What is the appropriate remuneration for an executrix's legal fees?
British Columbia, Canada
The following excerpt is from Le Gallais Estate (Re), 2018 BCSC 388 (CanLII):
In determining the appropriate remuneration, the registrar may take into account the legal fees charged to the estate by the executrix where such fees relate to work that ought to have been undertaken by an executor: Bernhard v. Wist, 2011 BCSC 101 at paras. 106-107.
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