Tag: Trustee

Show me the Money! A Beneficiary’s Guide to a Passing of Accounts

Are you concerned about how an estate trustee is managing the estate or trust of a loved one? You may be able to compel an accounting detailing the administration of that estate or trust by making an application to the...

By Merovitz Potechin on Tuesday December 1, 2020.

Are Licensed Insolvency Trustees Liable for Complying with Environmental Cleanup Orders?

The recent decision of the Supreme Court of Canada in Orphan Well Association v. Grant Thornton Ltd., 2019 SCC 5 clarified the extent of a licensed insolvency trustee's obligation when it comes to environmental cleanup obligations at least in the...

By Merovitz Potechin on Thursday March 21, 2019.

Estate Trustee Involvement

Thinking about death and dying is distressing and unpleasant for many people.  As such, it is not uncommon for individuals to delay or to refuse to make decisions about what will happen when they die.  Unfortunately, absent major advances in...

By Timothy J. Grieve of Merovitz Potechin LLP on Wednesday October 5, 2016.

Passing of Accounts: Request for Further Notice

In my last blog, Passing of Accounts: New Rules, I listed a number of changes to the Rules of Civil Procedure, affecting Applications to Pass Accounts. In this blog I would like to focus on one of these changes: the...

By Yasmin M. Vinograd of Merovitz Potechin LLP on Thursday January 28, 2016.

Passing of Accounts: New Rules

On January 1, 2016, a number of changes to the Rules of Civil Procedure came into force. Some of these changes affect the process of bringing and responding to an Application to Pass Accounts under Rule 74. 18. The changes...

By Yasmin M. Vinograd of Merovitz Potechin LLP on Thursday January 21, 2016.