Estates & Trusts Archives : 2015

Word of the Week - Perpetuity

Oldfield, Re | 1949 CarswellMan 14 | Manitoba Court of King's Bench

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Garwood v. Garwood Estate | 2013 CarswellMan 324 | Manitoba Court of Queen's Bench

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News and Views — WeirFoulds Estates & Trusts Newsletter

This post discusses physician-assisted suicide and the Supreme Court of Canada case Carter v Canada (Attorney General).

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News and Views — WeirFoulds Estates & Trusts Newsletter

This post provides an update on recent changes to the Estate Administration Tax Act, 1998 in Ontario.

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CED, an Overview of the Law — Gifts: Presumptions

With Valentine’s Day behind us, gifts are on our minds. But here at the Insight blog, we’re more fascinated by the concept of legal gifts. When is something presumed to be a gift? This post looks at presumptions within the context of gifts between husband and wife, parent and child and between strangers, as well as in the purchase of land in the name of another.

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