Privacy Policy & Disclaimer
Privacy Policy & Disclaimer
The content on this website is provided as general information and does not constitute legal or other professional advice or an opinion of any kind. Users of this web site are advised to contact HTW Law Professional Corporation for specific legal advice regarding any specific legal issues. HTW Law does not warrant or guarantee the quality, accuracy or completeness of any information published on this website. The information published on this website should not be relied upon as accurate, timely or fit for any particular purpose.
Accessing or using this website does not establish a lawyer-client relationship. Although your use of the website may facilitate access to or communications with HTW Law, via e-mail transmissions or otherwise via the website, receipt of any such communications or transmissions does not create a lawyer-client relationship.
This website may contain links to third party websites. Links are provided for convenience only and HTW Law does not endorse the information contained in the linked web sites nor guarantee its accuracy, timeliness or fitness for a particular purpose.
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Privacy Policy
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Your privacy is extremely important to us. The trust placed in us by our customers is absolutely essential to our success. We understand that and do all we can to earn and protect that trust. We do not share your personal information with any outside companies nor collect any information.
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Terms and Conditions Regarding Consultation:
This appointment is for a 30 minutes initial consultation. All appointments are subject to confirmation. You will receive an email requesting alternate time if your preferred time is unavailable. The details of the consultation is as follow:
1. The appointment is for a 100% FREE no-obligation lawyer consultation.
2. We offer no win no fee contingency fee arrangement for qualified employment law cases. The details will be explained during the consultation.
3. Legal Documents Reviews ARE NOT covered in the 100% FREE no-obligation lawyer consultation.
During the employment law consultation, we can’t provide any employment law services or legal advice in relation to an employment law document (for example, an employment contract, a drafted minute of settlement or a severance package, etc...). You have to pay for the corresponding services before we can start reviewing the documents. The price quote for the document review will be provided during the lawyer consultation.
For instance, if you require our assistance in reviewing an employment contract, we might give you a free consultation on how our employment contract review services work, we won't be able to do any substantive work until you've paid for the employment contract review service.
Click here to learn more about how the employment lawyer free consultation works:
https://www.htwlaw.ca/employment-lawyer-consultation
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6. HTW Law reserves the right to change the terms and conditions regarding consultation at any time without further notice.
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​Important Notice Regarding Contingency Fee
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Please note that Contingency Fee is NOT applicable to all type of cases and legal services. For instance the Contingency Fee arrangement would NOT be applicable to opinion based legal services such as a legal opinion or a legal consultation regarding a particular legal matter. Contingency fee is also NOT applicable to legal drafting services, such as the drafting of a demand letter or a lawyer letter, the drafting of an employment contract. Contingency fee is also NOT applicable to a complex litigation matter. Above are just examples and are by no means an exclusive list.
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Each client and each case is unique, and as such the contingency fee we charge varies from 20% to 40%, and the maximum contingency fee we will charge is 40%, with the majority of cases in the 25% to 30% range. The exact contingency fee for each case is determined by (a) an estimate of the time required of the lawyer on the file; (b) the legal complexity of the matter at issue; (c) the strength of the case; (d) the risk assumed by the lawyer, including the risk of non-payment where there is a real risk of an adverse finding on liability in the client’s case; (e) the estimated amount that the client is likely to receive after the conclusion of the case in the form of a settlement or a monetary award received after the outcome determination of the case.
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For instance the contingency fee percentage we charge in a class action case involving many class members is a lot less than an case involving only one employee being terminated who have worked less than 1 year in a company. Similarly, the contingency fee percentage we charge is on the lower end of the spectrum in a high profile employment termination case involving a key management level employee who have been working for the company for over 20 years. For the same taken, as you can image, the contingency fee we charge for an employment law case with an estimated recovery of $5,000 CAD is going to be different than one that involves the termination of key employee with unpaid wages, bonus, and incentive valued over half a million dollars.
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Please note that disbursement is on top of the contingency fee. Disbursement are out-of-pocket expenses that our firm has to pre-paid up front to an arm’s length service provide, such as parking ticket, court fee, filing fee, etc….
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While we generally do not charge our client for disbursement for a contingency fee case unless a case is won, we Do not pay for expert reports such as damage report produced by accountants, medical reports produced by medical professionals, and any other types of expert reports and business reports. But these are optional reports, while we recommend clients to obtain them to advance their cases, they are optional and not compulsory.