Peggy Power

Position: Partner
Office:  Truro
Email:  PPower@burchellmacdougall.com
Phone:  (902) 895-1561, ext. 546


Practice Areas:

• Personal Injury
• Civil Litigation
• Family Law
• Insurance Law
• Municipal Law
• Wills and Estates

Professional Qualifications & Education:

• Nova Scotia Bar Admission 1991
• Saint Francis Xavier University (B.A., 1984)
• Saint Francis Xavier University (B. Ed., 1985)
• University of New Brunswick (LL.B., 1990)

Professional Associations & Membership in Community Organizations:

• Nova Scotia Barristers' Society
• Member, Canadian Bar Association
• Arthritis Society of Nova Scotia
• Member, Ski Wentworth
• Member, Truro Golf Club
• Member, East Coast Music Association

Cases / Transactions / Work Experience:

Administrative Law

• Canada Pension Appeals
• Workers Compensation Appeals

Personal Injury

• Trials and mediation to achieve results for clients
• Representing clients in resolving motor vehicle accident claims
• Representing clients in resolving Medical Malpractice claims
• Representing clients in occupier liability cases
• Obtaining settlements through negotiation

Civil Litigation

• Representing persons in contract disputes

Family Law

• Contested Divorces and uncontested divorces
• Custody and access disputes
• Child and spousal maintenance and support disputes
• Division of matrimonial property
• Common Law Relationships, including co-habitation agreements and disputes
• Adoptions, contested and disputed
• Same sex adoptions, adoptions for unmarried persons
• Preparation and negotiation of Separation Agreements

Insurance Law

• Long term disability claims
• Fire Insurance disputes

Probate, Estates, Wills and Trusts

• Preparing valid Wills and Powers of Attorney
• Probating Estates and providing advice to Executors and Administrators
• Guardianship applications