Executors and Trustees – Carmen S. Thériault
Release #9 – October 2024

What’s New?

Amendments and updates to the commentary in Chapter 1 (Funeral); Chapter 2 (Assets); Chapter 5 (Bequests and Beneficiaries); Chapter 10 (Breach of Trust and Its Consequences); Chapter 11 (Executor’s Compensation); Chapter 12 (Application to the Court for Advice to the Court); Chapter 15 (Resignation, Removal and Appointment of Trustees); Chapter 17 (Dependants’ Relief Claims and Spousal Property on Death; and Words and Phrases.

Remedies in Tort – Lewis N. Klar et al.
Release #10 – October 2024

What’s New?

Rewritten Chapter 18: Professional Negligence in its entirety. The previous version of chapter 18 may be discarded and replaced with the new version of the chapter. This chapter will be revised in 2 parts with the second update coming later this year.

Injunctions and Specific Performance – Robert J. Sharpe
Release #1 – November 2024

What’s New?

The provision in Ontario’s anti-SLAPP regime, Courts of Justice Act, s. 137.1(5) precludih a party from bringing any steps after an anti-SLAPP motion has been made, does not oust the court’s inherent jurisdiction to issue an interlocutory injunction: 40 Days for Life v. Dietrich, 2023 ONSC 5879 (Ont. Div. Ct.).

Lawyers & Ethics: Professional Responsibility and Discipline –Gavin MacKenzie
Release #4 – November 2024

What’s New?

Update to Issue in Focus, Words and Phrases and Selected Legal Literature.

The Law of Costs – Mark M. Orkin and Robert G. Shipper
Release #6 – October 2024

What’s New?

Updates to Chapter 3. Solicitor-and-Client Costs; Chapter 4. Costs of Motions; Chapter 5. Security for Costs; Chapter 8. Appeals; and Chapter 11. Cost in the Federal Court.

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