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NATIONAL FEE RANGES 5-25 LAWYER FIRM (Sample size 164) MIN Civil Litigation Corporate Criminal Family Civil action trial (two days) Civil action appeal only Secured financing agreement Simple, small business incorporation Simple prospectus Summary criminal offence (one-day trial) Bail hearing Criminal offence (one-day trial) Uncontested divorce Contested divorce Separation agreement Immigration Intellectual Property Real Estate Child custody and support agreement Work permit Spousal sponsorship Skilled worker application Simple patent application Simple trademark registration Patent audit Residential real estate purchase Wills and Estates Residential real estate sale and purchase Commercial property purchase Commercial lease agreement Simple will Complex will Power of attorney Probate $11,996 11,053 1,153 716 1,188 2,088 666 2,500 1,000 6,993 1,206 1,433 814 1,500 1,275 3,600 1,094 1,667 663 1,021 1,895 913 275 696 116 1,556 MAX $36,691 33,066 8,553 1,314 2,938 6,380 2,237 7,615 2,216 61,595 6,552 10,239 2,632 3,750 2,722 12,250 2,227 16,667 1,492 2,406 9,303 3,467 520 1,924 224 5,966 NATIONAL FEE RANGES 26+ LAWYER FIRM (Sample size 108) MIN MAX Civil Litigation Corporate Criminal Family Civil action trial (two days) Civil action appeal only Secured financing agreement Simple, small business incorporation Simple prospectus Summary criminal offence (one-day trial) Bail hearing Criminal offence (one-day trial) Uncontested divorce Contested divorce Separation agreement Immigration Intellectual Property Real Estate Child custody and support agreement* Work permit Spousal sponsorship Skilled worker application Simple patent application Simple trademark registration Patent audit Residential real estate purchase Wills and Estates Residential real estate sale and purchase Commercial property purchase Commercial lease agreement Simple will Complex will Power of attorney Probate $18,603 13,100 1,359 807 22,500 1,167 500 1,667 1,222 5,056 1,560 1,794 1,138 2,266 3,333 4,333 1,115 500 658 1,143 2,688 1,439 387 1,036 170 1,974 $165,368 52,850 57,250 1,593 65,000 7,667 3,000 9,500 3,056 31,667 6,250 7,063 3,500 6,333 6,667 13,167 2,010 50,000 1,653 3,750 21,700 8,405 1,116 3,712 460 24,235 AVG $21,790 20,037 2,263 899 1,450 3,058 931 3,691 1,418 12,523 2,121 2,758 1,583 2,417 2,370 6,500 1,523 5,000 879 1,268 2,988 1,598 413 1,147 152 2,729 AVG $51,875 20,641 5,508 965 25,000 2,000 750 4,300 1,435 7,050 2,505 7,600 2,375 2,875 3,500 5,580 1,381 8,333 895 1,391 6,040 2,577 489 1,520 222 3,093 * In this category, more responses were received for average fees charged than for maximum and minimum fees charged. www. C ANADIAN Law ye rmag.com JUNE 2010 41