In what circumstances will next of kin be able to claim a beneficial interest in the estate of a deceased person?
Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada
The following excerpt is from Mugford v Mugford, 1992 CanLII 7138 (NL CA):
In Laing and Chard v. Jackson (1978), 20 Nfld. & P.E.I.R. 352; 53 A.P.R. 352, a case not unlike this one, the issues were resolved on the basis of beneficial interests of next of kin in land of the estate of a deceased person.
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