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This publication is essential for: anyone looking for BC-specific sample clauses for wills and related personal planning documents
Current to: August 1, 2025
Clients are demanding legal documents they can comprehend, and wills clients are no exception. Immensely popular, Wills and Personal Planning Precedents: An Annotated Guide is your must-have tool for preparing plain language wills. It is the place to find BC-focused sample clauses for wills, powers of attorney, and other related documents. This guide also includes sample client questionnaires, forms, and letters along with commentary by Peter W. Bogardus, KC, Mary B. Hamilton, KC, and Sadie L. Wetzel explaining the use of clauses and alerting you to relevant law.
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- become more efficient by spending less time interpreting documents with each client
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The 2022 Update to Wills and Personal Planning Precedents: An Annotated Guide includes substantive revisions to incorporate legislative amendments and other practice changes. All features of the book, including the clauses and precedents; checklists; case and statute tables; subject index; and accompanying disk containing the clauses and precedents, have been updated to June 15, 2022.
Some highlights of the 2025 Update include the following:
- updated case law, legislation, and commentary throughout
- significant updates to chapter 30 (Enduring Powers of Attorney), including commentary and clauses to draft powers of attorney under different attorneys authorized to act pursuant to certain conditions and restrictions
- new definitions clauses in chapter 2 (Definitions Clauses in the Will), including "Relevant Date" and "Relevant Articles Date" for clarity and conciseness, and "Shareholders' Agreement" and "Corporate Interest" to deal with corporate interests
- expanded commentary regarding taxes, compliance, and disclosure rules in chapter 9 (Real Estate Clauses in the Will)
- expanded commentary on ownership and limitations on transfer of shares, in addition to new and updated clauses dealing with tax-planned transfers of shares in chapter 10 (Corporate Interests, Advances and Loans, Reward Point Plans, Priority of Gifts, and Reproductive Material and Embryos Clauses in the Will)
- updated language in clauses for greater consistency throughout
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CLEBC Legal Editor
Allison C. Cartier
AllisonC@cle.bc.ca