Effective October 15, 2020, Allen & Allen has become Allen & Malek LLP, a limited liability partnership, as permitted by the Partnerships Act and the Law Society Act. As the name [...]
I am pleased to welcome Adam Malek as my law partner as we transition from Allen & Allen to Allen & Malek LLP. I started my law practice with my father Bill Allen in 1992 and I will [...]
The following are excerpts (the table of contents, introduction, and chapter one) from How to Administer an Estate in Ontario: Plain Language Handbook, a newly released book available on [...]
This article on executor compensation is written by John Allen and Pearson Allen. The Estate Trustee (formerly “Executor”) is required to assemble the deceased’s assets, pay the [...]
Lawyers are notorious for making things more complicated than necessary. “A lawyer is a person who writes a 10,000-word document and calls it a ‘brief” said Franz Kafka. You ask your [...]
Rules-Based or Principles-Based Securities Regulation In December 2013, I defended my PhD in securities law at Osgoode Hall – a six year ordeal. There were some required courses and [...]