Charitable Organisation Decision Tree

If your non-profit or voluntary organisation is trying to decide if they should proceed with registration as a registered charity, the Decision Tree, funded by Canada Revenue Agency and produced by the Legal Information Society of Nova Scotia,…

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British Columbia’s New Wills and Estate Law (WESA)

The Wills, Estates and Succession Act (British Columbia) ("WESA") shall come into force on March 31, 2014. In that regard, there are many new provisions which move well beyond the scope of the earlier legislation and law in…

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Your Shed is on My Property

What can you do if your neighbours buildings extend onto your land? This is called encroachment and is the situation that two families in Abbotsford found themselves in.  The Gueldner’s purchased their rural estate property in 2002 with…

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The Evolution of Non-Disclosure Agreements

The multi-jurisdictional protection of intellectual property, related trade secrets, know-how and business methodology is moving away from the "standard issue" Non-Disclosure Agreements (the "NDA"), toward a more comprehensive and multi-layered Non-Disclosure, Non-Use, Non-Competition and Non-Circumvention Agreement (the "NDUCCA").

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Who is the Issue?

A recent decision from the British Columbia Supreme Court, Barnes Estate v. Barnes, contemplates the issue of DNA evidence when determining who inherits under a will.  This case concerns the distribution of the estate of Maymie Barnes who…

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