As businesses across the world reconsider how they operate, family lawyers are doing the same. Consumers, including me, are all re-examining and reducing our spending. And, that means that as someone who “sells” legal services, I need to re-examine and reduce the price I charge for those services. I have decided to drop some of my rates because of the financial impact of Covid-19. Summary advice will now be only $95 including HST and the low income rate for a full consultation will now be $250 plus HST. The low income rate is available to anyone earning less than $60,000 per year. My focus has always been on providing good quality legal services for people who cannot afford the “Cadillac” level of service offered by traditional law firms. These low cost services are even more important now. I will continue to look for creative ways to meet this need. If you have ideas about how to do so, please contact me and let me know! Sharing these ideas will improve access to justice for all Ontario families.