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Civil-contempt 2026 BCSC 356

Bringeland Estate (Re)

The court found Dawne Bringeland in contempt of a 2025 order to deliver estate records and pass accounts, imposed $10,000 in fines, and awarded special costs.

  • Contempt-of-court
  • Failure-to-deliver-estate-assets-and-records
  • Passing-of-accounts
  • Service-of-process
  • Sanctions-and-fines
  • Special-costs
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Estate-law 2026 BCSC 17

Gowans Estate (Re)

The court ordered the executor to bear his own costs of passing accounts and awarded BC SPCA special costs from the estate after a contested accounting.

  • Passing-of-accounts
  • Executor-remuneration
  • Special-costs
  • Reimbursement-of-estate-expenses
  • Speculation-and-vacancy-tax
  • Estate-administration
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Estate-law 2026 BCSC 382

Ritz v. Vass

The court granted estate-sale relief, ordering appraisals, sole conduct of sale for two properties, access for sale steps, and indemnity for the applicant.

  • Administration-of-estate
  • Sale-of-estate-property
  • Exclusive-conduct-of-sale
  • Administrator-conflict-of-interest
  • Indemnity-for-legal-costs
  • Court-ordered-appraisal
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Trusts-and-estates 2025 BCSC 2564

Halani Estate (Re)

The court passed interim trust and estate accounts for 2022–2025, approved full-indemnity special costs, and dispensed with the respondent’s signature on the orders.

  • Passing-of-accounts
  • Trust-administration
  • Estate-administration
  • Special-costs-(full-indemnity)
  • Remuneration
  • Rule-25-13
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Wills-and-estates 2025 BCSC 2452

Vuong Estate (Re)

The court renewed two minors’ notices of dispute for six months instead of removing them, to preserve estate rights while litigation guardian issues are addressed.

  • Notice-of-dispute
  • Litigation-guardian
  • Administrator-pending-litigation
  • Executor-conflict-of-interest
  • Renewal-of-notice-of-dispute
  • Rule-25-10
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Wills-and-estates 2025 BCSC 2584

Neubauer v. Neubauer

The court dismissed an application to stop the sale of an estate home and to remove the executor, finding no conflict, no improvident sale, and no basis for removal.

  • Executor-removal
  • Injunction-against-sale
  • Will-variation-challenge
  • Improvident-sale
  • Conflict-of-interest
  • Estate-administration
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Wills-and-estates 2025 BCSC 2196

Chiu Estate (Re)

The court found a disabling conflict of interest for the named and alternate executors and passed them over, appointing CIBC Trust as administrator with will annexed.

  • Conflict-of-interest
  • Removal/passing-over-of-executor
  • Section-151-wesa-leave-to-sue-on-behalf-of-estate
  • Appointment-of-administrator-with-will-annexed
  • Public-guardian-and-trustee-investigations
  • Estate-asset-recovery
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Succession-law 2025 ONCA 753

Devonport v. Devonport

The Ontario Court of Appeal dismissed an appeal about a will, holding that s. 31 of the SLRA applied, the solicitor’s evidence was inadmissible, and occupation rent was properly set.

  • Will-interpretation
  • Anti-lapse-provision-(s.31-slra)
  • Occupation-rent
  • Admissibility-of-solicitor-drafting-evidence
  • Costs
  • Anti-lapse-provision
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Wills-and-estates 2025 BCSC 2163

Matossian Estate v. Clark Estate

The court removed an estate administrator who used estate funds for personal legal fees, failed to prudently manage assets, and did not adequately explain the misconduct.

  • Removal-of-executor/administrator
  • Breach-of-fiduciary-duty
  • Misappropriation-of-estate-funds
  • Passing-of-accounts
  • Preservation-orders-/-mareva-injunction
  • Removal-of-executor
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Wills-and-estates 2025 BCSC 2144

Haberla Estate (Re)

The court appointed Michael Peters as interim administrator of an intestate estate, finding special circumstances from delay, unpaid taxes, uncollected assets, and related litigation.

  • Interim-administrator-appointment
  • Intestacy
  • Spousal-status-determination
  • Estate-administration
  • Partition-of-property
  • Speculation-and-vacancy-tax
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