Trusts and Estates Litigation
AppealsCases
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Counsel to the successful respondents in an Application by family members challenging the Will of a deceased on the basis of lack of testamentary capacity and undue influence.
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Counsel for the estates trustee in multiple legal proceedings including a solicitors' negligence action, passing of accounts and claim for dependent's support.
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Counsel to the homeowners in a successful appeal to determine a question of law that the limitation period did not expire prior to the commencement of the action based on the appropriateness requirement of the discoverability provisions in the Limitations Act, 2002.
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Counsel to the applicants in a will challenge involving an international estates and lost codicil.
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Counsel to the Stephen Bulger Gallery in an action for copyright infringement in fine art photographs taken by the posthumously-discovered photographer Vivian Maier.
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`Counsel for beneficiary in a will challenge alleging negligent payment of a life interest under the Beck estate.
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Counsel to successful beneficiary in administration of Estate, including stay application and appeal proceedings.
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Counsel for estate trustee and former family physician in a will challenge primarily based on alleged incapacity proceedings.
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Counsel to Estate Trustee During Litigation of the Paul Penna Estate in a series of proceedings, including two appeals to the Ontario Court of Appeal and a contempt trial, arising out of a massive fraud perpetrated by former Estate Trustee in his administration of the Estate.
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Counsel to the beneficiary of an estate in respect of an application for a declaration that another beneficiary, who had farmed the parents' land for 25 years, was entitled to receive the farm land and assets, outside the terms of a will, based on an alleged oral agreement or gift.
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