Corina Weigl

Today’s blog was written by Demetre Vasilounis, Associate at Fasken LLP. One of the most important things that estate lawyers aim for when drafting a will for their client is to avoid an outcome that is contrary to their client’s testamentary intent. There are many instances where a will is not clear about what will happen when a specific event or sequence of events occurs, and in such instances a….

I recently read an article written by Thomas Junkin, David Cieslowski and Vincent Tonietto, all with Fiduciary Trust Canada and published in their Summer 2019 issue of Perspective.  The topic was entitled “Stickhandling Sudden Wealth”.  In it, the authors discuss the unique investment and estate planning challenges facing younger clients who are suddenly wealthy. While the  context of their discussion is professional hockey players, their messages resonate equally with other….

Today’s blog is being brought to you by our guest blogger, Anna Chen Last week, Gillian Fournie wrote a blog about the recent Nova Scotia Supreme Court decision in Lawen Estate v. Nova Scotia (Attorney General), 2019 NSSC 162.  The court held in that case that certain dependants’ relief provisions in the Nova Scotia Testators’ Family Maintenance Act, R.S.N.S. 1989, c. 465 (the “TFMA”), violate s. 7 of the Constitution….