Deadbeat

A case comment on Brent Kern Family Trust v. R, which was released on October 17, 2013.

The Court of Appeal has given a further green light to the exercise of the Court’s expansive summary judgment powers to dispose of Will challenges where there are no genuine issues requiring a trial.

In Vincent v. Blake, Cassels & Graydon LLP, the Ontario Superior Court found that only a trial can determine whether a drafting solicitor owed a duty of care to a beneficiary under a will to ensure a correct valuation in the testator’s estate freeze.

The decision of Stevens v Fisher of the Ontario Superior Court of Justice reviews the law of dependants' support in Ontario.

You won’t find "phantom income" in the Income Tax Act. It is more of a legal term of art. I would hazard a guess that most practitioners do not consider this type of income when drafting trust documents.

After nearly 30 years of marriage, Christine and Michael McCain, heir to the McCain foods fortune, separated.

In a recent article published by The Advocates’ Quarterly, Professor Albert H. Oosterhoff provides an excellent analysis and critique of a selection of recent cases that turned on the issue of trustee indemnity.

Seven out of 10 clients remark with the same sentiment when the issue of estate planning arises, specifically, “I don’t know where to start.”

An Analysis by Contrast of Two Post-Robinson Cases

A parent’s obligation to provide support to an adult child attending a post-secondary educational institution arises fairly frequently in family law cases. There is less jurisprudence dealing with the obligations of adult children to support their parents.