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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
  • Passing-of-accounts
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Wills and estates 2025 BCSC 2039

Wood Estate (Re)

The court removed Edward Wood as executor and trustee of two estates after finding his conduct obstructed administration, delayed tax matters, and created ongoing deadlock.

  • Removal of executor
  • Trustee removal
  • Estate administration
  • Tax clearance
  • Executor remuneration
  • Contested probate
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Estates and trusts 2025 BCSC 1784

Pachaly (Re)

The court dismissed a beneficiary’s request for access to an executor’s iPad or iCloud to obtain Apple Notes metadata, finding no strong evidence justifying that exceptional intrusion.

  • Passing of accounts
  • Document production
  • Metadata
  • Inspection of electronic devices
  • Icloud access
  • Executor remuneration
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Estate law 2025 BCSC 922

Smith Estate

Registrar review of estate accounts and legal bills: some lawyer accounts were allowed, executor remuneration was fixed, no care fee was awarded, and costs were split.

  • Passing of accounts
  • Executor remuneration
  • S.71 legal professions act bill review
  • Special costs
  • Holdbacks
  • Allocation of estate liabilities
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Estate law 2025 BCSC 418

Ness-Provencal v. Strickland

The court held the petitioner was substantially successful in estate litigation, ordered the respondent to pay costs at the ordinary tariff personally, and refused special costs.

  • Executor duties
  • Accounting by executor
  • Executor remuneration
  • Special costs
  • Indemnity from estate
  • Estate-law
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Wills and estates 2024 BCSC 1311

Hynds (Re)

The registrar passed the accounts, found the executor had used estate funds for his own benefit, fixed nominal remuneration, ordered interest, and awarded special costs.

  • Passing of accounts
  • Executor remuneration
  • Trustee removal
  • Misappropriation of estate funds
  • Costs
  • Pre-judgment and post-judgment interest
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Wills and estates 2024 BCSC 1211

Redmond Estate (Re)

The court passed the estate accounts of Donald Wharton Redmond, allowed several disputed estate expenses, fixed the executor’s remuneration, and ordered costs from the estate.

  • Executor remuneration
  • Charging clause validity under wesa s.43
  • Passing of accounts
  • Out-of-pocket expenses
  • Disposition of remains
  • Unrealized personal property
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Wills and estates 2023 BCSC 2135

Almeida Estate (Re)

Passing of accounts in an estate matter: the registrar approved the executor’s accounts, fixed executor remuneration at $12,125, and adjusted costs and expense allocations.

  • Executor remuneration
  • Passing of accounts
  • Power of attorney
  • Estate distribution
  • Legal costs
  • Joint account as estate asset
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Wills and estates 2023 BCSC 2050

Borkovic v. Borkovich

Registrar Gaily passed the attorney and executor accounts of an estate, but ordered $17,300 repaid for improper attorney compensation and fixed interim executor remuneration at $76,571.70.

  • Passing of accounts
  • Executor remuneration
  • Power of attorney duties and records
  • Co-mingling of funds
  • Reimbursement vs compensation
  • Costs on passing of accounts
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Wills and estates 2023 BCSC 1431

Germscheid v. Germscheid

The court dismissed the pass-accounts application, held the vehicles passed by survivorship, denied mortgage contribution from the estate, and rejected remuneration.

  • Passing of accounts
  • Executor removal
  • Joint tenancy and right of survivorship
  • Resulting trust
  • Mortgage contribution
  • Specific bequests
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