Articles

In this application to pass accounts, the beneficiaries of the estate had no objections to the accounts themselves; however, there were numerous objections raised regarding the compensation claimed....

Master Dash of the Ontario Superior Court of Justice in Toronto issued a decision in November 2012 reviewing the common law principles governing the payment of life insurance policy...

In the recent case of Haines v. Haines Estate 2012 ONSC 1816, Justice Nolan had these words of caution for the litigants...

In this decision rendered in October last year the English Court of Appeal sharply rejected the practice - adopted and developed in the Family Division over 25 years - of treating the assets of a company...

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.