Is an executor personally liable for disbursements and expenses charged against the estate?
British Columbia, Canada
The following excerpt is from Dirnberger Estate, 2016 BCSC 1381 (CanLII):
An executor is entitled to be indemnified from the estate only for expenses reasonably and properly incurred in the due administration of the estate. If an executor cannot account for or explain disbursements or expenses charged against the estate, he is personally liable for them: Jackson v. King, 2003 BCSC 328 at para. 12.
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