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Master the ETDL Appointment

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Estate Trustees During Litigation are appointed in a wide variety of situations where a neutral party is needed to administer and preserve the estate assets. The bar for their appointment is lower than to remove an estate trustee…..

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Contested wills, Estate Administration, Estate Administration and Probate Applications, Estate Litigation, Executors, Family Conflict, Fiduciary Professions, Passing Of Trustees’ and Executors’ Accounts, Trustee, Wills

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

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This is the third and final entry in a three-part blog series about the current state of estates law vis-à-vis privacy law. Part I focused on the relevant federal and provincial privacy legislation. Part II examined significant court decisions relating to this area. Part III will look at solutions for lawyers to help their clients manage their estate planning to be compliant with privacy law requirements. The previous two entries….

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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

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

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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Canada Revenue Agency, Estate Administration, Estate Administration and Probate Applications, Estate Litigation, Estate Planning, In the News, Investments, Trusts, Uncategorized, Wills

Paper vs. Electronic Filing of Estate Information Returns!

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Today’s blog was written by guest bloggers, Tracy Parkinson and Krista Brown, law clerks in the Private Client Services group of Fasken LLP. It’s hard to believe that we have been filing Estate Information Returns (the “EIR”) with the Ministry of Finance (the “Ministry”) since January 1, 2015, but if I start thinking about it, Ontario estates law has seen as much change in the last 4 or 5 years….

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