2016 saw the release of numerous interesting and important estates and trusts decisions. Justin de Vries and Joanna Lindenberg have summarized the top cases from the year and explained their impact on estates and trusts law. Starting with a discussion of the Court of Appeal decision in Spence v. BMO Trust Company, this paper also touches on recent advances in the law of bare trusts, will challenges, capacity law and the use of summary judgment motions in the estates context. Read the full paper here.
