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


                                   May 2, 2003


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 3,563,593
Units, including 508,194 units ("Units") issuable upon conversion of $150,000 in
aggregate  principal  plus accrued  interest of the Company's 10% Senior Secured
Notes due April 26,  2003 (the  "Senior  Notes").  Each Unit  consists  of three
shares of common  stock,  par value  $.001 per share,  a  three-year  warrant to
purchase one share of common stock,  and one share of Series A Preferred  Stock.
The Units and the  securities  that  comprise  the  Units are the  subject  of a
Registration  Statement  on Form S-2 (the  "Registration  Statement")  under the
Securities Act of 1933, as amended.

     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 Units,  and the
shares of Series A Preferred  Stock,  the common stock and the warrants that are
being registered for resale by certain selling  securityholders  pursuant to the
Registration  Statement,  and the registration of the issuance and resale of the
shares of common stock issuable upon  conversion of the Series A Preferred Stock
and the Senior Notes and upon exercise of the warrants, are duly authorized, and
will be, when issued and paid for in the manner  described  in the  Registration
Statement  and in  accordance  with  the  instruments  pursuant  to  which  such
securities were issued, 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.