October 5, 2020
Discovering the Travelling Wills Clinic
As this is Make a Will Week, I was asked to let you know about an exciting possible initiative for delivering personal planning documents such as wills to low income adults living outside the lower mainland, the “Travelling Wills Clinic.” The Travelling Wills Clinic would serve those in remote, isolated, Read more…
June 1, 2006
Wills, Estates and Succession: A Modern Legal Framework
The law surrounding the passage of property on death by means of a will or intestate inheritance is known as the law of succession. Nearly everyone comes into contact with succession law at some point because of the death of a relative or spouse. Despite this, succession is one of Read more…
May 1, 2006
Viatical Settlements
A viatical settlement is a transaction where a terminally ill individual who owns a life insurance policy sells it to a third party. The third party agrees to pay the insured individual an amount that is less than the value of the insurance policy, and to pay the premiums of Read more…
October 6, 2004
A Modern Trustee Act for British Columbia
A trust is a relationship that is established when an owner of property called the settlor makes a disposition of property to a trustee. The designated trustee holds title to the assets for the benefit of a designated person or persons called the beneficiaries on terms describing how the trustee Read more…
March 5, 2004
Appointing a Guardian and Standby Guardianship
Parents and other guardians of small children want to ensure that their children will be provided for in case they pass away, or otherwise become unable to care for them. This project explored four issues related to the guardianship of children: (1) whether provisions relating to testamentary guardianship, guardianship appointed Read more…