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“Even If I End Up on the Street”: Court Protects a 78-Year-Old Man’s Estate Without Touching His Love Life
He built a career in politics and in tax advising. He speaks fluently and calmly. And he is prepared to give everything to his partner, "even if he...
Buying Land You Can’t Build On: The Sale Is Cancelled, but Who Pays? Lessons on Error and Defective Consent
He had checked with the municipality. They said yes. Five days after signing at the notary's office, the same inspector told him he could never...
I Signed, But I Changed My Mind: What Is a Property Agreement Signed at Separation Worth?
Two months after the breakup, a wife signs an agreement giving her $70,000 in exchange for giving up all her rights in the division of the couple's...
Fake Facebook Profiles and a Smear Campaign: How a Court Unmasks a Pseudonym
"Using a pseudonym on social media is not in itself wrongful." That is how the judgment opens. What follows explains exactly when it becomes so. It...
Three Wrong Characters in a Postal Code: The Supreme Court Annuls a Federal Election
An Elections Canada worker gets the last three characters of a postal code wrong. One mail-in ballot comes back to sender. The election had been...
Quebec construction legal hypothec: registered too late, a $230,000 hypothec struck off and $8,000 to pay
A contractor claims about $230,000 for renovations, registers a legal hypothec on the house… and loses it because he acted too late. On top of that,...
Testamentary Trusts in Quebec: When the Trustee Must Let Go — Lessons from Corbin c. St-Pierre for Beneficiaries and Trustees
Testamentary trusts in Quebec: what they are for, how they work, what beneficiaries can demand, what trustees owe, and when a court can bring the...
Disability insurance: your insurer cut off your benefits? When refusing treatment is a symptom of the illness
A letter a few lines long, and the income that kept you afloat is gone. What can you do when your disability insurer decides you are no longer...
She Inherits $2M, a “Friend” Takes It: The Court of Appeal Clears the Notary
A man dies and leaves more than two million dollars to his companion of twenty years. At the funeral, a friend of the deceased offers to help her...
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