Deadbeat

In many estate litigation proceedings, the parties obtain an Order for Directions near the outset of the application.

Is a spouse’s acquisition of her late spouse’s interest in their jointly owned matrimonial home by way of survivorship a “transfer at undervalue” that can be set aside under s. 96 of the Bankruptcy and Insolvency Act?

The decision of Juzumas v. Baron provides a tool kit for practitioners seeking to remedy a wrong created by a perpetrator of elder abuse.

Carrigan v Carrigan Estate is a case about pre-retirement spousal death benefits under the Ontario Pension Benefits Act.

Justice Dorgan granted relief to the taxpayer from the application of subsection 75(2) of the Income Tax Act R.S.C., 1985, c. 1 (5th Supp.) in McPeake v. Canada (Attorney General) when the trust deed was rectified...

Once again, we had a lively and informative discussion at our Brown Bag Lunch on January 15, 2013.

On October 31, 2012 the Ontario Court of Appeal released its decision in Carrigan v. Carrigan Estate, which will have an impact on who may be entitled to pension death benefits under the Pension Benefits Act.

The Statutory Review Sub-Committee of the Trusts & Estates Executive has been working on a call to reform Ontario’s Estates Act as it pertains to bonding requirements.

The recent Ontario Superior Court of Justice case of Daradick v. McKeand Estate addresses the issue of when a court will rectify a will, specifically when a drafting solicitor has failed to follow the testator’s instructions.

It has been said that infinite monkeys at infinite typewriters will eventually write the complete works of William Shakespeare.