Estates Law
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When is a claim discovered for the purposes of a Will Challenge? Deborah Jorgensen, Estates Law, capacity law, estate planning, estates planning, Estate Administration, Estate Trustees, Estate Litigation, Areta Lloyd & Lisbeth HollamanIn Shannon v Hrabovsky, 2024 ONCA 120, the Court of Appeal upheld an important ruling about the discoverability principle as […]
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Litigation Conduct and Costs Areta Lloyd, Lisbeth Hollaman, Estates Law, Will and Trust Interpretations, Estate Trustees & Estate Litigation
Litigants who seek to bring unnecessary and vexatious lawsuits, and who fail to concede obvious points, should be cautious – […]
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Litigants who pursue frivolous and vexatious lawsuits should beware Will and Trust Interpretations, Estate Trustees, Estate Litigation, Areta Lloyd, Lisbeth Hollaman, Deborah Jorgensen, Estates Law & Estate Administration
Litigants who pursue frivolous and vexatious lawsuits should beware: the Court has indicated that it can and will, in appropriate […]
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Trustees meant well, but were penalized for failing in their fiduciary duty Estates Law, Estate Administration, Estate Trustees, Estate Litigation, Settled Intention, Areta Lloyd, Lisbeth Hollaman & Deborah Jorgensen
Benjamin Cochrane Trust (Re), 2023 ONCA 546, is a Court of Appeal decision that dealt with a passing of accounts […]
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The Court interprets its new powers to validate a Will Estate Litigation, Estates Law, wills, Estate Administration, Will and Trust Interpretations & Estate Trustees
Ontario’s Succession Law Reform Act (“SLRA”) was recently amended, and among other changes, now allows the Court to validate a […]
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The final word on Equalization Family Law, Estates Law, Will and Trust Interpretations, Estate Trustees & Estate Litigation
As awful as it is to consider one’s own demise, separating spouses should heed the decision in Bradford Estate v. […]
