Vernon B. Hearn
Position: Partner
Office: Truro
Email:
VHearn@burchellmacdougall.com
Phone: (902) 896-7556
Practice Areas:
- Real Property
- Wills and Estates
- Corporate Commercial Law
- Municipal Law
Professional Qualifications & Education:
- Nova Scotia Bar Admission 1987
- St. Francis Xavier University (B.B.A. - Major - Information Systems), 1983
- Dalhousie University (LL.B., 1986)
Professional Associations & Membership in Community
Organizations:
- Member, Nova Scotia Barristers' Society
- Member, Canadian Bar Association
- Member, Real Estate Lawyers of Nova Scotia
- Board Member/Solicitor, Truro & District Chamber of Commerce
- Past Chair, Colchester Regional Hospital Foundation
- Member, Truro Curling Club
- Past Solicitor, Chamber of Commerce
Cases / Transactions / Work Experience:
Real Property
- Acting for purchasers and sellers of residential real property.
- Acting for developers of subdivisions and other lands.
- Acting for business and non-business clients in respect of mortgages and refinancings.
- Negotiating, and preparing various agreements relating to real property such as agreements of sale, mortgages options, easements, etc.
- Co-ordinated and reported on the titles along the MNPP Halifax Lateral Pipeline Project. Work completed over 2-3 years (1997-2000 +/-) and involved over 250 title searches (and twice as many subsearches) with standardized reporting and registration of options, deeds and easements.
Probate, Wills, Estates and Trusts
- Preparing wills and powers of attorney.
- Preparing Trust Agreements.
- Probating wills and advising personal representatives (Executors and Adminstrators) respecting the administration of estates.
Corporate Commercial Law
- Incorporating small businesses.
- Assisting small businesses in financings.
- Advising small business regarding risk management, preparing leases, options, employer contracts, company minutes, partnership agreements and shareholders' agreements.
Municipal Law
- Advice on municipal law, including laws and regulations.
- Acting as town solicitor (Town of Stewiacke, 1988-2004) and providing general advice respecting municipal issues.
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