Thursday, April 25th, 2013
The deceased in Lukic v. Zaban was a successful businessman whose wife of 46 years had died five years before he met the applicant, Ms. Lukic. By the time he met Ms. Lukic, Mr. Zaban had been in a serious car accident which had left him disabled. The ...
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Wednesday, February 6th, 2013
One of my favourite litigation stories (although it may have been exaggerated in the re-telling, so I make no representations as to its accuracy), came from a senior member of the bar. A plaintiff had sued a number of defendants, including at least one bank, a police force, and a ...
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Thursday, January 3rd, 2013
In the recent decision in Walling v. Walling, Justice Pierce considered the question of whether punitive damages were appropriate in an action by two nephews against their uncle, who had acted as the estate trustee of their father’s estate.
The father died when the boys were 16 and 12. The two ...
Posted in Estate Administration, Estate Litigation, Passing of trustees' and executors' accounts, Wills | 1 Comment »
