Jeff Doyle awaits the fate of his efforts to have his 8 year old daughter, Soffi, returned to Canada from Mexico, despite having been awarded custody in Canadian Court. The Campbell River Mirror recently reported that a Mexican Appeal Court’s decision on the case is imminent (Dec 9, 2014). The…
B.C. Supreme Court Justice Bruce Greyell agreed with a Courtney Woman when she testified that signing a marriage agreement the night before her wedding was unfair. A retired RCMP officer with two ex-wives had his bestman, also a retired RCMP officer, pressure the woman into signing the agreement while she…
Christian law School looses approval Trinity Western University (TWU) announced Thursday (Dec 11, 2014) that B.C.s Advanced Education Ministry has revoked its approval for their proposed law school. “The current uncertainty over the status of the regulatory body approval means prospective graduates may not be able to be called to…
On December 9, 2014, Comox Valley R.C.M.P. warned the public to protect their P.I.N. numbers and their purses. The warning was issued after a string of robberies from Langford to Courtney B.C. Two middle aged women believed to be involved with the robberies were captured on a bank’s video camera….
What happens when you leave your Estate to be preserved for “historical purposes” and have no heirs? The answer is a mess. Now the issue of the Binning Estate has ended up in the BC Court of Appeal. Jessie Binning, widow to famed Canadian artist Bertram Binning, no doubt had…
Common Law relationships and intestate Estates. Nancy Chen proved to the Supreme Court of British Columbia that she was the common law spouse of Philip Richardson, and was awarded his estate on November 19, 2014. Ms. Chen’s status as a common-law spouse was disputed by the deceased man’s brother, Steve…