Estate Planning over the Holidays
The holiday season is upon us, and with it comes family gatherings, buying and wrapping gifts, and travel. Suffice to …
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Hull on Estates #536 – Lost Wills and Rebutting the Presumption of Revocation
[powerpress url=”http://traffic.libsyn.com/kirsten/HOE_536_Final.mp3″] In today’s podcast, Paul Trudelle and Sayuri Kagami discuss the court’s reasons for finding that the presumption of
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What will you do when the power goes out?
Estate work is all about dealing with end of life issues – and hopefully you have an estate plan in
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Holiday Stress and Caregiver Burnout
The holidays can be a stressful time. This stress can be amplified when you are caring for another person with
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The SCC Pronounces on Proprietary Estoppel
A recent decision of the Supreme Court of Canada deals with the issue of proprietary estoppel. In Cowper-Smith v Morgan,
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The Bitcoin Estate Plan
As I write this, a single bitcoin is worth more than US$8,200. It will undoubtedly be worth a different amount
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When does a Beneficiary have a Specific Interest in Trust Assets?
A beneficiary of a trust can have either a vested or a contingent interest in the trust’s assets. For example,
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Grosseth Estate v Grosseth: Presumptions of Resulting Trust & Undue Influence
In the spirit of the holidays, today I thought I would write about a recent decision related to gifting. In
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Santa Claus in the Courts
Aside from the seminal yet apparently unreported decision of The State of New York v. Kris Kringle, which was dramatized
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What can an estate lawyer do to address language barriers?
I recently read an article that features a discussion of issues relating to seniors living in the “Little Tokyo” neighbourhood
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