Canada: Scammers Targeting Seniors Face Justice!**
Gold’s Legal Minute*GLM* By Allan Gold, lawyer Montreal and elder law attorney Vol. 16, #10 – November 30, 2025 By Allan Gold, lawyer Montreal and elder law attorney PREAMBLE ‘Allegations must be proven in court.’ Indeed, “Sir William Garrow coined the phrase “presumed innocent until proven guilty”, insisting that defendants’ accusers and their evidence be […]
Canada: Big News About Wills – Changes in Legislation, Crucial Lessons From Recent Court Decisions **
Gold’s Legal Minute*GLM* By Allan Gold, lawyer Montreal and elder law attorney Vol. 16, #9 – October 31, 2025 OPENING A ‘Last Will and Testament’ (also known as “will”) can serve its purpose well. Indeed, if provisions are written in a clear and concise way, expressing what needs to be said without unnecessary words, it’s […]
Exploitation of an Elderly Person (Chapter 2)– The 1-2-3 of Bringing Abusers to Justice!**
Gold’s Legal Minute*GLM* By Allan Gold, lawyer Montreal and elder law attorney Vol. 16, #7 – July 31, 2025 OPENING Elder Financial Abuse – take two! A few months ago, I wrote an article on the subject of elder abuse. It was a case comment. I examined a judgment rendered on topic. I explained the […]
Exploitation of an Elderly Person – The 1-2-3 of Bringing Abusers to Justice!**
Gold’s Legal Minute*GLM* Exploitation of an Elderly Person – The 1-2-3 of Bringing Abusers to Justice!** By Allan Gold, lawyer Montreal and elder law attorney Vol. 16, #3 – March 31, 2025 OPENING It is said, “Beware the Ides of March!” That’s a date, famously associated with the assassination of Julius Caesar, making it a […]
What Canada Can Make of US Charge of Elderly Exploitation brought as Felony **
▐▐▐▐▐▐▐▐▐▐▐▐▐▐▐▐▐▐▐▐ Charged with Elder Abuse! an eye-opening case ▐▐▐▐▐▐▐▐▐▐▐▐▐▐▐▐▐▐▐▐1 What Canada Can Make of US Charge of Elderly Exploitation brought as Felony ** Gold’s Legal Minute*GLM* By Allan Gold, lawyer Montreal and elder law attorney Vol. 15, #4 –Sept. 30, 2024 Opening A woman has been indicted in the US for exploiting an […]