Community Matters

Over the Fall 2025, Cairns Law ran a special thank-you promotion for teachers and school staff. It was one way for us to recognize the huge role educators play in supporting our children, our schools and our communities. Many educators reached out, asked questions and explored their options even when timing wasn’t ideal. November and early December were full with back to work orders, PT interviews and report cards, holiday planning, regular sicknesses, etc. The promotion was

Promo has been extended to bookings in 2026! There were lots of great follow up questions to this article which are now addressed within. The original Dec. 1, 2025 expiry date may have added pressure to the educator's plates that were already full: being forced back to work in November, continued updates from the ATA negotiation crew, report cards, PT interviews, sicknesses, the winter holidays, etc. So, we happily extended the timeframe to end of January!

Some of the most common things I hear from clients are: “I don’t know what the process is to get started.” "We want to keep things simple.” “We should have done this years ago.” Let me say this clearly: you’re not alone.  We are human , and we don’t often know the ins and outs of someone else’s profession or trade, and we don't often want to talk or think about our death while we're in the hustle of life. Estate planning, estate administration, and real estate law touch some