Corina Weigl

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Corina Weigl is a partner in the Trusts, Wills, Estates and Charities group at Fasken, a leading international law firm with over 650 lawyers and 9 offices worldwide that offers comprehensive estate planning, estate administration, personal tax planning, charitable giving and estate litigation services. Email: cweigl@fasken.com

The How To’s of “Virtual Commissioning” as a result of COVID-19!!

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Today’s blog was written by guest blogger, Tracy Parkinson, law clerk in the Private Client Services group of Fasken LLP. By now, I expect the general consensus among us is that we’ve heard enough COVID-19 related information to last a lifetime.  I know I have, but in the meantime life goes on! For now, while in person face to face meetings are not possible or recommended and proposed changes to….

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Leaving a Lasting Impression and Making a Difference

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Today’s blog is being brought to you by guest blogger, Jennifer Campbell, a law clerk in the Private Client Services group of Fasken LLP. When a celebrity dies, outside of the cause of death, it seems the first thing that is reported is what their net worth was at the time of their death and what is being left to family. Recently, Marie Osmond made headlines when she announced that….

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Estate Administration, Estate Donations, Estate Planning, Family Conflict

The Use of Primary, Secondary, Tertiary, Quaternary etc. Wills in Estate Planning

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Today’s blog is being brought to you by guest blogger, Fatima Husnain, Articling Student at Fasken LLP. The use of multiple wills in estate planning is not a new concept for estate practitioners. To explain briefly, multiple wills are often created as an estate administration tax (“probate tax”) planning mechanism. One will (the “Primary Will”) governs assets that require a certificate of appointment of estate trustee (“probate”) to administer, one….

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Estate Planning, Wills

What is it you guys do anyway?

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Today’s blog is being brought to you by guest blogger, Betty Laidlaw, a law clerk in the Private Client Services group of Fasken LLP. When someone asks me what I do for a living and I answer, “I’m a law clerk”, I often get blank stares.  When I say “paralegal”, that is somewhat more understandable, but it is not accurate.  Even people in the legal profession don’t always know exactly….

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Estate Administration, Estate Administration and Probate Applications, Executors, Passing Of Trustees’ and Executors’ Accounts, Probate Tax, Wills

Death of a Non-Resident

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Today’s blog was written by guest blogger, Kathryn Walker, Associate at Fasken LLP. If you are considering retirement and old age in a warmer climate, keep in mind that in escaping the cold you will not necessarily escape Canadian taxes on death since Canadian non-residents remain subject to Canadian income tax on death in respect of certain types of property. When a non-resident dies, for Canadian income tax purposes, there….

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Canada Revenue Agency, Tax Issues

Paper vs. Electronic Filing of Estate Information Returns!

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Today’s blog was written by guest bloggers, Tracy Parkinson and Krista Brown, law clerks in the Private Client Services group of Fasken LLP. It’s hard to believe that we have been filing Estate Information Returns (the “EIR”) with the Ministry of Finance (the “Ministry”) since January 1, 2015, but if I start thinking about it, Ontario estates law has seen as much change in the last 4 or 5 years….

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Estate Administration, Estate Administration and Probate Applications, Executors, Wills
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