Richard Weiland speaks at The Estate Planning Council of Vancouver
Tax chair Richard Weiland was the guest speaker at The Estate Planning Council of Vancouver’s meeting last night. Well over a hundred representatives from the ... Continued
Bouchard v. Bouchard – The Intersection of Estate Law and Family Law
The recent decent of Justice Donegan in Bouchard v. Bouchard, 2018 BCSC 1728, shows the importance of attending to the procedural and substantive law of ... Continued
Trusts and Estates Freezes Under Part 5 of the FLA – Walking on Thin Ice
Since the coming into force of the Family Law Act, S.B.C. 2011, c. 25 [FLA], much has been written about the implications of the family ... Continued
Lauren Liang elected to S.U.C.C.E.S.S. Board of Directors
Lauren Liang has been elected to the Board of S.U.C.C.E.S.S , following the steps of Lyall Knott, Q.C. who served on the Board for multiple terms. S.U.C.C.E.S.S is one ... Continued
Predatory marriages and the capacity to marry: Emily Clough’s case featured in CBC documentary
Emily Clough’s 2017 case at the Supreme Court of British Columbia was the subject of a documentary made by the CBC. The documentary was nationally ... Continued
Best Lawyers in Canada 2019
Congratulations to our 21 CW lawyers on being peer-selected for the 13th edition of Best Lawyers in Canada 2019: Aaron Singer, Alex Petrenko, Amy Mortimore, Bernard Pinsky, Q.C., Brent Meckling, Chris Ramsay, Darren Donnelly, David ... Continued
Amy Mortimore featured in The Verdict magazine
Amy Mortimore was recently interviewed by The Verdict magazine for their 2018 summer “Biography” edition. In the interview, Amy discussed her work in estate and trust litigation, her ... Continued
Various Definitions of “Spouse”
Historically, spouses were those that had undergone a formal marriage ceremony before a religious or secular authority. We now live in a world where the ... Continued
The WESA Effect: Where are we now?
It’s been four years since the Wills, Estates and Succession Act came into force. WESA was viewed as a transformative piece of legislation that would ... Continued
BC Supreme Court Finds Individual Liable For Assisting a Fiduciary In Breaching Their Fiduciary Duty
A fiduciary duty is a legal duty where one person (the “fiduciary”) has to act in the best interests of another (the “beneficiary”). Trust lies ... Continued
Emily Clough’s case at B.C. Court of Appeal appears in The Lawyer’s Daily
A court should not force an elderly person to undergo a medical examination to determine mental capacity. Mental capacity should be presumed. That was the ... Continued
Emily Clough appointed to BC Law Institute’s Board of Directors
Emily Clough has been appointed to the Board of Directors of the British Columbia Law Institute (BCLI). The BCLI carries out scholarly research, writing and ... Continued