Marriage Contract Void Due to Drafting Error

In Stevens v. Stevens, a stay-at-home wife with significant inherited funds that were invested into the matrimonial home, intended that her husband would receive one-half the value of the matrimonial home in the event of marriage breakdown after receiving her inherited funds first.  Husband disclosed that he was having an affair with another woman to the wife.  This admission […]

Husband kills wife and benefits

A person should not be allowed to profit from his or her own crime.  This public policy rule has been in the common law for over a century; however, courts have usually dealt with individuals who either had or had not been convicted of committing the unlawful act.  In a very recent decision, the Ontario […]