Is there a sufficient causal connection or link between the services rendered by Ms Russ to the property in which the trust is claimed?
Alberta, Canada
The following excerpt is from Kelly v. Russ, 1994 CanLII 9143 (AB QB):
There is a sufficient causal connection or link between the services rendered and the property in which the trust is claimed: in Sorochan v. Sorochan, 1986 CanLII 23 (SCC), [1986] 2 S.C.R. 38, 2 R.F.L. (3d) 225, Peter v. Beblow, supra, at p. 997 S.C.R., p. 343 R.F.L. The services of Ms Russ contributed to the acquisition and improvement of that property, and beyond that her activities contributed to the family enterprise as a whole.
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