Wills, Estate Planning & Wealth Preservation
- Business Succession
- Certificate of Appointment & Probate
- Estate Planning & Administration
- Power of Attorney
- Trusts
- Wills, Primary & Secondary
The Court Appointment of Guardians (for Mentally Incapable Persons)
Disposition by the CourtUnder s. 77(3), there are three possible dispositions of the matter by the judge:1) A verdict without a hearing;2) A direction to the...
The Documents Involved in the Court Appointment of Guardians for Mentally Incapable Persons
What Documents are Involved?As in the standard procedure, the Notice of Application and the Affidavit of the Applicant (including exhibits) are to be prepared so as...
Resulting and Constructive Trusts: Damages and Vesting Orders
Damages and Vesting Orders in Lieu of Constructive TrustThe Ontario Superior Court of Justice in McLean v. Danicic et al. discussed an application by a common...
Resulting and Constructive Trusts: A Case in Point
Constructive Trusts Without Unjust EnrichmentIn a majority judgment in Soulos v. Korkontzilas, the Supreme Court of Canada noted that a constructive trust arose in the absence...
Resulting and Constructive Trusts: All About Constructive Trusts
The Constructive TrustA constructive trust is formed by operation of law. It is considered an equitable remedy so as to prevent unjust enrichment, which is when...
Resulting and Constructive Trusts: Types Continued
Good WifeThe Ontario Superior Court of Justice decided in Citi Financial Ltd.v. Zaidi that the transfer of a residential property from a husband to his wife...
Resulting and Constructive Trusts: The Various Types
Resulting Trusts Arising from Mortgage FraudThe Alberta Court of Appeal observed in Luitenko v. McAleer that a resulting trust arose out of mortgage fraud. The respondent,...
Resulting and Constructive Trusts: What are They and What is Their Significance for Real Estate Lawyers?
Important developments have taken place in Canadian jurisprudence from the 1960s relating to interpretation and application of resulting and constructive trusts and more recently, the presumption...
Appointing a legal guardian for the mentally incapable.
To become a court appointed guardian of property; there are two procedures: the “standard procedure” and the “summary disposition procedure”. The second procedure needs two assessments...
YOUR DUTIES UNDER A POWER OF ATTORNEY FOR PROPERTY AND FOR PERSONAL CARE
It is an obligation of the attorney for property to find and read the grantor’s will so as to ensure that assets specifically given in the...