It has been a long-standing requirement that in order to create a valid Will, the will-maker must sign the Will in front of two independent witnesses. Since March 2020...

A Memorandum to a Will is a separate document from the Will which may convey bequests, instructions or wishes to the Executor.

Effective July 1, 2018, the Court Order Interest Rates have increased. The Court Order Interest Act, R.S.B.C. 1996, c. 79, provides for the payment of pre-judgment and post judgment interest at a prescribed rate.

The BC Supreme Court has reached its decision in a fiercely contested court case about privatized healthcare and doctors' billing practices.

On January 4, 2018, U.S. Attorney General Jefferson Sessions issued a subsequent memorandum (the "Sessions Memorandum")...

On March 30, 2023, the Supreme Court of Canada (SCC) dismissed with costs, the application for leave to appeal from the decision of the B.C. Court of Appeal in Valdez v. Neron, 2022 BCCA 30...

The CRTC, which regulates Canada’s Anti-Spam Legislation, has announced that it has imposed its first fine under the new legislation, which came into effect in 2014.

What happens to your Facebook, Google+, Twitter, Ebay, PayPal and other digital assets when you die? According to the current Canadian law, we do not know.

On June 18, 2015 the Digital Privacy Act, which amends the Personal Information Protection and Electronic Documents Act (Canada) ("PIPEDA") received Royal Assent.

British Columbia's 2018 budget introduced certain changes to the taxation of real estate. This will affect residential real estate held personally, through other legal entities, or that falls into an estate or to a beneficiary of an estate.

Under Canada's Aeronautics Act, the Minister of National Defence is required to designate a member of the Canadian Armed Forces or an employee of the Department of National Defence as the AIA.

In a previous post, we discussed regulations proposed by Transport Canada in May 2016, setting out changes to provisions in the Canadian Aviation Regulations ("CARs") that govern commercial

The Supreme Court of Canada recently issued a decision with far reaching consequences for Canadian maritime personal injury claims.

The Supreme Court of Canada has recently issued a decision with far reaching consequences for Canadian maritime personal injury claims.

In a previous post, we wrote about a lawsuit arising from the 2003 crash of a Cirrus SR-22 in low visibility near Hill City, Minnesota.

A Halifax passenger booked with Air Canada to fly from Halifax to Beirut, via Montreal.

The British Columbia Civil Resolution Tribunal (the "CRT") is Canada's first online quasi-judicial tribunal.

Ontario entrepreneurs now have access to a dedicated, plain-language resource designed to help them better understand and resolve business disputes.

The Supreme Court of Canada recently ruled that, for income tax purposes, a trust (like a corporation) resides where its central control and management is located.

The Montreal Convention of 1999 ("MC99") establishes liability limits for commercial aircraft operators for damages in relation to the international carriage of passengers, baggage and cargo.