Husband could not benefit from provisions of Pension Benefits Act to protect his compensation arrangement from garnishment

Possession of cheque did not allow neighbour to bring action for its value

Wetsch v. Kuski (2017), 2017 SKCA 77, 2017 CarswellSask 483 (Sask. C.A.)

Choquette v. Viczko (2017), 2017 CarswellSask 350, 2017 SKQB 191 (Sask. Q.B.)

Motion judge held that to allow husband to accept clauses that financially benefitted him and require wife to litigate all other clauses would be blatantly unfair

S. (S.K.) v. B. (T.L.) (2017), 2017 CarswellBC 1245, 2017 BCPC 134 (B.C. Prov. Ct.)

Presumption of destruction with intention to revoke can be rebutted by evidence showing on balance of probabilities that testatrix did not destroy will or intend to revoke it

Chafe Estate v. Chafe (2017), 2017 CarswellNfld 285 (N.L. T.D.)

Father was aware that expenses were being incurred and was prepared to accept certain expenses but made no payment

Mohammadi v. Safari (2017), 2017 ONSC 4696, 2017 CarswellOnt 12389 (Ont. S.C.J.)

Testator changed his views in 2008 as he faced his own mortality and it was not unreasonable to accept that life-changing diagnosis may cause person to change plans, particularly considering that common law spouse was 11 years younger than testator

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