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Tips for artists

Most of us have pretty standard assets: bank accounts, houses, cars, maybe some investments or a pension. What happens if you own a copyright over works of art? The first question is whether you want anything specific done with your works of art. You can specifically...

Advice for advisors

I missed blogging last week for what I think was a very good reason: I am on the planing committee for a golf tournament for the Barrie Women and Children's Shelter. This was the third annual tournament, but we still needed to be planning since September of last year,...

Regulating estates lawyers

I happened across this article in IFA Online the other day about regulation of estates lawyers in the UK. Essentially, their governing body has proposed making will drafting a "reserved" area of practice, so that only those lawyers with special expertise (and...