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Category: Elder Law

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 […]

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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 […]

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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 […]

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GETTING AFFAIRS IN ORDER: Gold’s 2025 ‘TOP -10’ To-Do List For Seniors (Part 2)**

Gold’s Legal Minute*GLM* By Allan Gold, lawyer Montreal and elder law attorney Vol. 16, #6 – June 30, 2025 GETTING AFFAIRS IN ORDER: Gold’s 2025 ‘TOP -10’ To-Do List For Seniors (Part 2)** OPENING I’m sorry to say that we’re not getting any younger. Indeed, we’re much closer to the end than the beginning. Of […]

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GETTING AFFAIRS IN ORDER: Gold’s 2025 ‘TOP -10’ To-Do List For Seniors**

Gold’s Legal Minute*GLM* By Allan Gold, lawyer Montreal and elder law attorney Vol. 16, #5 – May 31, 2025 GETTING AFFAIRS IN ORDER: Gold’s 2025 ‘TOP -10’ To-Do List For Seniors (Part 1)** OPENING I’m sorry to say that we’re not getting any younger. Indeed, we’re much closer to the end than the beginning. Of […]

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“OHCHR Report Sounds Death Knell for Track #2, Canada’s Medical Assistance in Dying (MAID) Or Does It?” “”

Gold’s Legal Minute*GLM* OHCHR Report Sounds Death Knell for Track #2, Canada’s Medical Assistance in Dying (MAID) Or Does It?** By Allan Gold, lawyer Montreal and elder law attorney Vol. 16, #4 – April 30, 2025 OPENING For those who follow my blogs, you know I don’t care for Canada’s law regarding Medical Assistance in […]

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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 […]

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SENIOR CANADIANS/QUEBECERS – NEW YEAR’S LEGAL ALERT: 2024 ADVANCE$ √, 2025 TAXE$, PENS↑ON$, +RULES √**

Gold’s Legal Minute*GLM* By Allan Gold, lawyer Montreal and elder law attorney Vol. 15, #6 –December 31, 2024 OPENING The digit “5” has been placed atop One Times Square. You know what that means – New Year’s is fast approaching. I’m looking back at 2024. In Canada, there have been changes and additions to laws […]

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By passing bill legalizing assisted dying, UK Parliament is throwing baby out with bathwater **

Gold’s Legal Minute*GLM* By Allan Gold, lawyer Montreal and elder law attorney Vol. 15, #5 –November 30, 2024 OPENING Dateline London Nov. 29, 2024: In a piece titled, “MPs back proposals to legalise assisted dying,” Becky Morton wrote: “In the first Commons vote on the issue in nearly a decade, MPs supported a bill which […]

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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 […]

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