Lime Law · Fees
Flat fees for the most common files we run, across real estate, corporate and commercial, and estate planning. 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.
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.
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, and GST applies. 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.