$1.4M
Motor vehicle accident
Cyclist struck at an intersection in Scarborough. Insurer opened at $95,000. Settled at mediation, 14 months in.
When the other side already has a lawyer, you should not wait.
Kestrel Law is a nine lawyer firm in the financial district handling personal injury, employment and estate disputes for people across Ontario. We tell you what your case is worth, in plain language, in the first meeting.
- 31
- Years in practice
- $48M
- Recovered for clients
- 9
- Lawyers on the team
- 24h
- Callback, guaranteed
Law Society of Ontario
Licensed and in good standing
What we do
Six areas, done properly, instead of twenty done badly. If your matter is outside these, we will point you to someone good.
Most common
Personal injury
Car accidents, slip and fall, long term disability denials. No fee unless we recover for you.
Talk to us about thisFixed fee review
Wrongful dismissal
Fired without cause, pushed out, or handed a severance offer you are not sure about.
Talk to us about thisFrom $650
Employment contracts
Reviewed before you sign, including non competes, bonus clauses and termination terms.
Talk to us about thisHourly
Estate disputes
Contested wills, executor problems, and dependant support claims.
Talk to us about thisContingency
Human rights claims
Discrimination and harassment applications to the Ontario Human Rights Tribunal.
Talk to us about thisHourly or fixed
Small business disputes
Shareholder disagreements, unpaid invoices and contract breaches under $200,000.
Talk to us about thisRecent results
Every case turns on its own facts, so past results are not a promise about yours. They do show the kind of work we take on.
22 months
Wrongful dismissal
Sales director, 11 years of service, offered 4 weeks. Negotiated 22 months of pay plus the unvested bonus.
$310K
Estate dispute
Dependant support claim for an adult child with a disability, resolved before trial.
Sample figures, written for this demo site.
Who you will actually deal with
Not a call centre. The lawyer at your first meeting is the lawyer on your file.
Adaeze Nwosu
Managing partner, personal injury
Called to the bar in 2005. Certified specialist in civil litigation. Has carried more than 40 matters to trial.
Thomas Beaulieu
Partner, employment
Twenty years acting for employees. Former in house counsel, so he knows what the other side is thinking.
Sarah Mendel
Associate, estates
Estate and capacity litigation. Speaks Hebrew and French, and explains the process without the Latin.
What happens after you contact us
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Within 24 hours
A lawyer calls you back. Not an assistant, and not a form letter.
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The first meeting
Twenty minutes, free, in person or by video. You leave knowing whether you have a case.
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A written plan
Strategy, likely timeline, realistic range of outcomes, and exactly what it will cost.
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We act
You get an update every month minimum, and a same day reply to anything urgent.
Tell us what happened.
A few lines is enough to start. A lawyer reads every enquiry and calls you back within one business day. It is free, and it is confidential.
How we charge
- Injury and disability
- No fee unless we recover money for you. Our share is agreed in writing before we start.
- Dismissal review
- Fixed fee of $450, credited back if you retain us on the matter.
- Everything else
- Hourly, with a written estimate and a cap you approve in advance.
That is how it would work.
On a real site this reaches the intake lawyer in seconds, with the matter type flagged so urgent files jump the queue. Nothing was sent just now, because this is a demo.
See how to get one