Probate Litigation

Vancouver Estate Litigator- Appeal Court Finds Will Invalid Due to Suspicious Circumstances

Trevor Todd and Jackson Todd have over sixty years combined experience in disputing the validity of purported wills   The appellant challenged the decision of a chambers judge accepting as

Vancouver Estate Litigation – The Court’s Discretion to Award an Interim Distribution

Trevor Todd and Jackson Todd have over sixty years combined experience in resolving estate disputes including obtaining interim distributions of estate assets   In Re Hartin Estate 2025 BCSC 2092

Vancouver Estate Lawyer – Appointing a Litigation Guardian

Trevor Todd and Jackson Todd have over 60 years of combined experience in handling estates disputes including litigation guardians.   The decision of Woike v Woike 2025 BCSC 1460 involved

Vancouver Estate Lawyer – Handwritten Changes to Will Admitted to Probate

Trevor Todd and Jackson Todd have over 60 years combined experience in handling estate disputes. Re Koehler Estate 2025m BCSC 1110 exercised S. 58 WESA to cure an otherwise “normal”

BC Estate Lawyer – Destroying Evidence (Spoilation)

Trevor Todd and Jackson Todd have over 60 years combined experience in resolving estate disputes. Occasionally a party destroys, conceals or alters estate evidence. This is known as spoilation. Spoliation

Vancouver Estate Litigation- Beneficiaries Must Receive Notice of Probate Application

Trevor Todd and Jackson Todd have over sixty years combined experience in estate litigation including issues such as beneficiaries not receiving notice of an application for a grant of probate

Vancouver Estate Lawyer – Revocation of Estate Grants

Trevor Todd and Jackson Todd have over sixty years combined experience at handling estate disputes, including the revocation of an estate  grant. Re Barretto Estate 2025 BCSC 239 revoked a

Vancouver Estate Lawyer – Presumption of Death Orders

Trevor Todd and Jackson Todd have over 60 years combined experience in estate litigation matters including applications for Presumption of Death orders. Re Martin 2024 BCSC 1948 dealt with a

Vancouver Estate Litigation – Undue Influence and Wills Variation Claims Heard at Same Time

Trevor Todd and Jackson Todd have over 60 years combined experience in estate litigation, including acting for victims of financial/elder abuse, wills variation and undue influence. In Cornies v Cornies

BC Estate Lawyer – Removing a Notice of Dispute

Trevor Todd and Jackson Todd have practiced estate litigation for over sixty years, including the filing and removal of Notices of Dispute. Pursuant to Rules 25-10(10) and 25-10(11), the test