Can a residual beneficiary deal with a piece of property and claim ownership until the will has been performed?

British Columbia, Canada


The following excerpt is from Braich Estate, 2017 BCSC 1140 (CanLII):

A residual beneficiary cannot deal with the specific piece of property and claim ownership until the trust under the will have been performed: see Minister of National Revenue v. Bickle, 1966 CanLII 57 (SCC), [1966] S.C.R. 479.

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