Family lawyers are pricing themselves out of the market, forcing more people to represent themselves in court, says Toronto family lawyer Mark Seymour.
“You often hear lawyers jokingly say, ‘I couldn’t afford my fees.’ That’s a real problem,” says Seymour, principal of Seymour Law. “If nothing is done, people just won’t use lawyers anymore and they’ll do it themselves — not because they want to, but because they just won’t have the money.”