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In early February, the Supreme Court of Canada declined to hear the appeal of a B.C. lower court decision dealing with retroactive child support.
When you are appointed as an Attorney pursuant to a Power of Attorney, you are placed in a position of extreme trust.
When commencing a claim or a counterclaim, there is a temptation to throw every allegation at the wall just to see what sticks.
In the recent decision, Boer v Mikaloff, the BC Supreme Court was faced with an interesting interpretation question under the relatively new Wills, Estate and Succession Act.
“How long does Probate take?” isn't an easy question to answer as there are a myriad of factors that can delay or lengthen the Probate process.
In previous articles, I discussed the interactions between attornment, territorial competence, the forum of convenience and the law informing where litigation will proceed. These issues all intersected in the recent