Field Law has specialized expertise to assist in resolving contentious matters relating to wills, trusts and the administration of estates. We are able to provide effective guidance and skilled counsel to negotiate, mediate, arbitrate or litigate these matters.

We act for executors, administrators, personal representatives, trustees, heirs and beneficiaries, including charitable beneficiaries and persons who feel they have been wrongfully excluded from a share of an estate. We both prosecute and defend claims and seek court direction as best serves the needs of our clients.

Field Law has in-depth experience in matters such as the following:

• The validity of a will or trust where concerns arise about the maker's mental capacity, undue influence or knowledge or approval of the document
• The transfer of property through joint tenancy or outright transfer during a person's lifetime that may not have been intended as a true gift
• An unjust enrichment or compensation claim for benefits relating to benefits one person has provided to another
• Providing advice relating to a power of attorney appointment or a court appointment of a legal representative for an incapable adult to assist with the person's financial and legal affairs or personal care decisions
• Assisting families where there are vulnerable elderly members who require financial protection and act to recover assets for persons who have suffered a loss because of financial abuse or improvident transfers of assets
• Advising family members and dependants of a deceased who seek to vary a will under legislation that allows for the court to give a greater share of the estate to them than they have been given under the will
• Bringing proceedings to recover losses resulting from a breach of trust or breach of fiduciary duty where a person is in a position of trust or serves as a fiduciary to another

Field Law also has expertise in matters related to endowment funds and charitable purpose trusts, specifically addressing the use of such vehicles and their variation where required.