Doug is the Co-Chair of the Estates Group at Cambridge LLP, and oversees our busy estate litigation practice. Doug has been certified by the Law Society of Ontario as a Specialist in Civil Litigation since 2010. The Law Society
has conferred its two highest honours on Doug, the Law Society Medal and the honorary degree of Doctor of Laws. Among his numerous Supreme Court of Canada appearances, Doug argued two landmark Charter cases dealing with the concepts of common law relationships and marriage: Â M. v H. and Reference Re: Same Sex Marriage.
Tim is a bright young star in the litigation group. After graduating from the University of Ottawa, Tim joined Cambridge LLP as a law student. His exceptional skills as a young lawyer made him a great fit in the firm’s estate
litigation group.
• As a trust beneficiary what information am I entitled to know?
• My dad named me as his power of attorney over his financial decisions. When do I take over and what should be my first steps? • My rich uncle went to Las Vegas and married an Argentinian woman. Turns out she didn’t like the cold and moved back home. Is she entitled to share in his estate? • My brother is not sharing any information with me and my sister. He is a control freak who I believe is paying himself handsomely to act as my father’s power of attorney. What can I do? • I love my daughter, but her live-in partner is a good-for-nothing unemployable freeloader! What can I do to protect her inheritance? • My mother lives with my sister, and my sister and I don’t speak. My sister is now refusing to let me see my mother. Can she do this? • My mother didn’t have much, so why is the bank telling me I need to probate her Will? • I don’t trust my sister, so what should I do to protect myself from being sued as my mom’s power of attorney for financial decisions? • Mom is just a little forgetful and she can still sign her name, so why is too late for her to make a Will? • My son and his husband recently became parents. I want to be sure that if my son predeceased me, his daughter will inherit his share in my estate as “my grandchild”. Do I need to amend my Will? • My best friend died suddenly and I just found out from her girlfriend that I’m her executor. What are the first things I need to do? • My mom and step-dad made identical Wills that said when they are both gone the four children share equally. Can my step-father change his Will and give more to his children?
