Oosterhoff on Wills 9th Edition

Authored by a team of distinguished academics, Oosterhoff on Wills provides a complete primer on all aspects of the law, incorporating text and commentary with concisely edited case extracts to elucidate and explore every aspect and phase of wills law. It can readily be used for better understanding of the basic concepts of wills and estates and as authority for legal principle.

New to this edition:

• Discussion of the impact of Bill 245 Accelerating Access to Justice Act 2021
• Chapter 3 — A new section on Posthumous Conceptions in British Columbia and Ontario
• Chapter 4 — A new section on Anticipatory Breach of Contract to make a will
• Chapters 6 and 7 have largely been rewritten
• Chapter 9 — A new section on Formalities While Parties Are in Each Other’s Electronic Presence. As well, the new British Columbia legislation recognizing electronic wills has been added
• Chapter 11 — New notes and questions about people who disappear but who are eventually found, as well as about people who are presumed alive but later are proved to have been dead
• Chapter 13 — New sections on Joint Tenancies or Tenancies in Common, and on Disinheriting a Person
• Chapter 14 — New sections on Payment of Interest on Testamentary Gifts, and Abatement and General Powers of Appointment
• Chapter 18 — A new section on Guiding Principles for public policy interventions for striking out conditions
• Chapter 19 — New sections on the Application of the Rule in Commercial Contexts, and Abolition of the Rules Against Perpetuities
• Chapter 21 — New case law added to sections on Property and Excluded Property