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Alexander Holburn Beaudin + Lang LLP
As of October 1, 2020, B.C. private companies are required to maintain a transparency register of the company's "significant individuals."
WeirFoulds LLP
The Canada Revenue Agency ("CRA") announced today that they will not require bare trusts to file a 2023 T3 return (including Schedule 15) unless it makes a direct request for the filing.
O'Sullivan Estate Lawyers LLP
Many of our readers, especially business owners, may be familiar with the concept of having multiple Wills in the same jurisdiction, where each Will governs different classes...
Rotfleisch & Samulovitch P.C.
An alter ego trust is an inter-vivos trust, which means it's created during your lifetime, established after 1999.
Lerners LLP
The CRA has introduced new trust reporting requirements that apply to all express trusts (with a few exceptions) with taxation years ending after December 30, 2023.
MLT Aikins LLP
Administering the estate of a loved one can be a challenging and lengthy process.
Siskinds LLP
When it comes to estate planning, people often become fixated on ensuring that their estate does not have to pay Estate Administration Tax (also known as "probate tax"1).
Fasken
This bulletin will briefly explain the old process of authenticating and legalizing documents and provide some insight into the new apostille certificate process.
Sorbara Law
When you pass, one or more persons will need to step up to manage and administer your estate. They will carry through your funeral and post mortem arrangements...
Miller Thomson LLP
The notion of "undue influence" (captation, in French) has been referred to as "worming one's way into someone's good graces and obtaining from him gifts depending on the degree of affection one has managed to inspire."
Lawson Lundell LLP
当一个人签署遗嘱时，遗嘱的目的是在立遗嘱人去世后按照其意愿管理其遗产分配。遗嘱是给遗嘱执行人的指示，告诉他们立遗嘱人想让哪些
Lawson Lundell LLP
When you sign a will, the will is intended after your death to govern the distribution of your estate in keeping with your wishes. A will is the direction to your executor about which people...
Sorbara Law
Estate planning is a critical aspect of financial management that ensures the orderly distribution of assets after an individual's passing. While many people opt for conventional approaches...
Lawson Lundell LLP
2023 年 11 月，BC 省最高法院的一位法官发布命令，宣布一份未签署的遗嘱有效，尽管这份遗嘱未签署，但法官认为该遗嘱代表了死者的遗嘱意愿。
O'Sullivan Estate Lawyers LLP
Private Client Comparative Guide for the jurisdiction of Canada, check out our comparative guides section to compare across multiple countries
Lerners LLP
The actions of an Estate Trustee can be approved in two ways: a formal passing of accounts where the Court approves the actions by the Estate Trustee, or, by having the beneficiaries sign a release.
Mills & Mills
When one is approached by a family member or close friend with a request that they act as an attorney for property or estate trustee, the initial reaction is often one of stoic acceptance.
Aird & Berlis LLP
If a claimant has threatened or demanded payment by an estate without initiating any court proceedings, the estate trustee may feel like they are stuck in limbo...
Lawson Lundell LLP
In November 2023, a justice of the B.C. Supreme Court made an order declaring that an unsigned will was valid despite it not being signed as it was found to represent the deceased's testamentary intentions.
Devry Smith Frank LLP
In an effort to modernize estate law practice, several amendments to Ontario's inheritance laws have recently been implemented. These changes were largely prompted by the enactment...
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