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Geffen v. Goodman Estate

• 1991 CanLII 69 (SCC)
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The above case is referenced within:

1. Annotated Estates Practice (Current to: January 01 2024)
   • Chapter 49. Trustee Act—Annotated
     • XCIV. Setting remuneration of trustees and guardians [§49.94]
2. Civil Appeal Handbook (Current to: January 01 2023)
   • Chapter 2. Standards of Review
     • VII. Standard of Review Analysis: Specific Cases [§2.7]
       • X. Trial Proceedings [§2.62]
         • 5. Assessment of Evidence [§2.67]
3. Discovery Practice in British Columbia (Current to: January 15 2024)
   • Chapter 4. Privilege in the Discovery Process
     • II. Categories of Privilege [§4.2]
       • A. Class or Blanket Privilege [§4.3]
         • 1. Legal Advice Privilege [§4.4]
         • 4. Privilege over Settlement Negotiations and Settlement Agreements [§4.9]
           • a. Settlement Negotiations Privileged [§4.10]
4. Estate Disputes in British Columbia: A Litigator’s Guide (Current to: January 15 2024)
   • Chapter 6. Proceeding with Estate Litigation
     • II. Initiating Estate Litigation Proceedings [§6.15]
       • B. Forms of Proceedings in Estate Litigation [§6.22]
         • 3. Drafting Effective Estate Litigation Pleadings [§6.27]
     • IV. Evidence in Estate Litigation Proceedings [§6.42]
       • B. Privilege in Estate Litigation [§6.48]
     • V. Costs in Estate Litigation Proceedings [§6.51]
       • B. Administration Versus Adversarial Disputes [§6.53]
   • Chapter 7. Validity of Wills Disputes
     • II. Challenging the Validity of a Will [§7.3]
       • B. The Burden of Proof in Challenges to the Validity of a Will [§7.13]
         • 2. Testamentary Capacity [§7.19]
           • h. The Solicitor’s Evidence [§7.29]
         • 4. Undue Influence in Challenges to Validity of Wills [§7.35]
           • a. Presumption of Undue Influence under the WESA [§7.36]
           • c. Triggering the Presumption of Undue Influence [§7.38]
           • d. Rebutting the Presumption of Undue Influence [§7.39]
           • e. Situations Where the Presumption of Undue Influence Does Not Apply [§7.40]
   • Chapter 10. Wills Variation Claims
     • V. Evidentiary Issues in a Wills Variation Proceeding [§10.23]
       • D. Lawyer’s Will File in a Wills Variation Proceeding [§10.27]
   • Chapter 12. Disputes and Proceedings Related to Inter Vivos Trusts
     • II. Challenges to Inter Vivos Trusts [§12.2]
       • D. Incapacity and Undue Influence [§12.11]
         • 3. Undue Influence [§12.14]
   • Chapter 13. Disputes and Proceedings Related to Inter Vivos Transfers
     • II. Disputing the Validity of Inter Vivos Transfers [§13.2]
       • C. Undue Influence [§13.11]
   • Chapter 14. Life Insurance, Registered Account, and Benefit Plan Beneficiary Designation Disputes
     • III. Types of Disputes Regarding Life Insurance and Benefit Plan Beneficiary Designations [§14.19]
       • F. Undue Influence when Designating Beneficiaries [§14.27]
5. Family Law Agreements: Annotated Precedents (Current to: November 15 2023)
   • Chapter 2. When Courts Will Vary or Set Aside a Family Law Agreement
     • IV. Procedural Fairness in the Formation of Family Law Agreements [§2.16]
       • C. Undue Influence [§2.19]
6. Family Law Sourcebook for British Columbia (Current to: October 15 2023)
   • Chapter 7. Family Law Agreements
     • IV. Setting Aside Agreement for Property and Debt Division [§7.9]
       • A. Defect in the Process of Making a Family Law Agreement [§7.10]
         • 4. Common Law Factors Rendering an Agreement Voidable [§7.14]
           • e. Undue Influence [§7.19]
7. Introducing Evidence at Trial: A British Columbia Handbook (Current to: September 01 2020)
   • Chapter 16. Privilege as an Evidentiary Rule
     • II. Is (or Was) the Evidence Privileged? [§16.2]
       • A. Privilege Involving Lawyers and Litigation [§16.3]
         • 1. Confidential Communications between Solicitor and Client: Solicitor-client Privilege [§16.4]