In Slightham et al. v. AGC, 2023 ONSC 6193 (which I also discuss here), the Court granted rectification of two trust deeds where the applicants were able to prove that the deeds did not accurately reflect the intentions of the…
Rectification success
In Slightham et al. v. AGC, 2023 ONSC 6193, the Court granted rectification of a trust deed that inadvertently prohibited the allocation of income derived from Opco to Holdco, which was a beneficiary of the trust. The parties had intended…
Collins Family Trust
Here’s the final word from the Supreme Court on rectification and rescission. Shorter SCC: Don’t send us tax-related cases; we don’t like them. Canada (Attorney General) v Collins Family Trust, 2022 SCC 26 On appeal from the BCCA, were the…
Rescission lives
In Collins Family Trust v. Canada (Attorney General), 2020 BCCA 196, aff’g 2019 BCSC 1030, the Court affirmed Re Pallen Trust, 2015 BCCA 222, and held that, even Fairmont, 2016 SCC 56, and Jean Coutu (PJC), 2016 SCC 55, rescission…
Rectification revival
The BC courts continue to do their part to revive rectification as an important tool for fixing tax mistakes (or, more properly, delineate better the circumstances in which the tool can be used). See 5551928 Manitoba Ltd. (Re), 2018 BCSC…
Rectification Granted Post Fairmont
In Crean v Canada (Attorney General), 2019 BCSC 146, two brothers entered into an agreement they drafted that provided for one brother to sell his one-half of Opco’s shares to the other brother (the owner of the remaining one-half). The…
SCC and rectification
Robert Kreklewetz and John Bassindale, “SCC on Rectification Requirements” , Canadian Tax Highlights 25:1 (January 2017) comments on Fairmont Hotels (2016 SCC 56) and Jean Coutu Group (2016 SCC 55) and includes the following statement: Interestingly, Wagner J took the…
Variation not retroactive
One of the beneficiaries of a 1995 trust, the settlor’s daughter-in-law, died unexpectedly in 2009. The settlor’s son was also a beneficiary of the trust but only for capital. He purported to begin taking income in 2009 anyway. The settlor…