Should judicial decisions be written so the public wants to read them? What might happen when a decision goes viral?
Crime Writers and Comedians On the Bench
By Angelique Moss •
March 24, 2011
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Big Love: Multiple Spouses and Dependants’ Support
By Angelique Moss •
March 8, 2011
Can more than one “spouse” make a claim for support under the SLRA?
Is Anyone Listening? Costs and Judicial Resources
By Angelique Moss •
February 1, 2011
How is it possible for five parties to incur $4,435,050.18 of costs essentially on a four day hearing? The recipe is one part deafness, and one part unreasonableness.
An Estate Trustee’s Imprisonment, Without Possibility of Parole
By Angelique Moss •
January 14, 2011
A recent decision of the Ontario Superior Court sentences an estate trustee to a lengthy term of incarceraction, without the possibility of parole, for contempt of court.
What Do Dependants’ Support, Gratuitous Promises and Kiwis Have in Common?
By Angelique Moss •
December 17, 2010
New Zealand may be thanked for our dependants’ support legislation, says Professor David Freedman. What kind of support claims will bedevil our courts in the future?
Werbenuk v. Werbenuk: Righting a Will’s (and a testator’s) Wrongs
By Angelique Moss •
December 9, 2010
A testator excludes his 4 adult daughters from his estate, leaving everything to his son. A B.C. court effectively redistributes the estate equally between the testator’s children. Can this happen in Ontario too?
Sexual Assault Claims: When Is An Estate Off the Hook?
By Angelique Moss •
November 15, 2010
Does the two-year limitation period for claims made against estates apply when the claim is for sexual assault?
‘Til Death Do Us Part, Quickly – Then I Inherit.
By Angelique Moss •
October 20, 2010
So-called “predatory” marriages may be on the upswing. When will the courts intervene?
To Undue, or Not too Undue? What Does Undue Influence Look Like?
By Angelique Moss •
September 23, 2010
Absent threats and promises, can “working on” an elderly testator over a period of time constitute undue influence? A recent decision of the B.C. Court of Appeal upheld a trial judge’s decision finding that this kind of persuasion was enough to consitute undue influence.