Wills Variation: Four Daughters Win Against Sons
July 24, 2019 No Comments
Written by Bethany Lindsay | Published on CBC.ca Judge changes wills after Litt parents left 93% of their estate to 2 sons and $150,000 to
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Publication Bans
September 3, 2018 No Comments
Toronto Star Newspapers Ltd v Sherman Estate 2018 ONSC 4706 involved the sensational murder of two wealthy Torontonians where the courts weighed the deleterious effects
Interview: Ask & Answered With R. Trevor Todd
January 24, 2018 No Comments
Trevor Todd was recently interviewed for an article in the Verdict (issue 155). View the original article here. (1) the Verdict: With regard to
Predatory Marriage
January 22, 2018 No Comments
Probably every experienced estate litigation lawyer has had court actions involving a predatory spouse. The phenomenon is disturbing and increasingly common in our society as
Jerry Lewis and Wills Variation
September 22, 2017 No Comments
In British Columbia, Jerry Lewis’s six disinherited children would have a wills variation claim under Section 60 of WESA. The news today reported: When comedian
Ian Mulgrew: As if Death Weren’t Bad Enough — Fraudulent Wills
August 16, 2017 No Comments
Originally published in The Vancouver Sun May 4, 2017 Written by Ian Mulgrew The B.C. inheritance-and-estate law brought in two years ago has increased the
England Considers Allowing Texts and Voicemails to Be Wills
July 13, 2017 No Comments
England is considering introducing radical reforms to it’s inheritance laws that would allow text messages and voice mails to be valid wills according to an
Elder Abuse- Red Flags
July 12, 2017 No Comments
The following article on signs of elder abuse is reprinted with the permission of Sally Perkins , an American former home care and hospice manager.
The Purpose of Obituaries
February 13, 2017 No Comments
Obituaries are news article that report the recent death of a person that typically accounts for the person’s life, family members, glowing tributes , noteworthy achievements
Wills Variation:Court Rewrites Will
September 28, 2016 No Comments
Court Rewrites Man’s Will to Include Daughters (Globe and Mail Article) Son was named as sole beneficiary until judge intervened Where there’s a will, there’s a