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1992

Protecting your rights and serving your needs since

Canadian

Based in Vancouver, BC, Canada

Global

International reach

Multi-lingual

English / French / Spanish / Mandarin / Vietnamese / and more…

Areas of Practice:


Smeets Law represents both plaintiffs and defendants in civil litigation. We assist clients with disputes pertaining... Read More
We provide immigration consulting and legal services to persons based not only in Canada but around the... Read More
We work tirelessly to ensure that our clients recover all forms of compensation and financial awards to which they are... Read More
Smeets Law discourages anyone from settling with the Insurance Corporation of British Columbia (ICBC) prior to obtaining... Read More
Our lawyers have intimate, intricate knowledge of both the British Columbia Human Rights Code and the Canadian Human... Read More
It is our belief that we are serving the best interests of our family law clients by not only providing the best legal advice... Read More
Smeets Law represents clients on employment-related matters, including: disability claims, BC Employment Standards... Read More
Smeets Law assists businesses that operate across international borders, ranging from domestic companies wanting to...Read More
We provide legal advice and legal representation to tenants and landlords in British Columbia. Our lawyers are cognizant of... Read More
Our lawyers ensure that each criminal litigation client’s privacy is carefully protected and that their rights are...Read More

Why Smeets?


Track Record

We have a proven track record of success and client satisfaction.

Complexity Welcome

We are very experienced. We welcome challenging cases and are adept at complex litigation.

International

We are proud to have clients whose activities and communities span the globe.

Accommodating

We offer personalized legal services that suit each client’s need, with fees that are transparent, fair, and competitive.

Testimonials:


Hi Larry. I’m appreciate to you help me so much. If not I don’t know how to fight back to get fair. I wish you and your family have a happy life.

P.C.

Many thanks for handling this case for me. Being done from two different countries is not an easy feat and you, as always, achieved all that was expected like the professional you are. If I have need for legal services in Canada in the future, you will be the first…

T.H.

Merci beaucoup de m’avoir aidé. Toi et ton équipe vous êtes excellent.

S.M.

We would like to thank Larry Smeets for his diligent efforts on behalf of his client.

C.S.

Excellent presentation.

G.G.

Throughout this process we both have been impressed by your ethic, professionalism, and knowledge. I now have a higher level of expectation for my future interactions with counselors. Thank you for your help in resolving an extremely disruptive and stressful family conflict

Mike M.

As you may be aware, we recently placed an advertisement in several of the local newspapers, acknowledging your generous contribution to our Free Legal Information Clinic over the past year. We are enclosing a copy of the newspaper ad for your files (in case you missed it), and once again…

Beverly Hall – Executive Director (Langley Legal Assistance Centre)

The Legal Services Society remains grateful of counsel as seasoned as you in ensuring that the low income people of British Columbia have full and effective access to the courts.

Mark Benton – Legal Services Society of B.C.

We found [Larry Smeets] to be exceptionally hard working and industrious individual. The work he did for us was comprehensive and met or exceeds the standards which we anticipated

Richard M. L. Blair

Mr. Smeets … has consistently displayed that happy mix of excellent legal skills combined with a facility to get along well with [people]. He appears equally at home in both the litigation side and non-contentions matters. He is reliable, punctual and accurate in his work as well as incisive in…

David B. McDougall

Many thanks for your understanding and for your efforts on my behalf. Sincerely,

N.R.

Dear Larry, we prayed that God lead us to the right person and God sends nothing but the very best! God bless you!

B. and M.

Thank you for being so kind.

A. and H.

Dear Larry: on reading your own factum I realize that any comments that I might have made would have been marginal and of little value. I think you have done an excellent job of pinpointing the weaknesses in the Appellants’ arguments and putting forward your own analysis

K.S., a referring solicitor

I would like to take the opportunity to thank you once again for your excellent work in this case and hopefully we’ll meet again, but in other circumstances,

Claude L.

I appreciate very much through your effort I received bail to start with. But for you I would likely still be in custody. I just don’t want you to think that I am unappreciative. I realize the positions of the prosecutor and the judge. I have the impression they would…

Annon

I would like to take this opportunity to thank you for your assistance and your non judgemental attitude and encouragement during the past almost two years. Thanks, again, Larry.

Annon

We would like, at this time, to express our gratitude to you for the excellent service and courtesy that you provided to M. and myself, throughout our pursuit of this matter.

John C.

Larry, when I was in your office, and saw the expeditious and yet, intensity of the time you utilize in preparing your presentations with precision time, to be submitted on the last day, of the last hour, as a strategy of law, I wish to thank you …

John G.

Mr. Smeets has done an excellent job in representing your interests here today …

Judge W. F. Stewart – Provincial Court of BC (07/16/1997)

Dear Larry, this is to thank you “officially” for all your advice and support. The work you have put in on my behalf is very much appreciated. Thank you,

Jim B.

Dear Larry, here’s just a big thank you for helping me through my ordeal. Thanks very much.

Tony R.

To Larry Smeets: Thank you for your support,

Rod M.

Dear Larry:… you can be sure our highest regard for you goes with you …

C. and H. B.

I have known Larry for about ten years. This man is, above all, a very humble person who genuinely cares for his fellow man. This caring is personified in actions not rhetoric. One must know Larry well before his profound intelligence is appreciated and his deep compassion for others felt.…

Willy Hodgson Public Service Commission

Dear Council Lawyer Larry: Thank you for being so patient and sympathetic as you were and doing your job with excellence, which was big help to me in the process of dealing with my court case and eliminated much undue anxiety. The well-presented information, answers and advice which you provided…

Jennifer C.

Dear Larry, Your professionalism and friendship have made our porte into litigation much more pleasant than it would have been without you. Again – our thanks.

M. and G.

Mr. Smeets your letter of February 1, 2002 came as a comfort on a day when I was feeling down after that “meeting”. I would just like to say thank to you again for being a true gentleman and a brave man of Integrity.

Joyce K. D.

Many thanks for the excellent job you did in court on Monday. I certainly have a deeper respect for your profession. Getting to know you a little was equally as enjoyable as the outcome. I am sure you must feel good about what you did in court. You asked me…

Ken A.

Dear Larry: On behalf of C., M. & myself we would like to thank you again, for all the work and help you have given to C., in regard to his case. If it was not for you, C. would never have had the charges dropped against him. We hope…

H.P.

I have understood whole things in there about me, and your advices to me. I have known you worked too hard and you spent all your ability to save me out of my serious crime. I have not had anything to render thanks to you yet. I would like to…

N.V.C.

Larry Smeets, Thank you very much for all you have done for me and for your support.

Bill S.

If personality has a bearing (and I think it should in the practice of Law) Larry’s is one that people prize very highly. Though somewhat shy, he is an extraordinarily warm and friendly person who enjoys and respects others in equal measure. His Judgment is sound, yet he is not…

Professor R. Dale Gibson (1991)

Dear Mr. Smeets, Words can say so little, when someone’s done so much. Once again, thank you so much for meeting me on June 28, 2005. It meant a lot.

Lena S.

Thank you for all your help, please enjoy reading this book as a token of my appreciation.

Heather B.

When I sat down to write you a note, I realized how hard it is to say thanks for something that meant so very much. Thank you for every thing you have done for us and all the time you spent doing it, I really appreciate it. Thanks again,

Allison H.

Dear Larry Smeets, thank you so much for all you have done. My appreciation,

Lynn T.

Dear Larry with sincere gratitude for your thoughtfulness. Here’s just a big thank you for helping me through my ordeal. Thanks very much.

Tony R.

Thank you for your good service.

W.K.

Dear Mr. Smeets, You kindness was appreciated more than words can say. Thank you and God Bless

Liz V.

To my caring solicitor Larry with lots of awe and reverence for your industrious work. This is a token of appreciation for you. We owe many thanks to the Holy Spirit. As under his guidance and direction I chose you to be my lawyer and under His guidance and direction,…

J.G.

Blog Posts


The Highway Of Tears - Poetry
. With innocent smile she presides over new reports she was unable during her own brief life to comprehend. Her name is now entwined with terms like  “decaying” “serial killer’s victim” and  “shallow grave”. What did she live through between the smiles and the moment of her death? What desires not yet professed were by
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The Sentencing Hearing - Poetry
. Criminal Lawyer: Vancouver We sit alongside a long court table: the prosecutor to the right – solitary, silent, unsmiling; my client on edge to the left. We’re nationals all of the same land. Yet within these walls there’s no family of man. Government lawyers, lawmakers and police work here hand in hand, a self-governing
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Helping Hand - Poetry
. Vancouver Stanley Cup Riot of 2011:  (“For reasons I can’t really explain, I went from being a spectator to becoming part of the mob mentality that swept through many members of the crowd ….  I am truly ashamed of what I did.” Nathan Kotylak, aged 17, reflecting on his role in setting a police cruiser
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