Location:

Main Campus

Session:

2025 Fall Semester | Trimestre d'automne

Faculty:

Section de Common Law / Common Law Section

Unit:

Faculty of Law - Common Law Section_PT

Course Title:

CML3206

Course Code:

Wills and the Law of Succession

Section:

A

Course Description:

This course examines the law of succession and its centrepiece, the will, with considerable focus given to the formal and substantive validity of wills. In addition to disposing of property by will, it looks at "will substitutes" and other property concepts relevant to succession. Substantial regard is given to the various statutory rights and obligations that affect ability to dispose of property by way of will. Central to the course is the theme of preventing solicitor liability in the Wills and Estates practice areas.

Posting limited to:

Professeur à temps-partiel régulier / Regular Part-Time Professor

Date Posted:

May 06, 2025

Applications must be received BEFORE:

June 07, 2025

Expected Enrolment:

62

Approval date:

May 06, 2025

Number of credits:

3

Work Hours:

39

Course type:

B

Posting type:

Régulier / Regular

Language of instruction:

Anglais | English

Competence in second language:

Passive

Course Schedule:

- - -

Requirements:

Additional Information and/or Comments:

The candidate may be required to teach this course either online, in-person or hybrid mode at the discretion of the Faculty and in accordance with public health guidelines.

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