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Wills and estates 2026 ONCA 142

Anroop v. Naqvi

The Court of Appeal for Ontario allowed the appeal, held that the Fourth Will of Reka Anroop was invalid, and set aside the costs order below.

  • Testamentary capacity
  • Undue influence
  • Forgery
  • Conflict of interest
  • Suspicious circumstances
  • Costs allocation
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Trusts and estates 2024 BCSC 2162

Fleischer v. Zoltan Elemer Fleischer Alter Ego Trust

La Cour rejette les demandes d’Ernest Fleischer concernant un prétendu accord de testaments mutuels, la capacité de Zoltan Fleischer et les transferts à Susanne Kierszenblat.

  • Mutual wills
  • Testamentary capacity
  • Undue influence
  • Alter ego trust
  • Resulting trust
  • Unconscionable procurement
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Wills and estates 2024 BCSC 31

Hodgson v. Downs

The court granted leave under s. 151 WESA to commence an estate action over a condo transfer, but adjourned generally the request to obtain the deceased’s medical records.

  • S.151 wesa leave to commence action
  • Capacity
  • Undue influence
  • Fiduciary duty
  • Unconscionable procurement
  • Transfer of property
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Trusts 2023 BCSC 683

Hsu v. Hsu

The court resolved a family property dispute over the McMaster Property, finding no proven purchase contribution by Henry and holding the 2009 transfer was invalid.

  • Resulting trust
  • Inter vivos gift
  • Donative intent
  • Non est factum
  • Unconscionable procurement
  • Unjust enrichment
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Trusts 2023 BCCA 147

Sandwell v. Sayers

The British Columbia Court of Appeal dismissed an appeal challenging a gifted joint-tenancy transfer of a home, finding the donor intended a present gift and failed to prove unconscionable procurement.

  • Resulting trust
  • Unconscionable procurement
  • Undue influence
  • Gifts
  • Joint tenancy
  • Unjust enrichment
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Equity 2022 BCSC 605

Sandwell v. Sayers

Summary trial in a family property dispute. The court upheld a home transfer to the defendant and dismissed the father's claim seeking to set it aside.

  • Unconscionable procurement
  • Unjust enrichment
  • Resulting trust
  • Undue influence
  • Capacity
  • Constructive trust
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Wills and estates 2022 ONCA 174

Gefen Estate v. Gefen

The Court dismissed the appeals: the trial judge did not err in requiring clear, cogent evidence to establish a mutual wills agreement and correctly found such evidence lacking; no enforceable secret trust was established because there was no transfer from Elias to Harvey or requisite communication and acceptance; the trial judge’s unconscionable procurement findings were upheld where supported by evidence and remain effective for the transactions set aside (approx. $8.66M); the trial judge properly determined that the Townsgate joint tenancy had been severed and her inclusion of findings as…

  • Mutual wills
  • Secret trust
  • Unconscionable procurement
  • Inter vivos transfers
  • Severance of joint tenancy
  • Costs
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