Lime Law · Fees
Flat fees for the most common files we run, across real estate, corporate and commercial, and estate planning, plus set prices for notary services. Civil litigation is hourly with a written budget — not flat-fee work, but never run without a plan.
We publish flat fees for routine, well-defined work because it is fair on both sides. The summary below covers the most common matters in each practice area; click through for the full fee schedule, including the situations that are quoted on the file rather than flat-priced.
Real estate
Purchase, no mortgage
$1,400
Purchase with one mortgage
$1,600
Cash sale
$1,200
Refinance with one payout
$1,500
Above $2 million, on First Nations Lands, or for commercial transactions, please contact us for a quote on the file.
Two related estimators: our PTT calculator and our GST calculator — useful for budgeting before you sign.
Corporate & commercial
BC numbered company
$1,100
BC named company
$1,200
Professional corporation (medical, dental, law, CPA, PREC)
$1,750
Annual maintenance — BC company
$350
Shareholders' agreement — basic
$3,500
Complex M&A, multi-class shareholders' agreements, share / asset purchase agreements with earn-outs, and shareholder disputes are quoted on the file.
Estate planning
Single will — basic
$1,000
Mirror wills — couple
$1,500
Single estate plan — Will + POA + RA
$1,650
Spousal estate plan — Mirror wills + 2 POAs + 2 RAs
$2,000
Grant of probate (with will)
$3,500
Wills variation claims and defences, contested estates, and multi-jurisdictional administration are quoted on the file.
Civil litigation
Civil litigation does not lend itself to flat fees: scope shifts as the file moves through pleadings, discovery, mediation, and trial. We work hourly, but with a written budget for each phase, monthly billing against that budget, and an updated estimate when scope changes. For demand letters and short matters — a single demand letter, a Small Claims appearance, an RTB hearing, a one-day mediation — we offer fixed fees.
Notary services
Alireza Ameri is a practising BC lawyer, and as a lawyer he is also a notary public and a commissioner for taking affidavits. We notarise and commission documents at our downtown Vancouver office. These prices cover signing only: you bring the document, and no advice is given.
Notarising a signature — first document
ID check, witnessing, notarial certificate and seal.
$50
Each additional document, same visit
$25
Each additional signer on a document
$25
Certified true copy — first document
Up to 10 pages. We compare the copy with the original you bring.
$50
Certified true copies — each page over 10, per copy
$1
Each additional certified copy, same visit
Up to 10 pages.
$25
Commissioning an affidavit
You bring the affidavit; we take your oath and sign it. Exhibits are extra.
$75
Each exhibit
Each document attached to an affidavit or declaration.
$15
Statutory declaration
For example, a lost document, single status, or “one and the same person.”
$75
Translator’s affidavit
We take the translator’s oath. We don’t translate documents.
$75
Travel consent letter for a child
The letter the Government of Canada recommends when a child travels without both parents. Signing only. No advice given.
$75
Invitation letter for a visitor
Signing only. No advice given.
$75
Apostille — notarising and handling the application, per document
Plus the BC government fee of $20 per document, and courier.
$250
Affidavit or declaration by video, where the receiving court or agency accepts it
Not available for certified copies or for documents that need a notarial seal or an apostille.
$75
Mobile visit, on request
We confirm the total before the visit.
From $250
Weekend appointment
When we can meet your deadline on a weekend.
$250
Prices are before GST and PST. Bring the original document and government-issued photo ID. Every signer attends in person; affidavits and declarations can be taken by video where the receiving court or agency accepts it. Drafting a document is quoted on the file, as are documents for countries that don’t accept apostilles, such as Iran, and witnessing Land Title forms as the officer for a transaction another lawyer or notary is handling. We can’t promise that another country or agency will accept a document. Notarial work that is part of a file we already handle for you is covered by that file’s fee.
How we structure billing
For routine, well-defined files — residential real estate, incorporations, wills and estate plan bundles, standard agreements — flat fees remove the worry of running the meter and align our incentives with yours. We do the work; you know the price.
For files where scope can shift — complex transactions, contested matters, litigation — we work hourly with a written budget for each phase. The budget gets updated when scope changes, and we bill monthly against it. You always know where things stand.
Government fees, third-party charges, and disbursements are paid in addition to our legal fee. GST and PST apply to our legal fee, and GST applies to most disbursements. None of these are hidden — we collect and remit them transparently as part of every file.
Tell us what you're trying to do and we'll come back with a precise quote and a turnaround time.