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Trusts & Trustees 2009 15(9):739-748; doi:10.1093/tandt/ttp095
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© The Author (2009). Published by Oxford University Press. All rights reserved.

Succession and forced Heirship

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This section compares law and practice of various jurisdictions in particular areas. We use the Q&A format familiar to readers of the World Trust Survey, but the In Focus section asks for more detailed answers than in the Survey. For 2009, the subject is succession, looking particularly at forced heirship rights, the division of community property and the recognition and enforcement of foreign judgements. In this issue, we deal with the onshore position in Canada and the offshore position in The Bahamas.

 

Onshore: Canada

Donovan Waters, QC* and Leela A. Hemmings{dagger}

Correspondence: *Donovan Waters, Q.C., F.R.S.C., Horne Coupar, 3rd Floor, Royal Trust Building, 612 View Street, Victoria BC, V8W 1J5, Canada. Tel: +1 (250) 388-6631; Fax: +1 (250) 388-5974; Email: dww@hc-law.com.

Correspondence: {dagger}Leela A. Hemmings, Stikeman Elliott LLP, Dauntsey House, 4B Frederick's Place, London, EC2R 8AB, England. Tel: +44 20 7367-0169; Fax: +44 20 7367-0160; Email: lhemmings@stikeman.com.

Canada is a federal state with ten provinces and three territories. Settled in the 17th century by immigrants from Normandy in France, who introduced into Quebec the coutume de Paris (the customary law then in force in Normandy); the province of Quebec is a civil code jurisdiction. The substantive private law of the province is contained in the Civil Code of Quebec, the second codification coming into . . . [Full Text of this Article]


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