Negligence With David Hobbs Show Notes Episode 11: Hundreds of years ago, basis of suing was driven by contracts or government made law (statutes). In the last hundred years the law of negligence arose in response to limited scope of availability to sue for certain types of …
Hobbs Giroday Podcast Episode 10
Rules of Court Regarding Estate Matters. Do Estate Disputes Usually Go to Court or Settle? With David Hobbs and Ian Giroday. In this episode David explains some of the rules of the court specific to estate matters. Ian discuses a common question regarding whether estate disputes …
Hobbs Giroday Podcast Episode 9
An introduction to the Rules of the Supreme Court of British Columbia With David Hobbs Show Notes Episode 9: David will be referring to British Columbia Annual Practice throughout. Lawyers and judges refer to substantive law and procedural law. Rules are considered …
Hobbs Giroday Podcast Episode 8
Wills Variation Claims With David Hobbs and Ian Giroday. In this episode David and Ian will explain the basics of a Wills Variation claim and who can bring one forward. Show Notes Episode 8: David Hobbs explains a Wills Variation claim: Claim has to be brought within 6 months of …
Wills Variation in Canada
by Or Regev Wills variation, or dependent relief, legislation has been present in Canada for almost a century, but I often hear people questioning why we have such laws and whether they exist outside of British Columbia or Canada. These are understandable head-scratchers. At first blush, wills …