Laura West Archive
Email: lwest@fasken.comSite: http://www.fasken.comAbout: Corina Weigl and Laura West are both partners in the Trusts, Wills, Estates and Charities group of Fasken Martineau DuMoulin LLP, a leading international law firm with over 650 lawyers and 9 offices worldwide that offers comprehensive estate planning, estate administration, personal tax planning, charitable giving and estate litigation services.
Thursday, May 9th, 2013
I thought that I would circle back to my series of blogs on commonly used estate planning words and phrases and some of the issues that they can create from time to time. Recently, I realized that some confusion can arise when individuals refer to “the 21 year period” in ...
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Wednesday, May 1st, 2013
In a previous blog, I summarized a case that provided insight into the legal steps that must be taken by family members in Ontario when an individual disappears and is presumed dead. The Ontario Declarations of Death Act, 2002 allows a court to declare an individual to be dead when ...
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Friday, April 5th, 2013
My colleague, Corina Weigl, recently blogged about the federal budget released on March 21, 2013 (“Budget 2013”) and the consultation proposed by the federal government with respect to potential changes to the taxation of testamentary trusts. I thought that I would highlight another Budget 2013 announcement that may be of ...
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