de VRIES LITIGATION LLP is pleased to announce that Justin de Vries, principal of the firm and founder of the All About Estates blog, has partnered with Susan Hyatt, Chair and CEO, Co-founder of Silver Sherpa Inc., to co-host SMART AGEING, SMART ESTATES, a podcast published through All About Estates. Estate planning and elder care
The lawyers and articling students at de VRIES LITIGATION write two articles each month. The articles are shared by email and on social media. In 2025, these were the top five articles from the de VRIES LITIGATION blog. Solicitor-Client Privilege and Beyond – de Vries Litigation: What happens when a client dies? What becomes of
It is not uncommon for individuals to name a family member or a good friend as the executor (referred to as “estate trustee” in Ontario) of their estate. However, acting as an executor is not always an easy or enviable task; in fact, many executors come to rue the day they ever agreed to act.
In Canada, MAID has now been legal since June 2016 when the Parliament of Canada passed federal legislation that allowed eligible Canadian adults to request medical assistance in dying. However, the issue is by no means settled and the courts have been frequently called upon to referee MAID’s implementation and application. By way of background,
I just finished watching Mrs. America, the recent TV series that chronicles the fight by women in the 1970s to enshrine the Equal Rights Amendment (ERA) in the US Constitution. First proposed in 1921, the ERA sought to mandate equality between men and woman. In 1972, Congress passed the ERA, but they could not obtain
