Justin will co-chair the upcoming January 15, 2018 program, “Estate Accounting 2018”. Diane will be presenting on digital assets in a passing of accounts application. The program will discuss various estate accounting issues and questions. To sign up for the program or for more information, please click here.

de VRIES LITIGATION LLP congratulates Diane Vieira for receiving the Osgoode Certificate in Elder Law from Osgoode Hall Law School. Diane is looking forward to continuing to advocate elder law issues.

In the October 23, 2017 issue of Law Times, Justin de Vries and Rebecca Studin discussed the recent decision in Seepa v. Seepa and the minimal evidentiary standard required to obtain an order for directions in a will challenge. Read the full article here.

On October 23, 2017, Jacob Kaufman was quoted in the Law Times article, “Indian Act ‘paternalistic’ on will-making”. Jacob discusses estate issues impacting Indigenous Canadians subject to the Indian Act. To read the full article, click here.  

Justin will be speaking at the two day 20th Annual Estates & Trusts Summit, to be held in Toronto on October 16-17, 2017. On Day One of the Summit, Justin will be the moderator on the topic, “How to Win an Undue Influence Case”. On Day Two of the summit,…

Justin will be chairing the Advocates’ Society program, Will Challenge Advocacy for Estate Litigators, on September 28, 2017. The program will discuss how to prepare for and execute effective examinations of drafting solicitors and treating physicians. You can join the program in person or by live webcast. To sign up…

We are happy to announce that Rebecca Studin has joined our team at de VRIES LITIGATION LLP. Rebecca was called to the bar in 2009 and practiced estates and commercial litigation at a full-service international law firm in Toronto prior to joining our team. She is a well-respected estates and…

Justin has been invited to speak to the Scotia Wealth Management in Burlington on September 22, 2017. He will be presenting on the topic “Top Ten Reasons Estates End Up in Court”.

de VRIES LITIGATION LLP is pleased to announce that Justin de Vries has been recognized in the 2018 edition of The Best Lawyers in Canada  in the area of Trusts and Estates. Congratulations Justin!