Justin de Vries Archive
Email: jdevries@devrieslitigation.comSite: http://www.devrieslitigation.comAbout: Justin has been consistently named as one of the Best Lawyers in
Canada/Trusts & Estates. He is an accomplished litigator who has
appeared before all levels of the Ontario Court & the Federal Court of
Canada. Justin's areas of expertise include: estate, trust, and
capacity litigation, as well as probate applications and estate
administration. He regularly speaks on estate, trust and capacity
issues.
Friday, May 3rd, 2013
Testamentary capacity is one of those phrases that is thrown around by estate planners and litigators with some abandon. But it is a subtle concept and one that has tripped up more than a few legal and medical practitioners. For its part, the court has been wrestling with ...
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Monday, April 1st, 2013
Today is April Fools’ Day and I would be a fool to blog; you wouldn't know if I was serious or frivolous. Charles Dickens wrote "... the law is a ass—a idiot [sic]", but the law should never be fooled with and it is the fool who litigates without ...
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Monday, February 25th, 2013
Fraud is not restricted to the living. Occasionally, a fraudulent testamentary document makes an appearance and the question of validity becomes paramount. In that context, the issue of whether to retain a “handwriting expert” is raised.
The science of “handwriting analysis” can be divided into two branches: graphology, which examines handwriting ...
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