Friday, 27 November 2015

How Administrative Law Firm Deals With Administrative Law And Regulatory Issues

We know that several government actions have often affected the lives of citizens. At times, you might have been affected by a government contract upraised for the one who is not worthy to deserve it or probably you get affected by a law that could harm your business projections severely. In case as an individual or a business, your rights or privileges are affected with any kind of government action, it becomes essential to challenge such action, confirming that government continues to execute meticulously in an impartial and reasonable manner.

Robert Doran is one of the well-established Litigation Counsels reputed in the arena of Canadian administrative law. It also offers various administrative law services. The proficient administrative law lawyer of the Robert Doran Litigation Firm is accustomed with different government regulations at federal, provincial and municipal levels.

How can the workings of administrative law affect you?

Commonly, administrative law provides ease in clarifying the relationship, shared by the businesses and individuals with the government and its diverse agencies. It helps in making the non-governmental entities capable of knowing about the usage of rights they have, in contrast to any prejudiced act performed through any government agency.

Administrative law service areas of Canada

Robert Doran, Litigation Counsel is one of the famous British Columbia administrative law firms that has been working actively in the following service areas: boards and commissions, written submissions to regulatory tribunals, interpretation of administrative rules and regulations, appealing against the decisions of tribunals, boards and commissions, advising on administrative legal issues and defending against the decisions of administrative agencies.

Areas concerning Administrative law services

  • Constitutional law
  • Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms
  • Freedom of information and protection of privacy
  • Human rights complaints
  • Municipal laws
  • Labour
  • Workplace insurance and safety regulations
  • Regulation of professions
  • Environment and land laws
  • Licensing laws
  • Social benefits
  • Restaurants, night-clubs and taverns
  • Real estate, construction and engineering
  • Zoning laws

Tuesday, 17 November 2015

Significance of Personal Injury Law Firms

There are different types of areas that fall in the category of personal injury law. Personal injury means covering those injuries or accidents that effect adversely, not even, physically (i.e. on the body or health) but also psychologically (i.e. mental or emotional state). The motive of personal injury law firms is to provide compensation to the victim by the accused party.

Different Types of Settlements
  • Formal Lawsuits:- In formal personal injury case, a private individual (the "plaintiff") files a civil "complaint" against any other person, corporation, business, or government agency (the "defendant"), charging that they acted in an irresponsible or careless manner while dealing with an accident or injury that caused harm. This kind of action is referred as "filing a lawsuit.
  • Informal Settlement:- With the help of mediation process, most of the clashes over fault for an accident or injury are solved. This kind of mediation process generally follows the formula of informal early settlement between the affected and the accused party. The matter can be settled by the payment of an agreeable amount of money rather than approaching the court.

Robert Doran, Litigation Counsel’s areas of expertise in Personal Injury Law:
  • Vehicle Accidents —Truck accidents, car crashes, motorcycle accidents, bicycle accidents, passenger accidents, pedestrian accidents, drunk driving, hit and run, DWI, roll-over incidents;
  • Occupiers/premises liability claims — Slip and fall accidents, dog bites, tripping incidents, third party liability and stairs accidents.
  • Product liability claims/defective products litigation — Design defects, manufacturing defects, faulty products, safety procedures flouted, inadequate instructions/warnings, airbag injuries and seatbelts.
  • Workplace accidents — fall, exposure to toxins and chemicals, chemical burns, explosions and fires and defective machinery.
Robert Doran Litigation Firm-Our approach and management of Personal injury Case

For every individual case, the approach followed by Robert Doran Litigation Firm is thorough and competent yet sympathetic as we care for the emotional sentiments involved with the personal injury claims. The Robert Doran Litigation Counsel can support you to understand the entire life cycle of a personal injury lawsuit that includes procurement of medical records, drafting and issuing demand letters, drafting discovery requests (interrogatories, request for production and request for admission), correspondence with relevant statutory authorities, and working out settlements with private parties and insurance companies through our proven experience and expertise.

If you have suffered with any personal injury, contact with a personal injury law attorney who has experience in your jurisdiction.

Damages covered in personal injury litigation
  • Medical expenses
  • Lost wages
  • Loss of income
  • Costs of future care
  • Future diminished earning capacity
  • Pain and suffering
  • Physical disability
  • Property damage

Monday, 9 November 2015

Effective Legal Solutions for Shareholder and Partnership Disputes

Understanding Shareholder and Partnership Disputes

With changing times, there are lot of challenges that appear to be a threat to business's stability, management system and consensus between the shareholders. Partnership Disputes and Shareholder Disputes often leave you worrying as a lot rides on your business. There can be internal and external disputes; however the internal dispute can be very expensive and devastating. If the disputes end up being bitter among owners, they can demoralize the organization, suppress its growth, and use up the company's assets, costing it emotionally and financially. Worst case scenario, prolonged court battles end up draining the company of all of its assets and can turn it bankrupt.

Along with experienced legal counsel, a good shareholder agreement can go a long way towards preventing disputes from arising in the first place and also in keeping disputes from escalating into extended court battles that no one really wins in the end.

Issues Arousing Contention between Shareholders/ Partners
  • Buy out or purchase of shares
  • Conflict of interest
  • Misappropriation of funds
  • Misuse of company/ partnership assets
  • Valuation of shares
  • Hiring of staff
  • Financial structure
  • Change in leadership or management
  • Inability of the partners to cooperate
  • Unfair ownership share of the partnership

Remedies Obtained


There are various court orders and remedies that you can obtain like monetary damages, sale of assets, buy out/ sale of business ownership among co-owners, tracing of assets, entity dissolution, control of the business, appointment of a receiver and much more.

Wednesday, 4 November 2015

Employment Law Attorneys- Resolving Issues With Compassion

Employment law or labor law intermediates the employee-employer relationship. The law relates to the rights of the employees at work. The employment law ascended with the Industrial Revolution as the relationship between a worker and an employer changed from small-scale production studios to large-scale factories.

Handled all employment law issues for over 34 years, Robert Doran, Litigation Counsel has been taking all employment law cases with great attention and understanding. The lawyers understand the stress involved in each case and take tremendous care to lessen the influence of unfair termination and other related problems.

Our strategy towards solving cases

A successful employment law lawyer is one who knows about the variations taking place in the employment law zone. Robert Doran, Litigation Counsel recognizes the significance of changes in legislation and keeping a track of authoritative patterns.

Positive and practical legal answers matching your requirement

Our employment law attorneys help you at each step of your employment relationship from in-house counseling on contracts through all stages of an employment dispute from pre-litigation advice to court litigation.
  • Contractual problems — Disputes on employment agreements, non-disclosure/non-solicitation and confidentiality agreements disputes, severance agreements, and independent contractor disputes.
  • Payment differences — Wages disputes, equal pay claims, hour disputes, employee benefits, overtime, holiday requests, leave requests, medical leave and family leave.
  • Discrimination and harassment — Disputes covering race, age, gender, sexual orientation, nationality, religion, disability, pregnancy, health disputes and sexual harassment.
  • Unlawful termination —Whistleblower and retaliation claims, discrimination, harassment, civil rights violation and human rights claims.
  • Our Guidance and counseling — Negotiation and drafting of employment agreements, employee code of conduct compliance, non-disclosure/non-solicitation and confidentiality agreements, payroll and overtime issues and union management relations.
Employment law lawyers areas to action
  • For Employers — helping employers understand their rights, duties, and liabilities that they can be made subject to in the course of the employment relationship.
  • For Employees — supporting employees in the declaration of their rights at the workplace and protecting them against discrimination and illegal termination.
  • For Executives — supporting executives at medium and senior levels of a company in knowing their rights under Canadian employment law apart from the rights provided in the executive employment agreement, severance agreements for executives, compensation and bonus agreements for executives, advising the executives on illegal termination and law of contract, and restraint of trade covenants.
  • Management Labor Relations — Representing both management and the work-force in matters related to collective bargaining, union campaigns, administrative agency investigations, implementation of discipline and discharge protocols, wrongful termination, discrimination, and harassment at workplace, restrictive covenants enforceability, compensation claims and whistleblower matters.

Staying updated with the recent trends in employment law, our employment law attorneys in the Robert Doran, Litigation Counsel provide an impressive delivery of our legal services which has resulted in making us one of the trusted employment law lawyers for more than 34 years.

Tuesday, 13 October 2015

Personal Injury Law-The “Right To Life” Executor

The fact that mishaps are fairly commonplace does not detract from the pain and confusion that can result when an accident or injury happens to you or a loved one. Consideration of the medical expenses and corresponding legal issues involved are the furthest things from your mind. It is when you see the medical expenses rising, the insurance companies not willing to honor their obligations and most importantly, you suffer from both physical and mental agony, that you become motivated to make a claim for the injury caused to you.
Assisting British Columbia residents for more than 34 years, the Robert Doran, Litigation Counsel has helped them with settle their personal injury claims from a simple whiplash to wrongful death against both the private parties and insurance companies.

Defining Personal Injury Law

The law of personal injury covers various areas within its realm. Covering all kinds of accidents or incidents that have an adverse effect on not just the physical well-being of a person (i.e. on the body or health) but also on the psychology of a person (i.e. mental or emotional state), the Personal Injury Law aims at providing compensation to the victim by the accused party.

Types of Settlements Covered Under Personal Injury Law Canada

Formal Lawsuits:- A formal personal injury case typically starts when a private individual (the "plaintiff") files a civil "complaint" against another person, business, corporation, or government agency (the "defendant"), alleging that they acted carelessly or irresponsibly in connection with an accident or injury that caused harm. This action is known as "filing a lawsuit.

Informal Settlement:-Through the process of mediation, most disputes over fault for an accident or injury are resolved. Such mediation process usually takes the form of informal early settlement, usually among those personally involved in the dispute, their insurers, and attorneys representing both sides. The matter is resolved through payment of an agreeable amount of money instead of approaching the court.

Robert Doran, Litigation Counsel’s areas of expertise in Personal Injury Law:
  • Vehicle Accidents — Car crashes, motorcycle accidents, truck accidents, bicycle accidents, pedestrian accidents, passenger accidents, drunk driving, DWI, hit and run, roll-over incidents;
  • Occupiers/premises liability claims — Slip and fall accidents, tripping incidents, dog bites, third party liability and stairs accidents.
  • Product liability claims/defective products litigation — Design defects, faulty products, manufacturing defects, safety procedures flouted, inadequate instructions/warnings, airbag injuries and seatbelts.
  • Workplace accidents — Fall, chemical burns, exposure to toxins and chemicals, explosions and fires and defective machinery.
  • Construction site accidents — Fall, unsafe premises, and dangerous construction materials.
  • Serious injuries — Brain injury, Concussions, Spinal cord injuries, Disc and Vertebrae injuries, Orthopedic injuries, Psychiatric/Psychological injuries, Chronic pain
  • Air, rail and sea accidents — Boating and jet ski accidents, airplane crashes and train incidents.
  • Assaults and sexual abuse
  • No-fault car insurance claims
  • Wrongful death
  • Industrial malpractice claims
Robert Doran Litigation Firm-Our approach and management of Personal injury Case

The approach adopted by Robert Doran Litigation Firm towards each individual case is thorough and competent yet sympathetic as we understand the emotional sentiments attached with the claims. The Robert Doran Litigation Counsel can help you sail through the entire life cycle of a personal injury lawsuit including obtaining medical records, drafting and issuing demand letters, correspondence with relevant statutory authorities, drafting discovery requests (interrogatories, request for production and request for admission) and working out settlements with private parties and insurance companies through our established experience and expertise.

Damages covered in personal injury litigation
  • Medical expenses
  • Costs of future care
  • Lost wages
  • Loss of income
  • Future diminished earning capacity
  • Physical disability
  • Pain and suffering
  • Property damage
Important steps you must comply with prior to approaching Robert Doran

  • Give all the relevant information relating to the accident to the police
  • Record the names and addresses of key witnesses and other interested parties to the incident
  • Consult your family doctor regarding your injury
  • Inform your insurance company soon after the incident
  • Inform your employer/school/college
  • Keep a record of the names and addresses of the medical professionals you have consulted
  • Keep track of the insurance information
  • Maintain a record of all the expenses, including the time spent by family members in taking care of the injured
  • Check out if any other insurance coverage route is available to you
  • Contact Robert Doran

Tuesday, 6 October 2015

Solve all your Shareholder and Partnership Disputes with Robert Doran

Robert Doran has been working as a surrey partnership and shareholder dispute lawyerfor 34 years, providing invaluable assistance to business owners who are caught in some kind of dispute with their business partners. When friendly dialogue between the co-owners doesn’t work out, Robert Doran helps you fight for your legal rights and solve the disputes in your favour. Whether you are a shareholder or a partner in surrey, Robert Doran has enough litigation experience to resolve the dispute for you covering all the stages like trial, appeals court and arbitration.

Areas of Expertise and Remedies

The areas of shareholders disputes which are resolved by Robert Doran comprise misuse of company assets, valuation of shares, conflict of interest, misappropriation of funds, financial benefit to the shareholder at the loss of other shareholders, breach of fiduciary duty, and oppression by majority shareholders etc. In case of surrey partnership dispute, disputes can occur in the areas of hiring of staff, change in leadership or management, financial structure, inability of the partners to cooperate, misuse of partnership assets, misappropriation of funds etc.

When it comes to remedies obtained through court, one can attain various orders from the court in case of a partnership business or a shareholder dispute. Some of the remedies are sale of assets, control of the business, monetary damages, buy-out or sale of business ownership between co-workers, entity dissolution, and so on.

So, What is required before moving to the court?

Before going to the court, one must consider the following steps:
  • Find your company minute book, and also your shareholder agreement if applicable.
  • Find your partnership agreement
  • Arrange in place all your accounting and financial records
  • Make a list of business assets
  • Identify bank account records and find who has the signing authority


The first meeting with the surrey dispute lawyer is free of cost. This first meeting is crucial in determining whether you have a case that can be taken to the court or not. If the dispute can be resolved by other means, it will be worked out in the first meeting itself.

Tuesday, 29 September 2015

Want To Claim For A Personal Injury- Robert Doran Is There!

If you or your relative is met by an accident, you do not immediately think about the medical expenses and the relevant legal issues that might be involved. You consider the same when you come face to face with the high medical expenses involved or find the insurance companies not willing to go by their duties and most importantly, when you endure physical and mental pain. It is at this time that you become motivated for making a claim for the injury that has occurred and of course, it is at this time when the personal injury law firms like Robert Doran come into picture. Robert Doran litigation counsel has been helping British Columbia residents for settling their personal injury claims for more than 34 years.

The lawyers at Robert Doran law firm know about the intricacies involved in litigation for personal injury, the requirement of close coordination for the legal experts, accounting experts and the medical specialists in making claims and working out the amount which is claimed as compensation.

So, what is personal injury?

When it comes to defining personal injury, it covers all kinds of injuries or accidents causing adverse effects on physical as well as psychological well-being of a person.

Robert Doran has expertise in the area

The personal injury lawyer, Robert Doran has searched and successfully applied all the areas that can possibly fall under the personal injury law. Some of the areas of our expertise in the niche are:
  • Vehicle accidents
  • Workplace accidents
  • Occupiers/premises liability claims
  • Product liability claims/defective products litigation
  • Serious injuries
  • Assaults and sexual abuse
  • Air, rail and sea accidents
  • Animal attacks and dog bites
  • Industrial malpractice claims
  • Wrongful death
  • No fault car accident claims
Robert Doran follows a comprehensive yet sympathetic approach, understanding the sentiments attached with the claim. The litigation counsel manages your individual cases by going through the entire personal injury lawsuit life cycle right from obtaining medical records, drafting and issuing demand letters etc. The amount in a personal injury lawsuit varies for every case. The factors taken into consideration are the kind of injury, after effects, profession, age and dependent of the injured person. Important thing to know is that the first consultation is a no- fee meeting.