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Referral Service – Referral Request Form

Referral Service – Referral Request Form

The Referral Service provides anyone who requests it and who can afford the costs (or qualifies for Legal Aid) with the name of a lawyer voluntarily registered with the service and willing to offer an initial one-hour consultation for a fee of $60 plus taxes, if applicable.

This is not a representation service : only the lawyer will know whether they can offer you a consultation and when they’re available. If the lawyer is unable to help you, we can refer you to another.

Only one form will be processed per file: additional referral requests must be submitted by e-mail only.

You will receive an email with a copy of your form as submitted.

YOUR INFORMATION

Name (name of the person completing the form, not the name of an organization, company or business)(Required)

First name Last name

Postal code / City or borough(Required)

Telephone number

E-mail address(Required)

Enter your E-mail Confirm your E-mail

YOUR NEEDS

Language(s)(Required)

French

English

Other (if the preferred language is not on the list, please indicate it under “Additional information/Brief summary of your situation” below)

Legal Aid mandate

Yes: my case is approved by Legal Aid Services who will pay my legal fees

Services or accommodations desired at the lawyer’s office

Accessible for people with reduced mobility

Home service

NATURE OF YOUR REQUEST

AREAS OF LAW

Check the relevant areas of practice. If you are unsure which ones apply, leave them blank and explain your need below under “Additional information/Brief summary of your situation”

Not sure which fields to select.

Administrative (SAAQ, employment insurance, Quebec Pension Plan)

Access to information

Employment insurance

Municipal law

Education (specify below)

Income support (welfare)

Quebec automobile insurance (SAAQ) – Accident

Quebec automobile insurance (SAAQ) – Licence

Education – Specify below(Required)

(services needed by an elementary school student, exclusion from a university program, etc.)

Business

Commercial (commercial leases, etc.)

Cooperatives

Non-profit organization

Corporate (partnerships, companies)

Support for entrepreneurs

Civil

Insurance (specify below)

Consumer protection (specify below)

Estates/successions

Bankruptcy and insolvency (specify below)

Obligations/contracts (loan between individuals, cancelling a contract, etc.)

Consumer protection – Specify below(Required)

(car loan or lease, credit card debt, defective goods, etc.)

Insurance – Specify below(Required)

(group disability insurance related to my job, insurance linked to a building mortgage, loss of property due to theft or other incident, etc.)

Bankruptcy and insolvency – Specify below(Required)

(regarding personal debts, corporate or business debts, etc.)

Criminal

General Criminal Code (threats, assault, etc.)

Prison law

Sexual offences

Economic crime (fraud, identity theft, etc.)

Impaired driving

Disciplinary

Disciplinary – plaintiff

Disciplinary – defendant

Family / Youth / the Elderly

Adoption

Filiation (name of a parent missing from birth certificate)

Common-law spouse

Family (divorce, custody, child support)

Child’s advocate

Young offenders (criminal and penal)

Youth protection (DPJ)

Elder law

Tax

Taxes, deductions and benefits

GST and QST

Customs and excise

Tax offences / Fiscal offences

Child benefits (family allowance, etc.)

Immigration

Citizenship

Permanent residence/sponsorship

Refugee status (IRB)

Temporary stay Temporary residence in Canada (visitor, work permit, etc.)

Real estate

Co-ownership (specify below)

Real estate brokerage

Latent /hidden defects – plaintiff

Latent /hidden defects – defendant

Financing and hypothecary recourses (mortgages)

Co-ownership (specify below)(Required)

(sharing / partition of a building owned by two individuals, questions about condominiums, etc.)

Housing

Housing – tenant

Housing – landlord / owner

Low-cost housing

Housing cooperative

Penal

Highway Safety Code

Provincial penal (AirBnB, Quebec electoral law, etc.)

Federal penal (Can. electoral law, quarantine, etc.)

Municipal penal (noise offences, etc.)

Persons

Protection regimes (tutorship, curatorship)

Protection mandate (mandate in case of incapacity)

Refusal of care / treatment (specify below)

Refusal of care / treatment (specify below)(Required)

(mental health or physical health)

Intellectual property

Trademarks

Patents

Liability

Civil liability

Medical professional liability

Lawyer’s professional liability – plaintiff

Police professional liability

Other professional liability

Labour

Employer

Employees-provincial (specify below)

Employees-federal (specify below)

Unionized employees

Labour standards (CNESST)

Work-related accident (CNESST)

Employees-provincial (specify below)(Required)

(the employer’s sphere of activity: transportation within Quebec, medical care, provincial civil service, etc.)

Employees-federal (specify below)(Required)

(the employer’s sphere of activity: transportation across provinces, aeronautics, federal public service, etc.)

Victims of crime

Benefits / Compensation (IVAC)

Victim support (guidance, filing a complaint, etc.)

Other

The subject you are looking for is not listed above.

Please provide details about your request below under “Additional information/Brief summary of your situation”.

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION/BRIEF SUMMARY OF YOUR SITUATION(Required)

Provide relevant details about your request (1,200 characters). (I’m looking for a lawyer who speaks Persian, I want to contest a decision by the Tribunal du logement/the Commission d’accès à l’information, the IRB denied my asylum application, I want to enforce a judgement, etc.).

LAWYERS NOT TO BE INFORMED OF THE REFERRAL REQUEST

Since the lawyer referred will receive your name, please indicate the name of any lawyer who should not be informed of your referral request (your former lawyer, the opposing counsel, etc.) so we will not refer you to someone who works at the same address.