Can an executor be unreliable if they fail to produce documents requested by the beneficiaries or ordered by the executor?
British Columbia, Canada
The following excerpt is from Bigras Estate (Re), 2011 BCSC 950 (CanLII):
An adverse inference may be drawn against an executor's reliability if he or she fails to produce relevant documents as requested by the beneficiaries or ordered by the court: Booty v. Hutton, [1996] B.C.J. No. 2286 (S.C.).
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