CANADA Law and Practice Contributed by: Lorne MacLean, KC, Fraser MacLean, Sophie Bartholomew and Rana Yavari, MacLean Law
MacLean Law is a western Canadian boutique fam‑ ily law litigation firm focused on ultra-high-net-worth (UHNW) matters involving high stakes complex and international financial and legal issues since 1983. MacLean Law has extensive experience in high stakes family law cases. Its team of 17 lawyers proactively represents wealthy clients seeking separation, di ‑ vorce, child and spousal support, division of world ‑ wide family property and business interests, marriage and cohabitation agreements, international jurisdic ‑ tional disputes, and worldwide injunctions. It has one
of the largest Mandarin- and Cantonese-fluent fam ‑ ily law departments in Canada. Its practice includes worldwide identification, valuation, and division of in ‑ come, family assets and debts, including businesses, professional practices, pensions, stock options, in ‑ vestments, trusts, and overseas holdings. MacLean Law represents clients in negotiated resolutions, inter ‑ im applications, trials, and appeals. Lorne MacLean, KC has made two rare appearances in the Supreme Court of Canada, and Fraser MacLean exposed Can ‑ ada’s first AI “hallucination” in the legal field.
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Lorne MacLean, KC is the founder of MacLean Law. He has practised since 1983, with a special focus on Canada’s most complex and high- net-worth family law matters. MacLean, K.C. regularly acts in
Sophie Bartholomew is a partner at MacLean Law in British Columbia (BC). She previously practiced family law in Oxford, England, and is dual- qualified. Bartholomew handles complex divorce, separation, property
high-stakes cases involving international jurisdictional disputes, UHNW spousal and child support, UHNW property division, parenting disputes, guardianship, and marriage-like relationships. He has appeared twice before the Supreme Court of Canada, including in Young v Young and Leskun v Leskun. He has set numerous records and precedents for the highest support awards payable to men and women, multi-million- dollar property awards and record Mareva injunctions and special cost awards.
division, spousal/child support, and parenting disputes, with expertise in inter-jurisdictional cases. She appears in all levels of BC courts and participates in complex mediations and negotiations. Bartholomew is vice-chair of the BC Canadian Bar Association Family Law Committee and has a background in international law and human rights, including work with the United Nations in Geneva, Switzerland.
Rana Yavari is a Farsi-fluent senior lawyer at MacLean Law in British Columbia (BC). She appears in all courts in BC and handles complex negotiations, mediations, and arbitrations. Her practice includes
Fraser MacLean is a partner at MacLean Law in British Columbia (BC) with experience in complex, high-net- worth, and inter-jurisdictional cases. He has appeared in all levels of BC courts, including the Court of Appeal,
child-parenting arrangements, guardianship, property division, child and spousal support, divorce, and the drafting of complex financial agreements. She has worked on high-profile, complex matters across the province, and is known for balancing strong advocacy with empathy and guiding clients through emotionally and legally challenging family law disputes with professionalism and care.
and has been involved in precedent-setting decisions in areas of parental alienation, child support, spousal support, and recognition and non-recognition of foreign orders. MacLean was lead counsel in Canada’s first “AI hallucination” family law case and has handled cases involving international parenting disputes and substantial financial assets. He lectures across Canada on family law topics and established scholarships and awards at Thompson Rivers University Faculty of Law.
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