Wills and Estates
Wellness & Mental Health Supports for Alberta’s Legal Profession
In recent years, mental health awareness has moved to the forefront of discourse in the legal community. This is due in part to recent reports revealing the rise of mental ...
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New Trustee Act
The revamped Trustee Act will come into force on February 1, 2023. Lawyers practicing in wills and estates will need to understand the impacts of the new legislation and how it will ...
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Now Free of Charge | Notarizing and Commissioning Documents
LESA is excited to offer our on-demand program, “Notarizing and Commissioning Documents,” free of charge to support Alberta’s emerging legal professionals. Even the most routine law office tasks can lead ...
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Indigenous Leaders in the Alberta Legal Community Series | Justice Cheryl Arcand-Kootenay
This week, as part of our series highlighting the achievements of Indigenous members of the Alberta legal community, we would like to spotlight Justice Cheryl Arcand-Kootenay. Justice Cheryl Arcand-Kootenay is ...
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New Benefit for LESA Library Subscribers: 50% Off On-Demand Programs
We are happy to announce a new benefit for subscribers of the LESA Library. Whether you subscribe to one, two, or all six core areas of law, we are pleased ...
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Alberta Revises the Title of its Superior Trial Court
With the passing of the late Queen Elizabeth II, we wish to express our deepest condolences to the Royal Family. Her Majesty dedicated over 70 years of her life to ...
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LESA Has Your Back: Surrogate Rules Amendments
On June 15, 2022, amendments made to Alberta’s Surrogate Rules, Alta Reg 130/1995, came into effect across the province. The key amendments replace the former Noncontentious (NC) forms with the ...
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What to Expect in Alberta Courts: Current COVID Landscape
In March of 2020, the full force of the global pandemic resulted in restricted access to all Canadian courthouses. With the shift to working remotely, lawyers began communicating with clients ...
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LESA Refresher 2022 Papers Now Available
Papers are now available from LESA’s Refresher 2022: Wills and Estates. This past spring we hosted our annual LESA Refresher in the mountains. With a focus on wills and estates, ...
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Let’s Agree to Disagree: Differing Canadian Perspectives on the Presumption of Resulting Trust and Beneficiary Designations | Paper Summary
It can be very difficult to challenge beneficiary designations. Until recently, the law in Alberta on this issue was unsettled, and jurisprudence in other provinces remains divided. Michael Klaray and ...
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