in desperate situations. We can provide effective mediation services, negotiations for an amicable resolution by way of a professionally crafted, property settlements, separation agreements or consent divorce agreements. We can also prepare prenuptial agreements and communal living agreements.

» Family Break-up
PILOT PROJECT: Our firm offers a unique pilot project that combines multi-professional services in a bilateral, non-adversarial process that is designed to diffuse the anger often associated with marital break-up and achieve a level of cooperation and tolerance that allows the families to arrive at permanent long-term solutions, while minimizing the hurt, especially of the children.

The parents, families, lawyers and specialized family counselors will work together in achieving sufficient understanding and mutual respect, to be able to generate cost-effective solutions acceptable to all parties involved. It is a solution arrived at by the parties, not by counselors, lawyers and judges and in the process, teaches participants how to survive through further changes and adjustments, without destructive legal processes.

» Litigation
Our lawyers have experience in litigation services at Queen’s Bench and Court of Appeal levels, in areas such as breach of contract, personal injury, property damage, wrongful dismissal from employment, debts, contested estates and many other types of court actions.

We also offer experience in administrative board processes such as Manitoba Labour Board, Canada Pension Plan, Manitoba Public Insurance, Residential Tenancies Branch and other non-judicial tribunals and boards. Each board has different processes, expectations and culture and it is important for each applicant to have this knowledge and experience available to them.

We avoid attendance services in Small Claims Court, but we will offer advice, preparation and directions for Small Claims Court and will act on appeals from Small Claims Court to a judge in Court of Queen’s Bench.

» Dispute Resolution
Our philosophy in all matters is to attempt to arrive at a fair and equitable resolution for all of the parties involved without non-productive contested proceedings and litigation.

We offer skilled and effective services in the mediation and arbitration processes, either as a representative and advocate or as a mediator or adjudicator. Our lawyers in the mediation field are skilled communicators and negotiators and recognize dialogue, integrity and goodwill as key ingredients in any mediation process.

As mediators or arbitrators, we recognize the importance of an unbiased and fair process that allows each party a full and equal opportunity to put forward their respective positions. Mediation and arbitration processes can achieve very satisfactory results of a highly professional standard in a manner quicker and less expensive than a court process.

» Immigration
In conjunction with our affiliated services jobCan and buyCan, we offer full service job placement and immigration services and business/land acquisition opportunities in Canada. jobCan recruits and screens qualified overseas candidates for Canadian jobs, processes all immigration and employment documentation, and provides comprehensive settlement support. buyCan offers land and business acquisition opportunities in Canada and handles all steps from the search for suitable business properties, the negotiation and purchase process and all immigration work, to landing in Canada and assisting with the legalities of a new business.

We also offer full immigration and related services including work permit and permanent residency applications under federal and provincial nominee programs in all categories including economic class (skilled workers, business/investment), family class, and others.