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 […]
Boomers blamed for Britain’s inequality and economic woes. I’m outraged by such a stupid notion!”**
Gold’s Legal Minute*GLM* By Allan Gold, lawyer Montreal and elder law attorney Vol. 16, #8 – Sept. 30, 2025 OPENING I need to share. I read something the other day. “It’s wrong to blame boomers for Britain’s inequality and economic woes. It’s more complicated than that, says Rosa Anderson” 1 This follows journalist Phillip Inman’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 […]
The Curious Tax Case of Marlene Enns – or How a widow is a spouse: CRA**
Gold’s Legal Minute*GLM* By Allan Gold, lawyer Montreal and elder law attorney Vol. 16, #2 – Feb. 28, 2025 RRSP & TAXE$$$$ØØØØ! OPENING In general terms, this case is about responsibility for the debt of a third party. More precisely, this is where a man died leaving unpaid taxes. And Canada Revenue Agency (CRA) went […]