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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

Clash of the Limitation Periods

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The Limitations Act, 2002, SO 2002, c 24, Sch B, brought order and clarity to limitation periods in Ontario. However, the Limitations Act did not displace all existing limitation periods established by statute. The Limitations Act carves out several exceptions, including the Real Property Limitations Act, RSO 1990, c L.15 and s. 38(3) of the Trustee Act, RSO 1990, c T.23 (see ss. 2(1)(a) and 19(1) of the Limitation Act)…..

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Estate Administration, Estate Litigation, Estate Planning, Executors, Family Conflict, Property, Real Estate, Spouse, Succession Planning, Trusts, Wills

Revocation of Wills

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In the recent case of Sokalski Estate (Re), 2019 ABQB 285, the deceased left two wills one in 2011 and the other 2017, without expressly revoking the earlier one. The estate applied to the Court for a determination regarding which document or documents form the deceased Mr. Sokalski’s last will. The applicant representatives of the Estate were the deceased’s sons.The respondents were the deceased’s daughters. The parties were unable to….

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Contested wills, Estate Administration, Estate Administration and Probate Applications, Estate Litigation, Executors, Family Conflict, Investments, Uncategorized, Wills

Estates Law and Privacy Law: An Incomplete Intersection (Part I)

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Estates Law and Privacy Law: An Incomplete Intersection (Part I) This is the first entry in a three-part blog series about the current state of estates law vis-à-vis privacy law. Part I will focus on the relevant federal and provincial privacy legislation. Part II will examine significant court decisions relating to this area. Part III will look at solutions for lawyers to help their clients manage their estate planning to….

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Estate Administration, Estate Litigation, Estate Planning, Executors, Succession Planning, Uncategorized, Wills

A note on Crypto Currency

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Wikipedia defines cryptocurrency (or crypto currency) as a digital asset designed to work as a medium of exchange that uses strong cryptography to secure financial transactions, control the creation of additional units, and verify the transfer of assets. Cryptocurrencies use decentralized control as opposed to centralized digital currency and central banking systems. The decentralized control of each cryptocurrency works through distributed ledger technology, typically a blockchain, that serves as a….

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