June 15 is World Elder Abuse Awareness Day - a day when communities all over the globe acknowledge abuse against older adults. It is an unfortunate reality that elder abuse occurs all too often, all over the world. Elder abuse is a vastly more pervasive issue than...
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New Normal: Part 3D – Estate Litigation Filing Affidavits of Service or Delivery
Estate Litigation & COVID-19: COVID-19 Notice No. 24 was issued by Chief Justice Hinkson on May 26, 2020, which declared that parties not appearing Court in-person as a result of safety measures taken in light of COVID-19 must file their affidavits of service or...
New Normal: Part 3 Estate Litigation – Procedural Modifications to Chambers Applications
As we referenced in our blog post earlier this week, Chief Justice Hinkson made directions with regard to how the Supreme Court of British Columbia will be resuming some regular operations. COVID-19 Notice No. 28 was issued on June 5, 2020, and it clarifies how...
New Normal: Part 3 Estate Litigation – Essential and Urgent Civil Matters
On June 3, the Honourable Chief Justice Christopher E. Hinkson made directions regarding the resumption of further court operations, subsequent to the suspension of regular operations on March 19, 2020. In COVID-19 Notice No. 25, Chief Justice Hinkson outlines...
New Normal – Part 3 – Estate & Elder Law Litigation – Affidavits
We started our "New Normal" blog series last month, which explores how the practice of law has changed here in British Columbia in light of COVID-19. So far, we've posted on matters relating to general practice and estate planning. This week, we are exploring a number...
New Normal – Part 2 Cont. Important Considerations when Remote Witnessing
In last week's blog posts, we discussed Ministerial Orders No. M161 and No. M162, which make it possible for estate law practitioners to remotely witness Wills, Powers of Attorney, and Representation Agreements. This is an important development made due to the...
New Normal: Part 2 Estate Planning Continued
When Remote Witnessing is Not an Option In our last "New Normal" blog post, we discussed how remote witnessing of wills, powers of attorney, and representation agreements is possible in light of Ministerial Orders No. M161 and No. M162, made May 19, 2020. While many...
New Normal: Part 2 Estate Planning & COVID19
"New Normal" - Remote Witnessing for Wills and Powers of Attorney We are jumping ahead a couple of topics in our blog series "New Normal" given a recent Ministerial Order. Over the last couple of months, estate planning practitioners have been grappling with how to...
New Normal: Part 1 General Practice & COVID19
Updated: May 5, 2020 In Part 1 of our "New Normal" series, we have condensed and consolidated information and resources that have become necessary to the general practice of law in light of COVID-19. We've broken Part 1 down into the following sections: a. Client...