Growing Pains – Legal Report: Wills, Trusts & Estates
While collaborative family law is growing exponentially and has almost acquired mainstream status, it is very much in its infancy in estate law. Practitioners extol the concept as an excellent […]
Sixteen WeirFoulds Lawyers Named to 2011 Edition of Best Lawyers
Sixteen WeirFoulds lawyers have been named to the 2011 edition of Best Lawyers®, a publication based on an exhaustive annual peer-review survey and referred to byCorporate Counsel magazine as “the […]
Frye Ruling a Recipe for Litigation
Anyone advising shareholders of private corporations needs to pay heed to the Ontario Court of Appeal decision in Frye v. Frye Estate.
Guardianship: What You Need to Know
As medical science has improved, so has the prognosis for many of those who are catastrophically injured.
Can You Create An Economic Disincentive to Litigation from Beyond the Grave
On June 28, 2016, before breaking for the summer, the City of Toronto’s powerful Executive Committee met and reviewed an earlier study by KPMG which looked at various new revenue-generating policy proposals with an eye towards addressing the City’s estimated $582 million operating shortfall for 2017.
Estate Litigation Quiz
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Shareholder Agreements Gone Wrong
Any person advising shareholders of private corporations needs to pay careful heed to the Ontario Court of Appeal decision in Frye v. Frye.
Guardianships
As medical science has improved, so has the life expectancy of those who are catastrophically injured. With longer life expectancy has come increased financial need for those who experience these tragedies. Personal injury damage awards have increased commensurate with this new reality. In the result, it is no longer unusual to see damage awards of more than $5 million.