Exhibit 5.1

                        Squire, Sanders & Dempsey L.L.P.
                             Two Renaissance Square
                       40 North Central Avenue, Suite 2700
                             Phoenix, Arizona 85004
                            Telephone: (602) 528-4000
                            Facsimile: (602) 253-8129

                                November 27, 2002

Securities and Exchange Commission
450 Fifth Street, N.W.
Washington, D.C. 20549-1004

Ladies and Gentlemen:

     This firm is counsel for BestNet Communications Corp., a Nevada corporation
(the "Company"). As such, we are familiar with the Certificate of Incorporation,
as amended,  and the Bylaws, as amended,  of the Company, as well as resolutions
adopted by its Board of  Directors  authorizing  the  issuance and sale of up to
1,662,050  shares of the Company's  common  stock,  par value $.001 (the "Common
Stock"),  which are the  subject of a  Registration  Statement  on Form S-2 (the
"Registration  Statement") under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended.  Of the
1,662,050  shares  included in the  Registration  Statement,  665,000 shares are
issuable  upon  conversion  of the Company's 6%  Convertible  Promissory  Notes,
732,500 shares are issuable upon exercise of outstanding  warrants,  and 264,550
shares are presently outstanding.

     We also have  examined  all  instruments,  documents,  and records  that we
deemed  relevant  and  necessary  for  the  basis  of  our  opinion  hereinafter
expressed. In such an examination, we have assumed the genuineness and authority
of all  signatures  and the  authenticity  of all  documents  submitted to us as
originals and the  conformity to the originals of all documents  submitted to us
as copies.

     Based on such  examination,  we are of the  opinion  that the shares of the
Common  Stock  that  are  being   registered  for  resale  by  certain   selling
securityholders pursuant to the Registration Statement are duly authorized,  and
will be, when issued and paid for in the manner  described  in the  Registration
Statement, validly issued, fully paid and non-assessable.

     We acknowledge that we are referred to under the heading "Legal Matters" in
the Prospectus which is part of the Registration Statement and we hereby consent
to the use of our name in such Registration Statement. We further consent to the
filing of this opinion as Exhibit 5.1 to the Registration Statement and with the
state  regulatory  agencies  in  such  states  as may  require  such  filing  in
connection with the  registration of the Common Stock for offer and sale in such
states.

                                        Respectfully Submitted,

                                        /s/ Squire, Sanders & Dempsey L.L.P.

                                        SQUIRE, SANDERS & DEMPSEY L.L.P.