by Saskatchewan Estate Law Blog | Nov 1, 2022 | Challenges to Validity of Wills, SK Estate Law Blog
The recent Saskatchewan Queen’s Bench decision in Bell v Bell, 2022 SKQB 198 is an example of a Will challenge which did not succeed in raising a genuine issue for trial. Bell reminds us that Courts will generally require firsthand evidence of incapacity or of...
by Saskatchewan Estate Law Blog | Sep 8, 2022 | Challenges to Validity of Wills, Estate Administration or Will Interpretation, Issue involving Executors, SK Estate Law Blog
The recent Saskatchewan Queen’s Bench decision in Peters (Estate) (Re), 2022 SKQB 186 prohibits the practice of altering an affidavit without actually re-swearing it. Factual background: The background facts in Peters can be described as follows: Antonia Peters died...
by Saskatchewan Estate Law Blog | Jul 25, 2022 | Challenges to Validity of Wills, Estate Administration or Will Interpretation, Issue involving Executors, SK Estate Law Blog
The recent Saskatchewan Court of Appeal decision in Martin v Martin, 2022 SKCA 79 offers a reminder of the litigation which can ensue when a person puts another family member on title, and a dispute later arises as to whether that person holds beneficial title, or,...
by Saskatchewan Estate Law Blog | Jun 23, 2022 | Issue involving Executors, SK Estate Law Blog
The recent Saskatchewan Queen’s Bench decision in Kaushik v Kaushik, 2022 SKQB 135, offers an overview of a situation in which multiple persons concurrently seek to be appointed as the sole administrator of an Estate. Overview: Sadhna Kaushik applied for appointment...
by Saskatchewan Estate Law Blog | May 27, 2022 | Challenges to Validity of Wills, SK Estate Law Blog
The recent Court of Appeal decision in McCabe v Kowalyshyn, 2022 SKCA 56, offers various lessons to Estate litigators. These include: The reality that court approvals of Estate land sales, under s. 50.5 of The Administration of Estates Act, SS 1998, c A-4.1, do not...
by Saskatchewan Estate Law Blog | Mar 2, 2022 | Issue involving Executors, SK Estate Law Blog
This article offers a case comment on a 2017 Saskatchewan decision, Campbell v. Cooper. The decision reminds us that beneficiaries who have been wronged by an executor should remember to begin an action within 2 years of when they discover said wrong. Facts: The...
