Trusts and estates

Modern family arrangements, multi-jurisdictional presence raising estates complexity, say lawyers

Modern family arrangements, multi-jurisdictional presence raising estates complexity, say lawyers

O'Sullivan Estate Lawyers recently welcomed Blair Botsford and Michael von Keitz to the firm

Court quashes ruling on jurisdiction issue in estate dispute involving terrorism financing provision

Court quashes ruling on jurisdiction issue in estate dispute involving terrorism financing provision

Executors sought declaration on court-ordered payment to companies with alleged ties

Ontario Superior Court affirms handwritten notes revived last will and testament

Ontario Superior Court affirms handwritten notes revived last will and testament

Deceased thought his will was still valid and subsisting when he made the notes

Ontario Superior Court orders punitive costs to deter estate trustees from breaking fiduciary duty

Ontario Superior Court orders punitive costs to deter estate trustees from breaking fiduciary duty

The trustee refused to comply with three court orders

Will’s revocation clause did not cancel beneficiaries in other instruments: Ontario Court of Appeal

Will’s revocation clause did not cancel beneficiaries in other instruments: Ontario Court of Appeal

The revocation must relate expressly to the designation of beneficiaries: court

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