Vince Starratt

Vince Starratt’s busy practice includes wills and estates, real estate, land use planning/development and business law. His expanding developer practice is complimented by a large agricultural and corporate/commercial client base. One of Vince’s specialties is severances, which includes surplus farm dwelling severances, lot-line adjustments, and zoning.

Vince regularly acts as estate trustee/executor, and occasionally as power of attorney, for clients with estates of all levels of complexity.  Vince is often appointed by clients to act on their behalf due to the size and complexity of their estate, to avoid a contentious family dynamic or simply because the client does not have family or does not wish to burden their family with this responsibility.  Vince’s experience and sophistication with real estate, corporate and estate/tax planning provides an ideal background for this role.  Vince has a practical, moral, and dignified approach and will provide advice and stability from planning stages to finalizing estate administration and trust management.

See the following links for more information about administering estates: https://www.ontario.ca/page/administering-estates https://www.lso.ca/getdoc/2432de73-550d-4390-9f7b-301681e662e6/estates-financial-record-keeping

https://www.theglobeandmail.com/investing/personal-finance/taxes/article-executor-will-estate-planning-questions/

https://www.theglobeandmail.com/canada/article-the-great-junk-transfer-inheritance-decluttering-canada/

Formerly a resident of Guelph, Vince, his wife, and their four daughters have now made Fergus their home. Vince was previously the Managing Partner of Grant & Acheson in Fergus prior to partnering with SV Law in 2011.

Vince holds a Bachelor of Arts (Honours) in Philosophy and a Master of Arts in Philosophy from the University of Waterloo. Vince received his Bachelor of Laws Degree from Osgoode Hall Law School in Toronto.

Vince is an avid woodworker and carpenter (when time permits), and has enjoyed renovating old homes. He formerly served on the board of the Elora Festival and is a former President of the Wellington Law Association.