Vancouver Estate Lawyer – Voiding a Forced Marriage
Trevor Todd md Jackson Todd have over sixty years of estate experience including dealing with forced marriages in estate situations. In Jaura v Jaura 2025 BCSC 503 a young woman
BC Lawyer and Wills Variation Claims- First Families vs Second Families
Trevor Todd and Jackson Todd have over 60 years combined legal experience in handling contested wills where the first and second families are treated quite differently and unequally and often
BC Estate Lawyer-Dysfunctional Families- Toxic Parents
Vancouver lawyer Trevor Todd has 50 years experience in understanding and getting justice for parties disinherited from dysfunctional and often toxic families. I am fond of saying that it is
Passive-Aggressive Behaviour
Passive-aggressive people are frequently seen in estate litigation and family law matters. People such as parents or partners who display passive-aggressive behavior have a hard time expressing their feelings verbally.
Abusive Parents
In my practice of acting for disinherited people, I frequently encounter adult children who have been raised by abusive, even toxic parents. It comes with the territory. I have frequently
Personality Disorders in Estate Litigation
One of the most common fact patterns in estate litigation involves a parent(s) with a personality disorder. We all know people like this – they are usually nasty, manipulative, verbally
The Doctrine of “Clean Hands”
In an action for fraud and misrepresentation Wang v Wang 2020 BCCA 15 the BC Appeal court found the trial judge was incorrect in disallowing a claim by reason that
Recognizing Personality Disorder
My experience is that many children of parents with a personality disorder end in estate litigation, and I may be important to recognize this. Generally speaking, people with personality disorders
Special Damages Must Be Particularized
Wilson v HMTQ 2019 BCSC 1049 involved a discussion of what special damages are and how they must be particularized. The case involved a successful application by the defendants to
Vancouver Estate Lawyer – Cutting Family Ties and Wills Variation
Vancouver lawyers Trevor Todd and Jackson Todd have over 60 years combined experience in understanding and getting justice through wills variation proceedings for parties disinherited from the result of dysfunctional