Whaley Estate Litigation

Updated ‘Capacity Checklist in Estate Planning Context’

Posted on May 9, 2012 by Whaley Estate Litigation

Kim has updated her Capacity Checklist in Estate Planning Context.

Click here to access the updated checklist.

Posted in Firm Documents

Event: B’Nai Brith – Public Policy: Tataryn Ontario, Summary Trial

Posted on May 1, 2012 by Whaley Estate Litigation

B’Nai Brith – Public Policy: Tataryn Ontario , Summary Trial
June 5, 2012
Kimberly A. Whaley, Speaker
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Posted in Events, Uncategorized

Globe and Mail: Government Fights Dhingra Insurance Payout

Posted on April 26, 2012 by Whaley Estate Litigation

Government moves to grab life-insurance cash from insane man who killed wife
By Colin Perkel & The Canadian Press
Published Wednesday, Apr. 25, 2012

Brief excerpt:

Ontario is moving to seize the cash paid out to a man who killed his wife and then collected $51,000 on her life insurance policy, the government said Wednesday.

In a ruling that drew fierce criticism, the Ontario Court of Appeal on Tuesday awarded the insurance money to the man on the grounds he was insane when he battered and stabbed his wife to death and therefore was not criminally responsible.

Click here to read the article on the Globe and Mail website

Posted in In the Media

Globe and Mail: Update on Rasouli Case

Posted on April 26, 2012 by Whaley Estate Litigation

Vegetative patient now able to give ‘thumbs up,’ fuelling debate over life support
By Lisa Priest
Globe and Mail, Published Tuesday, Apr. 24, 2012 10:37PM EDT

Click here to link to the article on the Globe and Mail website

Posted in In the Media

Deadbeat March 2012: Amy Cull Article on Bonding

Posted on March 16, 2012 by Whaley Estate Litigation

The March 2012 issue of Deadbeat, the Ontario Bar Association Trusts and Estates Law Section Newsletter includes an article by Amy Cull on bonding: Breaking the Bonds that Bind: The Need to Reform the Bonding Requirements in Ontario’s Estates Act.

Click to access the article.

Click to access the March 2012 Deadbeat newsletter.

Posted in Publications

Deadbeat March 2012: Ameena Sultan Case Comment on Miller v Miller

Posted on March 16, 2012 by Whaley Estate Litigation

The March 2012 issue of Deadbeat, the Ontario Bar Association Trusts and Estates Law Section Newsletter includes a case comment by Ameena Sultan: Miller v. Miller: Ad Hoc Fiduciary Duty

Click here to access the article.

Click here to access the March 2012 Deadbeat newsletter.

Posted in Publications