Can an executor be found to have failed to produce relevant documents as requested or ordered by the beneficiaries?
British Columbia, Canada
The following excerpt is from Bernhard v. Wist, 2011 BCSC 101 (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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