Wills, Trusts & Estates
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May 08, 2025
Ontario court sets aside undervalued pre-bankruptcy property interest transfer
The Ontario Superior Court has voided a pre-bankruptcy property transfer between related parties as a “transfer at undervalue,” rejecting the recipient’s claim to a constructive trust over the transferor’s interest in the property.
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May 08, 2025
RSS welcomes Talia Ecityan
Talia Ecityan has joined Robinson Sheppard Shapiro LLP (RSS)’s team of notaries.
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May 08, 2025
Navigating borders: AI, data sovereignty, charity donor privacy in a shifting landscape
As Canadian charities and not-for-profits (NFPs) continue to embrace AI tools and cloud platforms, a pressing question arises: where does our data reside and who has control over it?
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May 07, 2025
A client’s capacity to instruct counsel
Lawyers have an obligation to ensure that their clients have capacity to give them instructions. But what do you do if you suspect that your client may have lost that capacity?
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May 05, 2025
Federation of Ontario Law Associations urging pause to current civil rules reform process
The organization representing Ontario’s county and district law associations is calling on Attorney General Doug Downey to hit the pause button on efforts to overhaul the province’s civil rules.
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May 01, 2025
Lawson Lundell welcomes Tim H.R. Brown as partner
Lawson Lundell has announced that Tim H.R. Brown has joined the firm as a partner and co-lead of its estate and wealth advisory group.
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May 01, 2025
Donor-advised funds: Advantages for philanthropy
Charitable giving is a very personal choice. There are many reasons and ways to give, including which charity will benefit, the purpose and objective of the gift, the source of the gift, the timing of the gift, and even the vehicle to carry out the gift. Every philanthropist is unique and will have an individual way of giving. This article will look at one method of giving: donor-advised funds.
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April 30, 2025
Estate law involving older adults: Strategies and advice
Dealing with a file that involves older adults requires a lawyer to navigate a difficult and thorny path filled with dangerous obstacles, adversity and hardship.
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April 29, 2025
Close relationship: A novel approach to rebutting presumption of resulting trust
It is well-established in Canada that equity presumes bargains, not gifts. The Supreme Court of Canada’s seminal decision in Pecore v. Pecore, 2007 SCC 17 confirms that this principle even extends to gratuitous property transfers from parents to their own adult children.
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April 28, 2025
TRUSTS - Creation - Presumed resulting trusts
Appeal by appellant Diane Wilkinson from chambers judge’s order dismissing her trust claims as statute barred under Limitation Act.