23 January 2020 TAGS: Company Updates

Notice to Creditors: Custom Template Feature

Last month at NoticeConnect we launched our Custom Template feature! This new feature allows users to customize and save their own Notice to Creditors template.

21 January 2020 TAGS: Estate Law

Practice Considerations: How to Avoid Solicitor Negligence

Negligence claims against estate practitioners have steadily increased. By following these simple best practice considerations avoid solicitor negligence.

16 January 2020 TAGS: Case Law

Case Brief: Disinheriting your only living heir

In Re Vaudrey, 2019 ONSC 7551, the Superior Court of Justice considered a case where a deceased individual's only living heir was expressly disinherited by the will.

7 January 2020 TAGS: Guest Post

Case Brief: Executor Sought and Denied Indemnity From Beneficiaries for Income Tax Liability of Estate

In this recent Alberta Court of Queen's Bench case, Much Estate, the executor was found to be personally responsible for paying a significant portion of the estate's tax liability.

12 December 2019 TAGS: Will Registry

Connecting the Canada Will Registry with Willful

The Canada Will Registry has partnered with Willful to make it easier for individuals to register their wills on the Canada Will Registry.

3 December 2019 TAGS: Guest Post

Case Comment: Slover v Rellinger 2019 ONSC 6497 on Testamentary Capacity & Undue Influence

In this lengthy (82 page) decision, Justice Sanfilippo addresses an estate dispute involving tense family relationships, complex estate planning documents, questions concerning testamentary capacity, undue influence, and the admissibility of a retrospective capacity assessment.

21 November 2019 TAGS: Case Law

Case Brief - A disinherited granddaughter challenges two wills

In Balanko v. Logan De Chavez*, 2019 ABQB 860, the Court of Queen's Bench of Alberta considered the case of a disinherited granddaughter who challenged two wills.

19 November 2019 TAGS: Discussion

Q&A with Kavina Nagrani, JD, TEP

We caught up with estate lawyer and longtime NoticeConnect advisor Kavina Nagrani this month.

18 November 2019 TAGS: Guest Post

From the Sidelines to the Spotlight: The Sager Estate

Craig Sager was a longtime sideline reporter for Major League Baseball and the National Basketball Association who passed away at the age of 65 after a two year battle with acute myeloid leukemia in 2016.

24 October 2019 TAGS: Case Law

Case Brief: Holding up the administration of an estate

In Maloney v. Maloney, 2019 ONSC 5632, the Superior Court considered a motion related to an estate administration held up by a notice of objection.

21 October 2019 TAGS: Wills

Register your own will on the Canada Will Registry

The Canada Will Registry isn't just for law firms and trust companies. Anyone can use it to register their will and ensure that this important document is found when it's needed.

15 October 2019 TAGS: Wills

Is your firm using a spreadsheet to keep track of its wills?

Many firms keep a list of their wills in a spreadsheet or a binder, but is this the best way to keep track of your wills? The Canada Will Registry comes with powerful features that make it easy to stay organized.

8 October 2019 TAGS: Company Updates

Extra Security with Two-Factor Authentication

By enabling two-factor authentication ("2FA"), you can add an extra layer of security to your NoticeConnect account.

22 September 2019 TAGS: Wills Registry

The Canada Will Registry is Open for Searches

We've opened up the Canada Will Registry for searches. Searching our database of 100,000 wills is effective due diligence to identify forgotten, missing, or competing wills.

22 September 2019 TAGS: Wills

Three Reasons to Search the Canada Will Registry

NoticeConnect's Canada Will Registry is open for searches. Searching our database of 100,000 wills is a vital step for estate administration. Here are three reasons why searching the Canada Will Registry should be part of your estate administration checklist.

20 September 2019 TAGS: Case Law

Case Brief - What happens when the co-owner of a house dies?

In Guz v Olszowka, 2019 ONSC 5308, Justice D.A. Broad considered motions related to a dispute over two properties inherited by two sisters.

17 September 2019 TAGS: Wills

Five Unusual Wills

Your will doesn't have to be boring. Here are five last wishes that are anything but ordinary.

22 August 2019 TAGS: Will Registry

An Interview about the Canada Will Registry

Do Process interviewed NoticeConnect's founder, Patrick Hartford, about the Canada Will Registry and the role of tech in the legal profession.

15 August 2019 TAGS: Case Law

Case Brief - Testamentary Capacity and Second Languages

In Silano v Silano, the Superior Court considered a will challenge involving an Italian-speaking testator who made a substantial change to his will shortly before his death.

8 August 2019 TAGS: Will Registry

A Will Registry for Alberta

NoticeConnect started in Ontario, but our Canada Will Registry is nation-wide. Law firms from Alberta have already started using it.

6 August 2019 TAGS: Wills

Five Reasons Why You Should Register Your Clients' Wills

NoticeConnect launched the Canada Will Registry, which allows law firms to register the wills and codicils in their vaults at no charge.

29 July 2019 TAGS: Estates

Five Elderly Fraud Scams to Watch Out For

There is sometimes a more sinister reason for people not passing down their wealth - it has been taken from them by scammers.

24 July 2019 TAGS: Company Updates

New Feature

We've added a new feature that makes it easy for firms to automatically take down their notices after the deadline for creditors has passed.

23 July 2019 TAGS: Case Law

Case Brief - Varying a Will

In Grewal v. Litt, the Supreme Court of British Columbia varied a will that divided a couple's estate unevenly between their sons and daughters.

22 July 2019 TAGS: Estates

Estate Plans of the Rich and Famous

Here are five billionaires with philanthropic estate plans.