Common Interest Privilege
Can parties who are on the same side protect privileged communications which are shared among their respective lawyers?
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Update on U.S. Estate Tax Challenge
In a blog that I wrote last December, I commented on a U.S. constitutional challenge that had been launched in response to the U.S. estate tax burden borne by the survivor of a same-sex marriage…..
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Estate Litigation, Estate PlanningDiscovery of an attorney for property’s action in a will contest case
Are your actions as attorney for property relevant and therefore discoverable in a will challenge case?….
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Estate Litigation, Executors, Family Conflict, Power of Attorney, Powers Of Attorney and Guardianship Disputes, Trustee, Trustee Disputes, WillsThe Costs of Upholding A Testator’s Intention
When opposing a dependant support claim on the grounds that you are upholding the intentions of a testator, as this recent B.C. case indicates, think carefully about the possible cost consequences of so doing before proceeding to trial…..
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Contested wills, Estate Litigation, Executors, Family Conflict, WillsThe Beautiful And Damned (with apologies to F. Scott Fitzgerald)
The breakdown of a marriage or common law relationship can raise a host of complex legal issues both for the living and the dead. One issue that seems to crop up again and again is life insurance proceeds and who should benefit. ….
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Estate Litigation, Estate Planning, Insurance