ICBA Seminar: Employee Ownership Trusts – What You Need to Know
Join Clark Wilson lawyers St.John McCloskey, LL.M. and David Ford, FEA, CEPA, on Wednesday, September 25th, as they speak at ICBA’s seminar on Employee Ownership ... Continued
Alison Colpitts Appointed to CBABC’s Court Services Committee
Please join us in congratulating Business Litigation, Estates & Trusts and Family Law associate Alison Colpitts on her appointment to the Canadian Bar Association of British ... Continued
Can Employers Request a Sick Note from an Employee?
On May 29, 2025, the British Columbia legislature passed Bill 11, amending the Employment Standards Act. It prohibits most BC employers from requiring medical notes ... Continued
KEY UPDATES TO THE 2025 CCDC 5A, 5B & 17
By Scott Lamb and Kim Do For the first time since 2010, the Canadian Construction Documents Committee (CCDC) updated its construction management contracts: CCDC 5A ... Continued
Clark Wilson Welcomes New Private Company Mergers & Acquisitions Associate Ben Schultz
We are pleased to welcome Ben Schultz to our esteemed Private Company Mergers & Acquisitions group. Ben guides private companies through share and asset purchases, ... Continued
Clark Wilson Lawyers Publish Second Edition of Authoritative Estate Litigation Text
Clark Wilson is proud to announce the publication of the Second Edition of British Columbia Estate Litigation, authored by Mark Weintraub, K.C. and Amy Mortimore, ... Continued
Federal Court Issues Guidelines for Leave Evidence in Appeals from the Trademarks Opposition Board
By David Bowden The Federal Court has issued an update to its Case and Trial Management Guidelines for Complex Proceedings, Proceedings under the PM(NOC) Regulations, ... Continued
Shah Revisits Damgaard: Wills Variation Can Be Used to Create a Henson Trust
By Geoffrey White, K.C., TEP and Braeden J. Rahn, TEP In a recent unreported decision (KEL-S-S-142912), the Supreme Court of British Columbia ordered that a ... Continued
A Trustee’s Obligation to Produce Trust Files: A Review of (Re) Yurkiw Estate
In a recent decision, (Re) Yurkiw Estate, 2025 BCSC 1026, the BC Supreme Court clarified a trustee’s obligation to produce trust files, and specifically, this ... Continued
Speak Now to Be Heard Later: How Advance Directives Protect Health Care Wishes During Incapacity
By Tatum Sabourin and Zachary Murphy-Rogers Advance planning is becoming an increasingly important priority for Canadians, especially in the context of estate and trust planning. ... Continued
Welcoming our Director of Strategic Partnerships, Aly Karmali
A very warm welcome to Aly Karmali, our new Director of Strategic Partnerships. Aly brings to Clark Wilson LLP over 30 years of experience in ... Continued
Playing Defence: NHL and NBA Athletes Battle CRA over Taxation of Signing Bonuses
By Tatum Sabourin The Canada Revenue Agency (CRA) is setting its sights on the multi-million-dollar contracts of professional athletes playing for Canadian sports teams, scrutinizing ... Continued