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John Delaney
| General Line: |
(204) 947-6801 Ext. 224 |
| Fax: |
(204) 947-6800 |
| Email: |
jdelaney@inksterchristie.ca |
John Delaney received his call to the Manitoba Bar
in 1987 and his call to the Alberta Bar in 2008.
His main areas of focus are estate planning and
estate administration. Generally, he helps people
plan for death and incapacity. Specifically, he
assists people in achieving diversified personal
goals including, providing for and protecting
disabled and vulnerable beneficiaries, reducing
the tax burden on income generating inheritances,
preserving family assets, establishing and
maintaining testamentary trusts, reorganising
corporate entities in contemplation of retirement
and death, and assisting personal representatives
with the arrangement of the expeditious orderly
transfer of estate assets to beneficiaries.
He is on the executive of the Manitoba Bar Association
Wills and Estates Section. He is the current President
of the Estate Planning Council of Winnipeg. He is one
of the initiators of Wills Week, a Manitoba provincial
initiative directed to educating the public on the
importance of having a will, power of attorney and
living will. He is the editor of the “Wills and
Estates Decisions” feature in Headnotes and Footnotes,
providing monthly wills and estates case summaries
and updates to lawyers in the Province of Manitoba.
He is a past contributor to the “Guide to Estate and
Trust Accounting” published by Carswell Canada and a
member of the national editorial panel for a textbook
for lawyers and accountants titled “Practitioner’s
Guide to Trusts, Estates and Trust Returns”
published by Carswell Canada.
He is a partner with the Winnipeg law firm Inkster
Christie Hughes LLP. He has given numerous
presentations and seminars to lawyers, accountants,
financial planners and trust companies on a wide range
of estate planning and estate administration topics
including Planning for Disabled Beneficiaries,
Intestacy, RRSP Creditor Proofing, Joint Ownership,
Multiple Wills, Testamentary Trusts, Insurance Trusts,
Basic and Advanced Probate Avoidance Techniques, Basic
Wills, Powers of Attorney, Health Care Directives and
other estate planning and estate administration subjects. |
