Wills, Trusts & Estates

Friday, September 22, 2023 @ 1:00 PM

Keeping lawyers up to speed on using technology and continuing to improve access to justice in remote communities are high priorities for the Law Society of Manitoba’s new president. ... [read more]

Friday, September 22, 2023 @ 12:31 PM

The federal government is calling for funding proposals from organizations that are fighting for women’s equality. ... [read more]

Friday, September 22, 2023 @ 9:28 AM

It is an honour to have been invited by the Honourable Andromache Karakatsanis to write a guest column on the connection between access to justice and legal education. As law students across the country settle into the academic year, this is certainly a timely topic to explore. ... [read more]

Thursday, September 21, 2023 @ 10:59 AM

Canada has imposed dealings bans and entry prohibitions on three Haitian businessmen the federal government says have engaged in “gross and systematic human rights violations” and “acts that threaten the peace, security, and stability of Haiti.” ... [read more]

Thursday, September 21, 2023 @ 8:56 AM

WEL Partners announced Nima Hojjati has joined the partnership. ... [read more]

Wednesday, September 20, 2023 @ 12:48 PM

Canada’s Underused Housing Tax (UHT), which took effect on Jan. 1, 2022, had its first filing deadline on April 30, 2023. However, the Canada Revenue Agency (CRA) provided transitional relief so that no penalties or interest will be applied for returns and payments received before Nov. 1, 2023. ... [read more]

Monday, September 18, 2023 @ 2:09 PM

In a recent Ontario case White v. White Estate, 2023 ONSC 3740, the court was faced with an unusual question: should a person who has not challenged a will be allowed to inspect the deceased’s lawyer’s files — to see if they have a reason to challenge the will? ... [read more]

Friday, September 15, 2023 @ 1:46 PM

Ottawa says it will eliminate the GST on purpose-built apartment and student- and senior-housing rental builds; extend by a year the deadline for small businesses to repay their Canada Emergency Business Account (CEBA) loans; and introduce comprehensive reforms to the federal Competition Act, starting by dropping the “efficiencies” defence and boosting the Competition Bureau’s powers to compel the production of information. ... [read more]

Friday, September 15, 2023 @ 9:27 AM

The best estate litigators are often very familiar with family law. They do not have a choice. Ontario’s Family Law Act (FLA) and Succession Law Reform Act (SLRA) provide disinherited spouses and children with legal options to claim against an estate. Dealing with these potential claims influences how lawyers draft domestic contracts, advise on estate planning and design their plan to attack a disinheritance. ... [read more]

Wednesday, September 13, 2023 @ 3:38 PM

Canada’s more than 155,000 legal professionals — with a global reputation for successfully challenging multiple unconstitutional state incursions on the bar’s independence and ethical duties to clients — went to court again Sept. 11, this time battling what they contend is yet another bid by Ottawa over the past 25 years to turn them into state agents, in this instance by mandating that legal professionals report to federal tax authorities confidential client information about certain client tax transactions that might constitute tax avoidance. ... [read more]