Chapters
1. Initial Considerations in Estate Disputes
2. Conflict of Laws in Estate Disputes
3. Resolving Estate Disputes through Mediation
4. Proceeding with Estate Litigation
5. Validity of Wills Disputes
6. Interpretation, Rectification, and Construction of Wills Disputes
7. Curing a Defective Will
8. Wills Variation Claims
9. Disputes Regarding Attorneys
10. Disputes Regarding Personal Representatives and Trustees
11. Committeeship Applications and Claims Against Committees
12. Inter Vivos Trust Disputes
13. Inter Vivos Transfer Disputes
14. Life Insurance, Registered Account, and Benefit Plan Beneficiary Designation Disputes
15. Resulting Trusts, Unjust Enrichment, Constructive Trusts, and Secret Trusts
16. Issues of Spousal Status in Estate Disputes
17. Administration of Intestate Estates Disputes
18. Passing of Accounts and Trustee Remuneration Disputes
Forms and Precedents
Tables
Case Table
Statutes and Related Material Table
Index
Editorial Board
Deidre J. Herbert — McLellan Herbert, Barristers & Solicitors, Vancouver
Helen H. Low, KC — Fasken Martineau DuMoulin LLP, Vancouver
Hugh McLellan — McLellan Herbert, Barristers & Solicitors, Vancouver
Stanley Rule — Sabey Rule LLP, Kelowna
Authors
Scott Boucher — Norton Rose Fulbright, Vancouver
Colleen Cattell, KC — Cattell ADR, Victoria
Candace Cho — Onyx Law Group, Vancouver
Justina Driedger — DLA Piper, Vancouver
Shahdin Farsai — Sabey Rule LLP, Kelowna
Heather Fisher — Horne Coupar LLP, Victoria
Derek Frenette — Alexander Holburn Beaudin + Lang LLP, Vancouver
Aubrie Girou — Alexander Holburn Beaudin + Lang LLP, Vancouver
Suzanne H. Grant — Swift Datoo Law Corporation, Courtenay
Raman Johal — Gowling WLG, Vancouver
M. Scott Kerwin — Borden Ladner Gervais LLP, Vancouver
Janis Ko — Fasken Martineau DuMoulin LLP, Vancouver
Kimberly Kuntz — Norton Rose Fulbright, Vancouver
Roger D. Lee — DLA Piper, Vancouver
Jeffrey Locke — McLellan Herbert, Barristers & Solicitors, Vancouver
Helen H. Low, KC — Fasken Martineau DuMoulin LLP, Vancouver
Edward Macaulay — Edward F. Macaulay Law Corp., North Vancouver
Tyson McNeil-Hay — Fulton LLP, Kamloops
Tenley Pearce — Alexander Holburn Beaudin + Lang LLP, Vancouver
Ken Vimalesan — Scion Law LLP, Vancouver
James Zaitsoff — Legacy Tax, Vancouver