Law

Estate Planning

How clients can be undone by undue influence

Courts take a close look at advice

June 30, 2017

4 min read

Estate Planning

Homeownership rights for cohabiting clients

Help clients know their rights when it comes to owning real property with a partner

By Nathalie Boutet |May 25, 2017

4 min read

Estate Planning

4 ways to negotiate a marriage agreement

Protect clients in case their relationships don’t work out.

By Nathalie Boutet |April 21, 2017

4 min read

Planning and Advice

What you need to know about assisted-death rules

Your clients may have questions for you about what this means for them.

By Staff, with files from The Canadian Press |June 6, 2016

7 min read

Planning and Advice

Talk to clients about doctor-assisted death rules

If your clients are wondering if they should update their PoAs or living wills to take doctor-assisted death into account, tell them to hold off.

By Staff, with files from The Canadian Press |June 6, 2016

2 min read

Industry

Setting up your own charity

Sharon’s son was diagnosed with Batten disease at age 9, and succumbed 10 years later. Batten disease is a rare disorder of the nervous system with no cure. Sharon, who also has a teenage daughter, has vowed to find that cure. She’s particularly motivated because the disease is genetic, and her daughter’s future children could […]

By Allan Tong |May 6, 2016

4 min read

Estate Planning

Luck, usually, won’t settle your estate

When my dad died, I was lucky. I’m not saying I didn’t like the guy (I did), or that his passing significantly lined my pockets (it didn’t). I was lucky for one very specific reason: his lawyer, who’d drafted his and my mom’s will after they moved to Princeton, N.J. in 1968, was still alive. […]

By Philip Porado |March 4, 2016

3 min read