Peace of Mind: Step by Step Process of Planning Your...
The Estates & Trusts team at Cox & Palmer is here to help you prepare your will. These are important steps to take now for peace of mind later.
Using Henson Trusts to Plan for a Family Member with...
Using a trust to provide for a special needs family member provides a way of maintaining control of assets in the hands of responsible persons, for the benefit of a family member who is living with a disability.
Estate Planning Preparation – Checklist
“Everything to each other, and if we both go, to the kids”. Sound familiar? Estate planning is actually far more complicated than this. When preparing for your estate planning meeting with Cox & Palmer there are a number of things to consider. The checklist below will serve as a helpful tool. Estate Planning Preparation – […]
The Supreme Court of Newfoundland and Labrador to clarify probate...
In Newfoundland and Labrador, fees commonly referred to as “probate fees” are payable to the Crown by the estate of a deceased person “in return for a grant of letters of probate or administration” pursuant to the Services Charges Act1. The probate fee payable is calculated pursuant to subsection 4(3) of the Act, which was amended on […]
Two Remedies for Unpaid Subcontractors: Trusts and Liens
The Supreme Court of Canada released its decision in Stuart Olson Dominion Construction Ltd. v. Structal Heavy Steel, 2015 SCC 43, on September 18, 2015 and clarified the interaction between lien claims and statutory trusts upon the filing of a lien bond. The Court found that filing a lien bond to remove a lien from property does not satisfy a contractor’s trust obligations.