Retired   Wills and Estate Planning Estate Law Land Law Contract Law Government Law Inter-vivos and testamentary inter-generational disposition of wealth Advising regarding the appointment of inter-vivos personal representatives Planning to minimize potential Wills Variation Act applications and assertions of resulting/constructive trust Advice with respect to contested Wills matters Planning for secret testamentary trusts Estate administration including registration/resealing of ex juris grants of probate and administration Facilitating negotiation settlement and documentation of third party estate claims Consensus building amongst estate beneficiaries to resolve complex and competing claims on a cost-efficient basis Advice on issues regarding ex juris estate assets Co-ordinating Canadian income tax compliance for resident and non-resident estates Advice/documentation regarding land issues, including statutory rights of way over riparian rights, air space parcel development; complex land licence agreements Advice/documentation regarding commercial agreements including service/product supply agreements, public utility transmission licence agreements and movie location agreements Advising regarding provincial Crown immunity, vis-a-vis, legislation of local government and regulations of federal and provincial government agencies Advising regrading statutory authority/interpretation; public/private partnerships; property acquisitions Legal analysis of complex land tenure issues Interpretation and advice on government contracts Aboriginal claim settlement agreement and tripartite documentation of the setting aside of reserve lands Cook Roberts managing partner 1990 - 1998 Co-ordinated expansion of firm from seven to fourteen lawyers Management of human resources, staff and professional Co-ordination of financial management of firm Administration of global development plan University of British Columbia, B.A.,1961 University of British Columbia, Law School, LL.B. 1964 British Columbia, 1965