I wonder how much longer their web page will be active without such a notice and a hint of who is going to be doing what.
http://www.hh.bc.ca/index.htm

I hope public notice will be given as to where their various lawyers go.

why would they put out a public notice as to where which lawyer is going?? if you are that curious call their office and ask

sar,

I am pretty sure they are required to do so. We got a letter in the mail saying where they were transferring.

Is this the firm that made a lot of money with the Carrier lumber company incident in 100 Mile House many years back?

No,Carrier Lumber was represented by Dick Byl of the "we never act for ICBC" ads.

It does seem strange that such a large firm would dissolve on such short notice.

Reas about Jack Heinrich's encounter with John Furlong half the way down the page.
http://www.evalu8.org/staticpage?page=review&siteid=7220

Furlong believes strongly, however, that determination, conviction and passion can overcome almost any obstacle. As a former top athlete in Ireland, he harbours fierce competitive fires. And don't underestimate him.

Prince George lawyer Jack Heinrich made that mistake not long after Furlong landed in the rugged, pulp-mill city in the mid-1970s. Heinrich challenged Furlong to a squash match.

Furlong had been good enough at sports to play on Ireland's national basketball and handball squads, and he was a celebrated competitor in the wild sport that remains the passion of Ireland, Gaelic football. But squash was new to him. Heinrich thrashed the young Irishman.

As they were towelling off in the change room, Heinrich, a former B.C. labour minister, casually observed that one of the great things about squash is that even if you aren't any good, you can always find someone to play.

Years later, the memory still rankles. "I just sat there in total disbelief, that he could say something like that," Furlong said. "It wasn't that I lost. What bugged me so much was the sense of being underestimated. I vowed to myself: 'This isn't over.'." He went back to Ireland for the summer, hooked up with a good squash player and learned the game. "I just could not wait to play him [Heinrich] again."

Here is a pic of the way I remember Jack. He was chair of the CNC board when I came to town.
http://www.cscd.gov.bc.ca/lgd/history/bios_stories/heinrich_jack.htm

A few years later they built their office building.

I have heard that not many young lawyers are buying into established law firms anymore making it hard for the older lawyers to cash out and retire. Kind of sad. Sad to see Hope Heinrich go. Best of luck to the lawyers and staff there.

they are not required to do a public announcement advising where all the lawyers will be going, their client's have been advised, and if you really want to know call them

I say kill all the lawyers anyways. Oh yeah we need them to keep remanding everyone so they can get off.

We need the lawyers. As the law works today, you are guilty as hell until you prove you're innocent. Just ask any man who has ever been accused (by his ex)of molesting his daughter. I can assure you, you are NOT assumed innocent. The police arrive with the intent of talking you into an arrest. Use your right to remain silent and ask for your lawyer.

I stand corrected. Thanks.

Why do we need lawyers anymore when we have bureaucrats and their regulations. Ditto for politicians. We all know its the bureaucrats that make the law and enforce it in this new world order. Look at ICBC for example, its all done by administrative decree.

Lawyers and courts are only for the criminal and the rich now days to add final insult to the 'judicial system' as a way of completing their crimes by involving the 'judical system'. For the average person our rights are now administered by bureaucracy.