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Valuation of Interests in Discretionary trusts and Family Law

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These days, it is quite common to find intergenerational wealth transfer to consist of property held in a discretionary family trust whose beneficiaries may or may not have been in marital relationships at the time of the time the trusts were created. A siginifcant number of legal and financials issues related to these trusts in family law, including the determination of what is considered “included” and “excluded” family property before….

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Business Succession Planning, Contracts, Courts, Estate Administration, Estate Administration and Probate Applications, Estate Planning, Family Conflict, Investments, Property, Real Estate, Resulting Trust, Separation, Small Business, Spouse, Trusts, valuation

Testamentary Capacity and Expert Reports

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As many well know, issues relating to testamentary capacity are often at the forefront of estate litigation cases and in particular, will challenges. Drafting solicitors may opt to obtain a contemporaneous capacity assessment before their clients execute a last will and testament; this may be the case where the testator is older or has cognitive limitations, and/or when there are known family conflicts and an anticipated will challenge. In addition,….

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Capacity Law, Courts, Estate Litigation, Undue influence, Wills

Valuation for Estate Planning – Some Hard Lessons

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In a recent case in Tax Court, Lauria v HMQ 2021 TCC 66, the taxpayers, both officers and directors of a company held shares in the company as a result of employee share option agreements granted to them.  In early 2006, the company founders decided to pursue an initial public offering (“IPO”) of the company and hired an underwriter for that purpose. Apparently upon the advice of the company’s chief….

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Canada Revenue Agency, Courts, Estate Planning, Investments, Limitation periods, Tax Issues, Trusts, valuation

Role of the Health Practitioner at Board Hearings: Recommendation for Reform

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The Consent and Capacity Board (“Board”) in Ontario is a quasi-judicial administrative tribunal which operates at arm’s length from the Ministry of Health. The Board convenes hearings and makes decisions under six pieces of legislation, but most hearings relate to the Health Care Consent Act (HCCA) and the Mental Health Act (MHA). According to the Board’s website,[i] over 5,200 hearings were convened in the 2019/2020 fiscal year. Applications to the….

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Capacity Law, Courts, Disability, Guardianship, Healthcare

Don’t Assume You Can Access Your Money

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Litigation can be expensive. At the forefront of the minds of many parties is the question of how to pay the legal costs. Sometimes the money that a party needs (or wants) to access in order to pay for the litigation is at the centre of the dispute. This can be the case in estate litigation when there is a question of who owns an asset, such as multiple beneficiaries….

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Costs, Courts, Fiduciary Professions
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