About Hayward Sheppard

We are a downtown Vancouver law firm practicing in the areas of family, administrative and personal injury law.

Family Practice  |  Personal Injury  |  Administrative Law

We help you find your way through the fog of legal issues.

Good advocacy, whether in negotiation or in litigation, is based on good judgment.

We strive at all times to properly assess the best approach for each client through open and thoughtful communication as well as straightforward and strategic legal analysis. The goal is to provide value for our clients in a cost-efficient and solution-oriented manner.

OUR APPROACH

We customize our approach to each client’s unique needs.

We recognize that lawyers who aggressively litigate every dispute often do a disservice for their clients. Trials are expensive and often leave family relationships irreparably and unnecessarily tattered.
For many clients, competent, skillful and creative negotiation is the most effective and inexpensive manner of resolving disputes and moving on to a new phase in life. 

Family Practice

  • Trial and out-of-court processes including mediation

  • Divorce and separation

  • Prenuptial, cohabitation and separation agreements

  • Child custody, child support and other parenting issues

  • Spousal support

  • Division of assets, including complex corporate and trust issues

  • Pension division

  • Common-law relationships

  • Same-sex relationships

  • Unjust enrichment and constructive trust claims

  • Updating / variation of custody and support orders & agreements

  • Collaborative divorce

  • Appeals

Personal Injury

  • ICBC and other motor vehicle accident claims

  • Slip and fall injuries

  • Other personal injury claims

Administrative Law

  • Representation of self-governing bodies before administrative tribunals

  • Appeals & judicial review of tribunal decisions, incl.g charter of rights arguments