Publications
Enduring Powers of Attorney: Areas for Reform, Final Report
Western Canada Law Reform Agencies (WCLRA) consists of the British Columbia Law Institute, the Alberta Law Reform Institute, the Law Reform Commission of Saskatchewan and the Manitoba Law Reform Commission. In its first report, WCLRA recommends uniformity of certain key provisions in each western province’s statute governing enduring powers of attorney (EPAs). Apart from these proposed uniform provisions, it is intended that each province’s statute will remain unique. The areas in which WCLRA proposes uniformity […]
| AREA OF LAW | Wills and Succession |
| TAGS | appoint, planning, trusts, mental, epa, donor, attorney, capacity, enduring, estate, financial, power, trustee, witness |
| FORMAT | Publications |
| FILE | WCLRA-EPA-report.pdf |
June 16, 2008
Enduring Powers of Attorney: Areas for Reform, Consultation Paper
Western Canada Law Reform Agencies (WCLRA) consists of the British Columbia Law Institute, the Alberta Law Reform Institute, the Law Reform Commission of Saskatchewan and the Manitoba Law Reform Commission. In its first report, WCLRA recommends uniformity of certain key provisions in each western province’s statute governing enduring powers of attorney (EPAs). Apart from these proposed uniform provisions, it is intended that each province’s statute will remain unique. The areas in which WCLRA proposes uniformity […]
| AREA OF LAW | Wills and Succession |
| TAGS | appoint, planning, trusts, mental, epa, donor, attorney, capacity, enduring, estate, financial, power, trustee, witness |
| FORMAT | Publications |
| FILE | wclra-EPA-CP1.pdf |
August 10, 2004
Enduring Powers of Attorney: Safeguards Against Abuse, Final Report 88
The Powers of Attorney Act allows a donor of a power of attorney to provide either that the power of attorney will come into effect on the donor’s mental incapacity or infirmity or that the power of attorney will continue in force despite the donors supervening mental incapacity or infirmity. It classifies both springing and continuing powers of attorney as “enduring” powers of attorney (EPA). The great majority of attorneys exercise their control for the donor’s benefit, […]
| AREA OF LAW | Wills and Succession |
| TAGS | epa, donor, incapacity, safeguard, infirmity, attorney, control, enduring, powers, public, Rights, trustee |
| FORMAT | Publications |
| FILE | fr088.pdf |
February 1, 2003
Survivorship, Final Report 47
This report recommends a new rule to cover the case in which property is to go to B on A’s death and there is doubt which of them died first. The Alberta Survivorship Act currently provides that in cases of doubt the older of the two will be deemed to have died first. This report proposes a new rule that B, the beneficiary, would be deemed to have died first unless it can be proved that he […]
| AREA OF LAW | Wills and Succession |
| TAGS | survivorship, donee, disaster, Survivor, common, donor, beneficiary, estate, will |
| FORMAT | Publications |
| FILE | fr047.pdf |
August 1, 1986