Creative solutions
to complex issues.
Our commitment is to deliver top-quality legal work with a diverse team of skilled lawyers, known for their leadership and expertise. We prioritize transparent communication, honesty, and trust, ensuring timely and informed decision-making for our clients.
Curious to learn more about what sets us apart from other firms? Keep reading and find out.
Why choose us?
Regional feel, national expertise
We offer the breadth of experience of a national firm, combined with the agility, responsiveness, and personalized service of a regional firm.
Cost certainty
With a clear rate structure, we help ensure our cost structure will work for you.
Responsiveness
We prioritize our work to suit your needs rather than our own, and we walk the talk by our commitment to match the pace of business in your industry.
We care
We share a genuine desire to make a positive change and a sustainable impact in our communities.
Integrity
We consistently adhere to the highest ethical standards and maintain honesty and transparency in all our practices and dealings.
Innovation
We work hard and smart. Our technology team invests in cutting-edge tools and processes to enhance our services and improve client outcomes.
Communication
Our culture is guided by our core belief that open and honest communication builds trust, ensuring a collaborative and transparent relationship.
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Distinguished expertise and a fighting spirit since 1907
In 1907, the Honourable Joseph A. Martin, KC, popularly known as “Fighting Joe,” formed a new partnership with Charles W. Craig and Harry A. Bourne carrying on business under the name Martin, Craig & Bourne.
After one hundred years and more than twenty rounds of mergers and expansions leading to as many updates to the firm name, we became the present day Harper Grey LLP. Maintaining our tradition of representing BC based clients, shaping BC laws and continually diversifying the types of law we practice to meet the needs of an ever-expanding geographical client base has been instrumental in our becoming the western-regional force we are today.
While the firm has had many opportunities to join national firms we remain regional, entirely convinced that our founders and those who followed have steered the right course by setting our roots deeper and deeper in the west, and always focusing on what we do best.
Timeline
Since 1907
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1907 – 1908
Martin, Craig & Bourne
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1909 – 1910
Martin, Craig, Bourne & Hay
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1911 – 1912
Martin, Craig, Bourne & McDonald
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1913 – 1915
C.W. Craig
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1916 – 1917
Martin, Craig & Parkes
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1917 – 1923
Craig & Parkes
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1924 – 1928
Craig, Parkes & Tysoe
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1929 – 1934
Craig, Ladner, Carmichael, Tysoe & Downs
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1935 – 1945
Craig & Tysoe
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1946 – 1947
Craig, Tysoe, Stewart & Langfield
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1947 – 1950
Craig, Tysoe, Harper & Langfield
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1951 – 1952
Tysoe, Harper & Langfield
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1952 – 1955
Tysoe, Harper, Gilmour & Langfield
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1956 – 1957
Tysoe, Harper, Gilmour & Grey
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1957 – 1960
Tysoe, Harper, Gilmour, Grey, de Vooght & Levis
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1961 – 1963
Tysoe, Harper, Gilmour, Grey, de Vooght, Levis, van der Hoop, MacKinnon & Pyper
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1964 – 1971
Harper, Gilmour, Grey & Company
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1972 – 1990
Harper, Grey, Easton & Company
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1991 – 2005
Harper Grey Easton
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2006 – Present
Harper Grey LLP
Testimonials
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Committed to Corporate Responsibility
Harper Grey has been an integral part of the community since we opened our doors in 1907. Our approach to corporate responsibility goes beyond responsible corporate citizenship and stems from our genuine desire to make a positive and sustainable impact on the lives of others and our communities.
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