The Construction of Charitable Gifts
The purpose of this article is to compare the construction by the court in Re Faraker 1 of a testamentary gift to a charitable body
The purpose of this article is to compare the construction by the court in Re Faraker 1 of a testamentary gift to a charitable body
When an institution is given property upon terms which it regards as objectionable an obvious solution is to disclaim the gift. This course of high
Ce bref article entend considerer l’application et les efiets en droit quebecois des dispositions testamentaires etablissant des legataires seulement fiduciaires ou simples ministres pour des
Excerpts from a paper presented August 28, 1973 at the Taxation/Wills and Trust Section of the 55th Annual Meeting of the Canadian Bar Association. The
A problem which is illustrated by two recent cases arises where a testator makes a gift to a charity which does not exist. The error
The publication of a spring issue of this little magazine reflects the continuing growth of public interest in Canadian philanthropy. We include the further papers
The fiscal policy of the Canadian government has, since the inception of modern tax, encouraged charitable endeavours by providing for a deduction to persons who
The ownership of funds raised by public appeal for charitable purposes which fail trouble Canadian courts only occasionally. This may reflect the scarcity of