Legal Forms

Set up a business joint venture in British Columbia with this template Joint Venture Agreement.

• One of the joint venturers will be responsible for management of the joint venture, and will be paid a management fee for providing such services.
• No joint venturer may transfer its interest without the consent of the other joint venturers, except in the death of a joint venturer, when his/her interest will automatically pass to their spouse or children.
• Each joint venturer has a right of first refusal and piggyback rights on the interest of the other parties, in the event of a sale or transfer.
• Any joint venturer may exercise a shot-gun (buy-sell) provision with respect to the interest of another joint venturer.
• This template is available as a downloadable Microsoft Word file which is fully editable to meet your needs.
• Intended to be used only in the Province of British Columbia, Canada.

Prepare a Fee Agreement for a legal client with this downloadable template for British Columbia lawyers.

What is Covered in the Template

The agreement sets out the understanding between the law firm and the client with respect to:

• billing rates of the lawyer(s) working on the file,
• methods of calculating legal fees,
• disbursements and expenses,
• interest charges on account balances,
• retainer and contingency arrangements,
• delinquent payments.

Format and Jurisdiction

This Fee Agreement template is available in MS Word format and is fully customizable and reusable. It is intended solely for use in the Province of British Columbia, Canada.

BC landlords, notify your tenant that you will be raising the rent with this free Notice of Rent Increase for residential rental units.

• The Notice must be served by a landlord on the tenant of the rental premises at least 3 months prior to the rent increase.
• The tenant is notified of the effective date of the rental increase, and what the new rental rate will be.
• Instructions on serving the notice are included.
• Form RTB-7, available as a PDF download, or you can fill in the form online.
• Click the Download link to access the form directly on the Government of British Columbia website.

BC landlords, give notice to your tenants that the property they are renting has been sold with this Notice to Tenant of Sale of Rental Premises form.

• The Notice must be served on every tenant to fulfill the requirement for formal written notice of the sale.
• The tenant is instructed to pay rent to the new owner.
• The Notice also includes a Record of Service form.
• This is a downloadable rental form which can be used by landlords and rental agents.
• Intended for use only in the Province of British Columbia, Canada.

Make sure that your wishes are followed in the event that you become physically or mentally incapacitated, with this Representation Agreement Package (Section 7) for the Province of British Columbia.

• A Representation Agreement allows you to appoint someone you trust as your representative to make decisions for you in the event you become unable to do so. These decisions include medical care, living conditions, personal, financial and legal matters.
• This form is referred to as a Section 7 Agreement, which means that you grant your representative only the limited powers set out under Section 7 of the Representation Agreement Act.
• The package contains:
  • Representation Agreement,
  • Form 1, Certificate of Representative and Alternate Representative,
  • Form 2, Certificate of Monitor,
  • Form 4, Certificate of Witnesses,
  • Statutory Declaration for Evidence of Authority of Alternate Representative,
  • Instructions to help you complete the Section 7 Representation Agreement.
• Available in MS Word format.
• Intended to be used only in the Province of British Columbia, Canada.

BC residents, make sure that your wishes are followed in the event that you become incapacitated, with this Representation Agreement Package (Section 9).

• A Representation Agreement allows you to appoint someone as your representative to make decisions for you if you are not able to do so. These decisions include medical care, living conditions, personal, financial and legal matters.
• This legal form is referred to as a Section 9 Agreement, which means that you grant your representative the broad and general powers set out under Section 9 of the British Columbia Representation Agreement Act.
• The package contains:
  • Representation Agreement,
  • Statutory Declaration for Evidence of Authority of Alternate Representative,
  • Notes on Completing a Representation Agreement.
• Download the British Columbia Representative Agreement Package (Section 9) and appoint your representative today.
• Available in MS Word format.

Cancel your Power of Attorney with this Revocation of Power of Attorney form for BC residents.

• So long as you have mental capacity and can understand the impact of what you are doing, you have the right to cancel an existing Power of Attorney at any time, and revoke the powers you gave to your agent (attorney).
• Once you have signed the form, give a copy of it to the attorney.
• You should also give a copy to any banks, financial institutions, medical facilities, etc. that had a copy of your original Power of Attorney.
• The form should be signed in front of a witness, and includes an Affidavit of Attestation to be sworn by the witness.
• The British Columbia Revocation of Power of Attorney is a free downloadable legal form.

This Equalization Agreement sets up a process by which a shareholder in a BC company who owns less than 50% of the company can contribute more capital so that both owners have the same amount of equity.

• The contributing shareholder will make installment payments to the other shareholder to buy up the number of shares required to bring his/her shareholdings up to 50% of the corporation's issued shares.
• The shares will be held in trust until all payments are made.
• Once all of the required capital has been paid in, the additional shares will be released to the contributing shareholder.

The British Columbia Share Capital Equalization Agreement is a downloadable digital template which can be personalized for your specific corporate requirements.

Sell your shares in a BC corporation to a purchaser with this template British Columbia Share Purchase Agreement.

• If the purchaser resells any of the shares within 180 days for a per share price greater than the purchase price of the shares under the Agreement, the purchaser will pay the vendor an additional cash amount.
• The vendor gives standard representations and warranties with respect to the corporation's status, financial position, and the shares.
• The purchaser gives standard representations and warranties with respect to its status, financial position and authority to enter into the Agreement.
• The Agreement contains an optional provision under which the purchaser covenants to change the name of the corporation. You may want to include this if the purchaser is buying the entire business, unless they are going to continue business operations under the current name.
• Both parties covenant to keep all information about the corporation and the transaction confidential.
• This legal contract template is a fully editable MS Word document.
• Intended for use only in the Province of British Columbia, Canada.

Set out in writing how the shares of a departing or deceased shareholder in a BC company will be dealt with in this Shareholder Buy-Sell Agreement.

• This Buy-Sell Agreement is for a corporation with two equal shareholders.
• The template includes provision for a mandatory (shotgun) buy-sell notice from a departing shareholder to the remaining shareholder.
• If a shareholder dies, the surviving shareholder must purchase the interest of the deceased shareholder.
• Each shareholder holds life insurance policies on the other shareholder. The insurance proceeds may be applied to the purchase of the deceased's shares by the survivor.
• Available in MS Word format.
• Intended to be used only in the Province of British Columbia, Canada.