What is the test for a renewal application under the Wills Variation Act?
British Columbia, Canada
The following excerpt is from Seeliger v. Eagle Ridge Hospital, 2007 BCCA 582 (CanLII):
In Groberman v. Groberman Estate, 2005 BCSC 999, 18 E.T.R. (3d) 47, a case under the Wills Variation Act, R.S.B.C. 1996, c. 490, Morrison J. observed the court is not equipped to look at the merits of a claim in any detail at a renewal application.
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