Vancouver Surrey Unfair Wills Lawyers help people obtain justice. Our skilled Vancouver Surrey Unfair Wills Lawyers know losing a loved one is bad enough but being left out of the estate just compounds stress and hurt. Our experienced Vancouver Surrey Unfair Wills Lawyers handle medium to high net worth Vancouver, Surrey and BC estate litigation disputes where claims […]
Vancouver Wills Variation Lawyers
Vancouver Wills Variation Lawyers help Vancouver clients who have not received their fair share from the deceased’s Will maker recover a fair and just award. MacLean Law, founded by Lorne N. MacLean, QC, is a multiple award winner of best family law firm in Vancouver from prestigious Top Choice Awards. Our experienced Vancouver Wills Variation […]
Joint Bank Account Dispute Lawyers
BC Joint Bank Account Dispute Lawyers handle family law disputes and estate litigation disputes involving joint bank accounts. Concerned about your rights? Our Joint Bank Account Dispute Lawyers can explain the rights and obligations to funds held in a joint account. Call MacLean Law today – we can explain how the recent groundbreaking Court of […]
Vancouver Defective Will Lawyers 604-602-9000
Vancouver defective will lawyers at top-rated* MacLean Estate Litigation advise you not to overlook any document left by the deceased that expresses his/her testamentary intentions even though it is not witnessed or even signed. Vancouver defective will lawyers know that new rules, under section 58 of the new Wills, Estates and Succession Act (WESA for […]
Vancouver Testamentary Capacity Suspicious Circumstances
What happens when someone changes their will twice just before death while suffering from a fast progressing fatal illness? Testamentary capacity can be impaired at this time and there can be a danger of undue influence over the fast declining will maker raising concerns over BC testamentary capacity suspicious circumstances. Our experienced BC testamentary capacity […]
Vancouver Unfair Will Lawyers
The MacLean Estate Litigation team of Vancouver unfair Will lawyers assists clients across British Columbia in making claims against an estate when inadequate provision for a spouse or children of a deceased Will maker is alleged. Contact our Vancouver unfair Will lawyers toll-free at 1-877-602-9900 to meet with us at any of our 4 locations. […]
BC Unfair Wills Joint Tenancy
The estate litigation and BC Unfair Wills Joint Tenancy lawyers at MacLean Law regularly update British Columbians on key developments in unfair BC Wills and estate dispute cases. A recent BC decision provides a tidy summary of the law on BC Unfair Wills Joint Tenancy issues. We warn you that this case was decided under the old […]
Elder Law Undue Influence
The BC Court of Appeal decision in Lorintt v. Boda upheld a lower court decision that held the presumption of resulting trust had been rebutted, and that the relationship between the donor father, and the donee son, did not give rise to the potential of undue influence. In resulting trust cases the principle that there […]
Mental Capacity Will Disputes
Our Vancouver Wills Dispute Lawyers handle unfair wills and wills variation disputes, testamentary capacity issues, constructive trust claims, proprietary estoppel claims and undue influence claims. The recent case of Bull Estate v Bull dealt with the test for testamentary capacity and reviewed the law of “suspicious circumstances” in a case between the executors and a disappointed beneficiary. […]
WESA and Defective Wills
The BC Supreme Court has just released a key case on the new WESA rules allowing the courts to correct defects in a Will or document that expresses testamentary intention in Estate of Young. Our Vancouver WESA Wills Dispute Lawyers hope people who want their property to be divided properly on their death will pay the […]
