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If you are the successful party, you can generally expect to get an award for a portion of your legal costs. The starting principle is that the court aims to have the losing party make a ‘significant contribution’ to the winning party’s legal costs. . Getting the other side to actually pay you … Read more »

What you would be looking to do is a “title transferâ€�- whether it is the whole title or only a portion. Things you would need to think about before doing this: Changing Ownership Interest – If you add someone onto the title (which is the ownership) you are giving away a portion of your ownership … Read more »

Nova Scotia Supreme Court Decisions are Appealed to the Nova Scotia Court of AppealYou’ve just received your decision from the Nova Scotia Supreme Court and you’re convinced the judge got the ruling wrong. What are your options? The only opportunity to change the outcome is to appeal to the Nova … Read more »

When the judge renders their decision after a Supreme Court of Nova Scotia trial, generally for ever one party that is happy and convinced the judge got it right, there is another party that is upset and equally convinced the judge got it wrong. Appeals must be filed within 25 days (or less in some … Read more »

Two main reasons for Probate in Nova ScotiaPeople are often frustrated to discover that there are circumstances when, even if there is a valid Will, the estate still has to go through the Nova Scotia Probate Court process. If you take the word of the folks on the internet, the purpose of Probate is … Read more »