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ON THE FRONT COVER
Ngai Pindell has taken the helm at the Peter A. Allard School of
Law. Read about his fascinating journey from the eastern
seaboard, through Las Vegas, to Vancouver, starting on page 495
of this issue.
THE
VOL. 80 PART 4 JULY 2022
Entre Nous . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 489
On the Front Cover: Ngai Pindell
By D. Michael Bain, Q.C. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 495
Some Thoughts About the Wills, Estates and Succession Act
and Constructive Trusts: A Reply to Weintraub and Storey
By Joel Nitikman, Q.C. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 499
Ghosts of the County Court
By the Honourable Justice David A. Crerar . . . . . . . . . . . . 511
Battle of Wills
By Heather Konrad Hill . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 525
The Wine Column . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 533
News from the BC Law Institute . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 541
LAP Notes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 545
A View from the Centre . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 551
Announcing the 2022 Advocate Short Fiction Competition . . . 557
Peter A. Allard School of Law Faculty News . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 559
TRU Law Faculty News . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 563
The Attorney General’s Page . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 567
Nos Disparus . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 571
New Judges . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 593
New Master . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 609
Classified . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 613
Legal Anecdotes and Miscellanea . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 615
From Our Back Pages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 621
Bench and Bar . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 627
Contributors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 639
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