Broken Promises and Reliance Thereon
Many estate disputes arise out of alleged “broken promises” to be provided for after death in a certain agreed manner concerning real property in the
Many estate disputes arise out of alleged “broken promises” to be provided for after death in a certain agreed manner concerning real property in the
Kim v Choi 2019 BCSC 437 involved a plaintiff seeking the equitable remedy of restitution against unscrupulous immigration consultants and discussed the necessity of coming
The classic statement of law relating to the process of tracing assets is found in the decision of the Ontario High Court of Justice in
A common source of estate litigation is the contribution of funds towards an “ in law suite”, that ultimately does not work out over time,
In a significant win for disinherited individuals who were promised to inherit an asset, the Supreme Court of Canada in Cowper-Smith-Smith v. Morgan , 2017
What is Quantum Meruit? Tarantino v Galvano 2017 ONSC 3535 awarded the sum of $273,000 for caregiving services provided under the basis of a quantum
The Ontario Court of Appeal in Moore v Sweet 2017 ONCA 182 discussed the concept of constructive trusts that had been pronounced by the Supreme
The Ontario Court of Appeal in Reiter v Hollub 2017 ONCA 186 reviewed the law of unjust enrichment and dismissed a 6 year common law
Dheenshaw v Gill 2017 BCSC 319 deals with an increasingly commonly litigation problem- the advancement of large sums of parents money to their children and the
Laches was discussed and rejected by the court in Grewal v Khakh 2016 BCSC 2055, where the court quoted the Supreme Court of Canada: 52 In