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Direct-line phone: (250) 413-3305
Fax: (250) 413-3300
E-mail: rstewart@cookroberts.bc.ca
 

  • Family Law
  • Family Law Litigation

  • Advice on legal and personal issues arising on separation including division of marital property, child custody, child guardianship, access to children, child support and spousal support
  • Negotiation and implementation of separation agreements
  • Family law litigation
  • Divorce
  • Alternative dispute resolution including mediation and collaborative law
  • Prenuptial and co-habitation agreements

  • Member, Canadian Bar Association
  • Former Chairman, Victoria Family Law Subsection, Canadian Bar Association
  • Former President, Victoria Bar Association, 1997
  • Moot Advisor, University of Victoria
  • Author and Lecturer on selected topics for Continuing Legal Education Society of British Columbia
  • Member Editorial Advisory Board, Family Law Agreement
    Manual (1997 - 2007)
  • Member of originating group, Victoria Collaborative Law Program
    (alternative mechanism for resolving family law disputes)
  • Member of the Credentials Committee and past Member of the Audit Committee for the Law Society of British Columbia.
  • Bencher, Law Society of British Columbia
  • Member, Board of Directors, Continuing Legal Education Society
  • Recipient, Victoria Bar Association Pamela Murray Award, for high professional standards, 2005

  • United Way, Victoria:
    • Chaired Professional Division
    • Served on Allocations Committee
    • Served as Co-ordinator, Lawyers Division

  • Queen’s University, BA 1969
  • Queen’s University, LLB 1974

  • British Columbia 1975