Ball & ors v Ball & ors [2017] WTLR 891

Wills & Trusts Law Reports | Autumn 2017 #169

The Deceased was married to James Ball. They had had eleven children, including the three claimants and eight of the nine defendants. In or around 1991, the family split, when the three claimants reported their father to the police for sexually abusing them when they were younger. The Deceased felt that the complaints were exaggerated, and was annoyed that they had been made public. As a result, on 27 May 1992 the Deceased made a will excluding those three claimants from benefit, dividing her estate between her eight remaining children and one of her grandsons. The will was professional ...

Easingwood v Cockroft & ors 2013 BCCA 182

Wills & Trusts Law Reports | December 2016 #165

Reginald Easingwood (Reginald) was married to Kathleen Easingwood (Kathleen) from 1983. He had four children by his first wife, who had died in 1976. In April 2001, Reginald executed an enduring power of attorney in favour of his two children acting together. Three years later, in March 2004, Reginald made a will. Under that will, Kathleen was to have an entitlement to income in a fund of $525,000 (plus adjustment for each year), which upon her death would be divided between his children, his step children, and his grandchildren. He also gave his wife a life interest in the matrimonial h...

Rondel v Robinson Estate & ors [2011] ONCA 493 (CanLII)

Wills & Trusts Law Reports | July/August 2012 #121

Blanca Robinson, the testator (T), owned property in Spain, England and Canada. She executed a will in 2002 intended to deal only with her European property (the 2002 Spanish will). By this she granted a life interest in her London flat to Dr Richard Rondel, the Appellant (A), with whom she had a long relationship and made it clear she had made another will dealing with her property outside Europe. In 2005, T sent her lawyer drafting instructions regarding a Canadian will (the 2005 Canadian will). The instructions related to the ‘entire residue of [her] estate’. Her lawyer, M...