All About Estates

Gifting and Gift-Overs: Remember to include gift-overs this holiday season (and always)

Law school requires reading an abundance of case law. I am sure that most lawyers have a few memorable cases that standout from their time in class (Lord Denning; the ginger beer snail etc.). There are cases that have stood the test of time; cases that caused a momentous shift…

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A long, long time ago…

Some stuff happened, and now people are fighting about what exactly happened. To find out what happened, evidence is needed. In estate litigation, there are special principles and rules of evidence along with the usual ones to be considered. The recent case of Koutsovasilis v. Carreira, provides a useful summary…

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