LawDBCanada's Legal Directory
LawDBCanada's Legal Directory
Burnet, Duckworth & Palmer, or BD&P, was founded in 1905 and is headquartered in Calgary. It describes itself as a full-service boutique of about 120 lawyers who work on corporate and litigation matters opposite national and international firms.
Clients come from energy, renewables, agribusiness, technology and life sciences. Practice areas the firm lists include corporate and commercial law, energy, mergers and acquisitions, securities, tax, litigation, employment, real estate, aviation, technology and Indigenous law. In August 2026 BD&P was named Alberta’s representative in the Alliott Global Alliance. Typically suits Alberta-based businesses that want an independent Calgary firm.
From statement of claim to trial, and the mediation and delay rules in between. A plain-language walk through an Alberta commercial lawsuit.
Read the LawDB guideGeneral guidance for this kind of matter, not advice about your situation and not specific to this firm.
Litigation is typically billed by the hour, often against a retainer you top up as the file moves. Ask for a budget by stage: pleadings, document exchange, questioning, mediation and trial, and ask what happens to costs if the case settles early. Costs awarded against the losing party rarely cover a winner’s full legal bill.
The contract or documents at the centre of the dispute, a timeline of events, any letters or claims already served, and the date you first learned of the problem. In Alberta the general limitation period for most civil claims is two years from when the claim was discovered, so dates matter. A one-page timeline of the dispute, with dates, will save the first meeting from becoming a history lesson.
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