WESA Tips and Traps: Mandatory Hold Period
WESA will require executors to wait a mandatory period before distributing estate assets
Richard Weiland to present at CLEBC’s WESA and the New Rules
On November 21 and 22, Richard Weiland will be one of a select group of lawyers delivering a two-day course at the Continuing Legal Education ... Continued
Testamentary Trust Proposals: Not Much of a Consultation
Discussion on the testamentary trust consultation paper relased on June 3, 2013
Dealing with Digital Assets in an Estate
The term “digital assets” is used in different ways by different people. In a broad sense, digital assets include all of the electronic “possessions” an ... Continued
B.C.’s Dated Guardianship Laws May Finally Change
Discussion on the dated Guardianship laws in BC
Estate Taxes? Not Here
Many countries around the world levy a tax on the transfer of wealth that occurs when a person dies, referred to as an estate tax, ... Continued
When should a trust for a child vest?
Discussion on when a trust set up for a child should vest
Cyberfighting Takes Estate From “Bad” to Worse
Discussion on the Michael Jackson estate and the effect of the internet on estate disputes
Clark Wilson closes sale of land to Nature Conservancy
Acting for the Wilder family, Aaron Singer and Richard Weiland have closed the sale of Lot 48 to the Nature Conservancy of Canada. The 127 ... Continued
Biggest Gift Ever
$21.4 million gift to BC Cancer Foundation made from a legacy fund
Will WESA make “per stirpes” extinct?
Per Stirpes defined and discussion on the changes coming under WESA
Teaching the value of money through philanthropy
Teaching the value of money through philanthropy