Three recent Ontario decisions demonstrate the principle that costs are only to be awarded in contested guardianship proceedings when there is some benefit to the incapable person, while highlighting the somewhat inconsistent results that the application of this principle produces.

Nunc Pro Tunc: The Court's Power to Bend Time

October 19, 2015
Laura Cardiff

The court's power to make a nunc pro tunc (retroactive) order can be used to preserve the rights of a deceased to be exercised by his or her estate after death.

Donor Beware: Recent Changes Limit Testamentary Contributions to Federal Political Parties

October 19, 2015
Matthew Furrow

Recent changes to the Canada Elections Act have greatly reduced the maximum legal amount of a testamentary bequest to a political party or candidate.

Estate Planning to Avoid a Dependant’s Support Claim

June 24, 2015
Mary Wahbi and Holly LeValliant

A look at how estate solicitors can assist a testator's estate to avoid a future claim by a dependant for support.

A Message from the Chair

June 02, 2015
Vincent J. De Angelis

A look back at the 2014 -2015 term of the Trusts and Estates Section Executive .

Mroz v. Mroz - A Recent Case from the Ontario Court of Appeal on Joint Ownership

May 25, 2015
Katie Ionson

A commentary on the Ontario Court of Appeal's decision in Mroz v. Mroz.

Universal Wisdom from Bambi and Why Litigants Should Heed It

May 25, 2015
Lionel J. Tupman

A look at the court's cost endorsement in Bryant v. Best, 2015 ONSC 1853

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