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NO TAKE BACKS – A GIFT IS A GIFT

NO TAKE BACKS – A GIFT IS A GIFT
Date: 18 Sep, 2023

THE FACTS  – PART 1 We have the elsewhere discussed the legal components of a gift and its ramifications. We suggest our readers simply use the search bar on our website to find a number of blogs touching on “gifts”. A common fact scenario when a court examines the issue of a gift arises from […]

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HOW TO REVIVE A REVOKED WILL aka BRINGING A DEAD WILL BACK TO LIFE

HOW TO REVIVE A REVOKED WILL aka BRINGING A DEAD WILL BACK TO LIFE
Date: 15 Sep, 2023

The Honourable Justice Chang in July of 2023 rendered his decision in the case known as the Estate of Harold Franklin Campbell. The case centered around section 19(1)(b) of The Succession Law Reform Act that reads “a Will that has been…revoked is revived only…by a codicil that shows an intention to give effect to the […]

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Punishing A Bad Executor

PUNISHING A BAD EXECUTOR
Date: 14 Sep, 2023

In May of 2023, the Honourable Madam Justice Gilmore, who has extensive experience in Wills and Estates finally dealt a significant penalty to what has to be one of the world’s worst executors. Lorali Queripel , one of the three children of the late Betty Shaddock was named her late mother’s executor along with her […]

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Fixing a Will After Death – The Horseshoe Rule

Fixing a Will After Death – The Horseshoe Rule
Date: 13 Sep, 2023

The COVID-19 virus has changed the world as we have known it, and those changes have reached into the previously set in concrete laws dealing with Wills and Estates. Estates of anyone who died after January 1, 2022 may take advantage of an amendment to The Succession Law Reform Act. Specifically, section 21.1 which we […]

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POWER OF ATTORNEY – THE ATTORNEY’S LEGAL FEES

Power of Attorney
Date: 27 Apr, 2023

This is a more detailed than normal blog article that canvasses the issues of attorney compensation, and reimbursement for the attorney’s legal and professional expenses/fees for preparing attorney accounts.  Much of the credit goes to our associate DeAndra Moore. Appreciate that the word “Attorney” here is not another name for “Lawyer” but rather the title […]

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Deed of Gift – A Gift at a Discount – or Partial Payment

deed of gift
Date: 09 Mar, 2023

Elsewhere we have discussed Deeds of Gift. I direct our loyal readers to the blog titled “Start with no one gets anything for nothing…”. One of the main purposes of a deed of gift is rock solid proof that indeed a gift was intended, and also to take advantage of various provisions of the Family […]

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TOOLS #1 – HOW TO FORCE PRODUCTION OF A WILL

Dale
Date: 03 Mar, 2023

One of the underused statutes in the area of Estate Litigation and Probate is The Estates Act.  This 52 paragraph Act lives in the shadow of its substantial brother The Succession Law Reform Act. However, it contains many useful tools to those involved in a fight over probate and the validity of a Will. One […]

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