Some of the more mundane aspects of the law revolve around time: the calculation of notice periods; the periods in which court documents must be served and filed; the number of days before a trial that expert reports must be filed.
Almost all pensions provide for joint and survivor benefits. This means when a pensioner dies, his or her spouse can continue to receive benefits.
You don’t usually hear about the unenforceability of pledges. This is because the vast majority of pledges to charity are honoured. They are simply paid by the donor without dispute. But promises to donate to charity are not enforceable. A promise to make a gift speaks to a future event. The gift is incomplete until […]
In estate administration, an advisor may at some point come across a claim for dependant’s relief – that is, an order for support for a particular dependant from the estate of a deceased person. While the definitions may differ between provinces, in Ontario, a dependant can be one or more of the following, to whom […]
In estate administration, an advisor may at some point come across a claim for dependant’s relief – that is, an order for support for a particular dependant from the estate of a deceased person. While the definitions may differ between provinces, in Ontario, a dependant can be one or more of the following, to whom […]