Dying without a Will in means that you die "intestate" - which means you don't control how your estate is distributed; the government does.

Buying a home is complex - the best way to avoid the resulting worry, anxiety and stress is to find a good real estate lawyer: here's why:

The decision whether to incorporate really encompasses an investigation of a whole range of factors: assessing potential tax savings, liability protection, c...

Every Christmas my family draws names so each person just has to buy one gift for one person. We have a large extended family so it serves a couple of purpos...

We want to be the best real estate lawyers around - and we want to be a go-to resource for all your real estate legal needs. We're more than happy to take a ...

As your business grows larger and more diverse expertise is needed to migrate your way through complex world of business, you may start to look outside your ...

In 2005 Calgary boasted of having 99 head offices (of the FP500). That number was the result of the near constant promotion for over a decade of the 'Albert...

One of the main benefits of setting up a corporation is to limit the owner's exposure to personal liability. And a corporation does an admirable job of that...

Your Questions: So you've just purchased your first (or 10th) real estate property and you now have to find a lawyer to complete the deal. To complete the de...

Overview: This isn't a typical blog post . . . but we thought we should get this basic information out there for those of you who have had questions about h...

I know. The tyranny of the urgent is everyone’s nemesis. You can’t get the important things done when you’re trapped in the ‘urgency vortex’. I get it. So yo...

As a real estate lawyer in Edmonton, we are seeing a shift in policy and land development. Indeed, many cities in Canada, even in land-rich western prairie p...

The terms ‘high-tech’ and ‘lawyers’ are not often thought of together. After all, there are still lawyers that swear Word Perfect is the only word processing...

As a real estate lawyer (and corporate|commercial lawyer, we seem to deal with obstacles every day. • We get the bank to advance a loan by making sure fundin...

For those of you that play sports (or just watch movies about sports- so pretty much everyone reading this), you've probably seen a coach yell at his players...

As a real estate lawyer, I sometimes find that it's all about the details . . . You've probably heard the oft told story about the poor chap whose house caug...

There are lots of great ways to pursue your goals with respect to real estate related investing. And as pointed out in a recent blog, a Joint Venture is a gr...

If you invest in real estate and have talked to your real estate lawyer at any length, you've probably chatted about joint ventures. There are a lot of great...

Show me a guy with a clean office and I’ll show you a guy . . . . How would you fill in that blank?. What I've found over the years is that people are a bit ...

Seriously?! I still need a Real Property Report? In an earlier blog post, we described a bare land condo as a condo unit (or strata title) comprised of land,...

Who owns that window? Second from the right. Top floor. Careful. It's not as simple as you think. This blog and next we will address a couple of issues aris...

Unless you’re the co-founder of some cool tech start-up, if you get a bank loan, it usually means you will be granting the bank some sort of "security". Whil...

The man who says he is willing to meet you halfway is usually a poor judge of distance. ~Author Unknown. When more than one person wishes to own land, there ...

Doing business without any help, assistance, or collaboration is virtually impossible. There will inevitably be someone else involved in some part of the end...