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Blogue sur le litige en matière de succession
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Special costs in BC estate litigation: Kolic v. Kolic, 2022 BCSC 1448
21 septembre 2022
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Pursuant to the Supreme Court Civil Rules, B.C. Reg. 168/2009, costs during litigation in British Columbia are typically awarded to the successful party at trial. Costs are intended to be at least a partial indemnity for legal fees plus reimbursement...
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Marriage-like relationships and intestate succession in BC: Coad v. Lariviere
25 juillet 2022
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Pursuant to British Columbia’s Wills, Estates and Succession Act, S.B.C. 2009, c. 13 (“WESA”), when a person dies without a will, that person’s surviving spouse is entitled to inherit either the entirety of the estate (if there are no descendants)...
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Commencing a proceeding on behalf of the estate of a deceased person: Hoggan v. Silvey
7 juillet 2022
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A recent decision by the British Columbia Court of Appeal has transformed the approach for commencing a proceeding on behalf of the estate of a deceased person in British Columbia. Hoggan v. Silvey, 2022 BCCA 176, began with a dispute...
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Ontario Court of Appeal confirms modern approach to cost awards in estate litigation: McGrath v. Joy
3 mars 2022
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On February 10, 2022, the Ontario Court of Appeal (the “Court”) released its decision in McGrath v. Joy, 2022 ONCA 119. In this case, the applicant challenged the validity of a holograph will written shortly before the testator committed suicide...
Peut-on faire annuler un testament?
19 octobre 2021
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Vous êtes-vous déjà demandé s’il est possible de faire annuler un testament suite au décès du testateur? Ce n’est pas dans tous les cas que le défunt laisse un testament au moment de son décès. Lorsqu’aucun testament ne peut être...
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Thoughts on final resting places
19 août 2021
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Testators generally put much thought into the distribution of their estate. In addition, many testators give instructions for their funeral, how their remains are to be handled and where their remains should be placed. However, many testators may not consider...
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Deception and Dower: Cases of Dower fraud in Alberta and Saskatchewan
9 juin 2021
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The forms and procedures required in Alberta’s and Saskatchewan’s provincial “homestead legislation” create dower rights, which act as safeguards to protect spouses who do not own their homes (the non-owning spouse) from having their homes sold without their consent. However,...
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Why competent legal advice is fundamental
5 mai 2021
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Interpretative principles reiterated – “for awhile” does not mean indefinitely Four main principles of will interpretation were recently illustrated in Kirst Estate (Re), 2020 ABCA 233. In that case, the deceased left all of his assets, the most significant of...
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Pour over clauses and the Quinn estate
17 mars 2021
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Connections between Canadians and Americans have never been as abundant or transparent as they are now as many Canadians own American property, have American spouses or partners, and have children and grandchildren born or living in the United States. As...
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A prayer for cy-près
8 mars 2021
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What happens when a well-intentioned philanthropist has outlived or misnamed the charity they intended to benefit on their death? Funds a testator has earmarked for a particular philanthropic purpose or organization cannot always be used as they were intended. When...
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