Bruce & Birklein Law

12/21/2022

Because the doctrine of suspicious circumstances was developed in respect of probate and wills, it cannot easily be exported into other areas of law, including contract law.

10/26/2022

Joint tenancy has a lot in common with the TV show Survivor: the goal is to outlast your fellow castaways to win the prize – full ownership of the property. To escape this game show mentality, owners may sever the joint tenancy. Once the property is held in tenancy in...

12/29/2021

Bitterness at losing custody battle was vented at his children, says Supreme Court of B.C. judge

07/17/2021

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04/19/2021

The area of wills, trusts and estates is rapidly changing

03/09/2021

On occasion, the personal representative of an estate may have to incur costs to either settle or disclose a matter with the Canada Revenue Agency (CRA). In a translated technical interpretation, the CRA provided some of its own guidance on how to navigate the relevant rule in the Income Tax...

01/28/2021

Family lawyer says case law on vaccinations and COVID-19 schooling disputes may be instructive

11/16/2020

Jamie Golombek: If it’s determined that you’re regularly buying and selling homes, you can be denied the PRE

10/23/2020

Cohabitation found to exist in many cases even when partners stayed together intermittently

10/20/2020

A widow is locked in a four-year battle with Apple over online material she already legally owns — unless she jumps through complicated and expensive hoops. Experts say tech companies refusing to hand over online assets is a big problem that will only get bigger.

10/09/2020

The parliamentary secretary to the finance minister is expressing his support for wealthy Canadians to pay a little more to address income inequality.

07/28/2020

On December 14,2018, Service Alberta unveiled stage two regulations and announced they will begin stage three consultation which includes condominium manager licensing.