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The formal requirements to make a valid Will in Ontario - Hull on Estates #142

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Locked="false" Priority="31" SemiHidden="false" UnhideWhenUsed="false" QFormat="true" Name="Subtle Reference" / u3:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="32" SemiHidden="false" UnhideWhenUsed="false" QFormat="true" Name="Intense Reference" / u3:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="33" SemiHidden="false" UnhideWhenUsed="false" QFormat="true" Name="Book Title" / u3:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="37" Name="Bibliography" / u3:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="39" QFormat="true" Name="TOC Heading" / /u3:LatentStyles /xml![endif]--This week on Hull and Estates, Christopher Graham and Bianca La Never review the formal requirements to make a valid Will in Ontario and the consequences of failing to adhere to the formal requirement. The relatively recent English decision of emEsterhuizen v. Allied Dubar Plc [1998] 2 FLR 668 /emis discussed. /p pFeel free to send us an email at hull.lawyers@gmail.com or leave us a comment on the Hull on Estates blog./pimg src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/TorontoEstateLawBlog/~4/490786399" height="1" width="1"/

Full post as published by Toronto Estate Law Blog on December 22, 2008 (boomark / email).

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