Mr Lorne MacLean KC

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Lorne MacLean, K.C., founder of the award-winning MacLean Law, leads one of Canada’s top-ranked international UHNW family law firm. MacLean Law is named Canadian Family Law Firm of the Year in 2024. MacLean is known for precedent-setting wins and has appeared twice in before the Supreme Court of Canada. MacLean holds national records for the highest spousal support awards for both women and men, the largest lump sum and special costs awards, longest jail time, international injunctions, biggest fines for non-compliance, and the lowest support order for a man. A King’s Counsel and one of Canada’s Top 25 Lawyers, he also led Canada’s first AI legal hallucination case. MacLean Law’s multilingual team, includes Mandarin and Cantonese-speaking experts, who serves high net worth clients across, Europe China, Hong Kong, Singapore, and the U.S. Known as a tough but thoughtful advocate since 1983, Lorne enjoys jazz, fitness, and travel with his family.

Languages Spoken: English

Practice Areas: Appeals, Arbitration, Child Care/Public Law, Child Custody/Residence/Visitation/Contact, Child Support, Cohabitation, Divorce, Domestic Abuse/Violence/Protection Orders, Emergency Procedures/Injunctions, Enforcement: Child Custody, Enforcement: Child Support, Enforcement: Property Division, Enforcement: Spousal Support, Finance: Capital Provision, Finance: Insolvency, Finance: Pensions/Superannuation/Retirement and Employment Benefits, Finance: Property Issues, Finance: Taxation, Finance: Trusts, Hague Convention/Child Abduction, Mediation, Modification/Variation: Child Custody, Modification/Variation: Child Support, Modification/Variation: Property Division, Modification/Variation: Spousal Support, Parentage/Paternity, Pre-nuptial/Post-nuptial Agreements, Relocation/Removal from Jurisdiction, Same Sex Partnerships, Spousal Support/Maintenance/Alimony, Succession Law, Surrogacy

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