North Vancouver Estates Team
Our North Vancouver estates lawyers bring together over 70 years of combined experience providing estate and family asset advice to clients throughout British Columbia.
Ratcliff LLP was founded in 1950 and has experience in a broad range of legal services reflecting the needs of residents and businesses in our communities. For more information about us, and our other areas of law, see the firm’s main website: www.ratcliff.com.
Peter I. Bonny
Partner
Peter brings more than 25 years of estate planning and estate administration experience in both Canada and the UK to the Ratcliff Wills and Estates Group.
Prior to joining Ratcliff, Peter was a lawyer in a leading international estate planning law firm in London, England.
Peter is a member of the Society of Trust and Estate Practitioners (STEP), and the Wills & Estates and Elder Law sub-sections of the Canadian Bar Association. He has been recognized in the 2022 edition (and since 2020) of The Best Lawyers in Canada as a leading practitioner in Trusts and Estates Law.
Lesley Midzain
Lawyer
Lesley draws on her breadth of professional experience to provide personalized service in estate planning and estate administration, as well as advising on real estate and small business matters.
Having held legal and executive positions at large, national firms and global financial institutions, Lesley now feels fortunate to be able to apply her broad perspective to provide her clients with progressive, practical advice, tailored to their needs.
Lesley grew up in British Columbia and still marvels at the natural beauty throughout the Province. She is a devoted resident in the mountains of the North Shore and a frequent visitor to the high skies of the Cariboo.
Kevin D. Lee
Managing Partner
Kevin heads Ratcliff’s Estate Litigation Group.
Kevin has experience in a broad range of estate and trust litigation, including variation of Wills claims under WESA, trust variations and requests for accountings by attorneys under Powers of Attorney, trustees and executors in disputes about assets and fees.
Kevin has appeared in all levels of Court in British Columbia, and is also experienced in mediation.