Re Hoedl Estate 2012 ONSC 6857 involves the issue of whether the drafting solicitors notes are admissible at a hearing to interpret a will meaning.
disinherited.com has seen innumerable estate disputes concerning the amount of executor compensation and trustee is entitled. Under the Trustee Act in British Columbia, the maximum
Letters of Administration Revoked For Failure to Prove Common Law Spouse Marriage Like Relationship Souraya v Kinch 2012 BCSC 1252 involves a case where the grant
Beneficiary Who Prepared Will and Substantially Benefits has a very heavy burden of proof Cooke v Walsh 1965 (52) WWR 449 is a chestnut of
The only thing surprising about this decision from a British Columbia perspective is that it actually proceeded to court. The solicitor prepared the draft will
What happens when there is no will? My late mother used to tell me even when I was an established estate lawyer that when someone
Presumption Against Intestacy In Wills Interpretation Re Murray Estate 2007 BCSC 1035 has been previously blogged by disinherited.com and is a good case relating to
Will Admitted to Probate In Jorsvik Estate, Re 2011 BCSC 528 ,after the testatrix’s death, her daughter found her torn up will at the care