Cancelling a Certificate of Pending Litigation – Vancouver Litigation Lawyers
One of the tools that litigants have to secure potential proceeds in a successful estate litigation lawsuit is the use of certificates of pending litigation. A Certificate of Pending Litigation (“CPL”) is a charge on a property that can secure a litigants interest in a property by stopping the owner from either selling or refinancing the subject property. However in …Read more →
Considering Cohabitation Agreements – Vancouver Family Law Lawyers
At the Kushner Law Group, we handle various types of estate litigation and family law litigation claims on a regular basis. In some ways, these two practice areas intersect as they often deal with disputes that can be grounded in family dynamics. One of the common threads throughout many of these cases is that much of the acrimony, and cost, …Read more →
Summary Trials in Estate Litigation – Part 2
In part one of this blog, we discussed some of the benefits of summary trials in Estate litigation and their limitations. In the recent decision of Boyd v. Shears 2018 BCSC 194, Mr. Justice Smith was asked to hear a wills variation application under the Wills Estates and Succession Act. In this circumstance all of the parties agreed that will …Read more →