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Estate Dispute Case: Changing an Unfair Will

March 3, 2020
Broadley Andrew and Austin Darling
Estate Disputes, Estate Law, Unfair Wills, Wills and Estates

A recent BC Supreme Court case involved unfair wills with an estate distributed unequally amongst sons and daughters. The case of Grewal v. Litt (2019) involved six children and their parents’ mirror wills. The wills were drafted to reflect cultural…

Disinheritance and Deception – Disputed Estate Goes to the Supreme Court of Canada

June 12, 2017
Darren Williams
Estate Disputes, Legal FAQs, Video Blogs

Bargaining for Elder Care – the Promise Made There were three adult children, Gloria, Max and Nate – each of whom had been promised a third of their parent’s estate including the family home by their father. As is common,…

Fixing a Broken Will – What can the court do?

February 20, 2017
Matthew Melnyk
Estate Disputes, Estate Law, Estate Planning, Legal FAQs, Unfair Wills, Wills and Estates

Hello and welcome to this week’s blog on the law. In past video blogs, we’ve talked about reasons why people challenge wills. Undue influence and unfairness are two common reasons. A third reason is that the will does not meet…

Undue influence: When will-makers are persuaded to disinherit

January 24, 2017
Matthew Melnyk
Estate Disputes, Estate Law, Legal FAQs, Unfair Wills, Wills and Estates

Undue influence: grounds for an estate dispute One of the reasons people challenge or dispute a will in British Columbia, is that the will was either prepared or signed as a result of unreasonable interference, or undue influence, by another…

Can adopted children dispute their former parent’s estate?

BC’s laws are favorable to those who dispute wills & estates Right or wrong, BC remains the most favorable province in all of Canada for those who wish to challenge the fairness of the last will and testament of another via an…

Disinherited? Reasons a BC estate can or should be challenged? (Video Blog)

Good reasons for the disinherited to challenge a will In a previous blog we discussed who had standing to challenge an unfair will in British Columbia. In this week’s blog I want to outline the general reasons that a person who…

Reasons to dispute a will in British Columbia: four grounds to make a claim

April 9, 2015
Darren Williams
Estate Disputes, Info Articles, Legal FAQs, Wills and Estates
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Every year in British Columbia slightly more than 30,000 people die, many of whom have some assets and debts (“an estate”) and a variety of personal and business affairs that they leave behind. How the assets and debts are administered…

The LaW Team: Personal Injury, Estate, and Marine Law experts in Victoria, BC

September 19, 2014
Darren Williams
About Us, Estate Disputes, LaW News & Updates, Marine Law, Personal Injury Law, Wills and Estates
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Established in August 2014, Victoria, BC based League and Williams (LaW) provides experienced, effective legal services in the areas of personal injury, marine law and estate litigation across British Columbia. LaW’s legal team of lawyers, and legal assistants led by principal Darren Williams has…

Estate Dispute Case: Changing an Unfair Will

Disinheritance and Deception – Disputed Estate Goes to the Supreme Court of Canada

Fixing a Broken Will – What can the court do?

Undue influence: When will-makers are persuaded to disinherit

Can adopted children dispute their former parent’s estate?

Disinherited? Reasons a BC estate can or should be challenged? (Video Blog)

Reasons to dispute a will in British Columbia: four grounds to make a claim

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