Last month, reasons for judgement were released in the case Barrett v. Derksen Estate. The Claimant was in a marriage-like relationship with the Respondent for 17 years, and they lived in a house owned by the Respondent and his business partner. The Claimant moved out of the house in 2009, at the end of the […]
Last month, the Supreme Court of B.C. released reasons for judgement in the case known as Wachter v. Carlson. It was in essence a follow-up to the judgement that the Court arrived at in the case last year. The case is worth looking at because it touches so many important areas of law that affect many […]
From a legal perspective, relationships are varied and unpredictable. Some are governed by agreement; others are not. Some are marriage-based; others are not. Some (such as second marriages) are subsequent; others are not. Written agreements, intended to cover matrimonial relationships, are in my view complicated, partly because they can be hard to make for a […]