Labour of Love
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Elder Care, Estate Litigation, Family Conflict, Geriatric Care Management, Passing Of Trustees’ and Executors’ Accounts, Power of Attorney, Powers Of Attorney and Guardianship DisputesEstate Litigation
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The 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, InsurancePresumption of Capacity and Duty of a Solicitor
A person who is over the age of 18 is presumed to be capable of entering into a contract, and the rest of the world is entitled to rely upon this presumption unless they have reasonable grounds to believe otherwise. However, the court in England was recently asked the question of whether a solicitor dealing with an elderly person had “no reasonable grounds to suspect incapacity”; to prove the negative and to set a standard with respect to the issue of contemporaneous notes.
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Capacity Law, Elder Care, Elder Law, Estate Litigation, Family ConflictFriendship is like money, easier made than kept
Paul Penna, millionare and founder of Agnico-Eagle Gold Mines Ltd., had a good Estate plan but he made one critical mistake…..
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Estate Litigation, Estate Planning, Executors, In the News, Passing Of Trustees’ and Executors’ Accounts, Trustee, Trusts, WillsBattle of the Wills
What does the Court consider when determining which of several testamentary document stands? A summary of Gibbon Estate v. Sleeping Children Around the World….
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Charitable Giving, Estate Administration, Estate Litigation, Estate Planning, Wills