Balancing competing objectives.
With multiple family perspectives, various goals, and emotion thrown in for good measure, it can be tough for clients to get satisfactory results to their issues. Tim overcomes this for his clients by listening acutely, providing options, and seeking to address the underlying anxieties and concerns rather than to simply “solve” the legal problem.
Representative matters
Tim works with his clients on a variety of issues, including estate and trust litigation, tax and estate planning and probate procedures. His clients include:
- Individuals
- Executors
- Trustees
- Beneficiaries
- Foundations
- Charities
Areas of practice:
- Estate Planning & Litigation
- Property and Real Estate Development
- Charities/Not For Profit
BAR ADMISSION(S)
Nova Scotia, 1979
LAW SOCIETY(IES)
Nova Scotia Barristers' Society
EDUCATION
Oxford University, B.C.L., 1978
Dalhousie University, LL.B., 1976
Dalhousie University, B.Sc., 1973
QUEEN'S COUNSEL
1998
ACTIVITIES
- Member, Canadian Bar Association
- Past-president, Nova Scotia Branch, Canadian Bar Association
- President, Scotia Chamber Players (Scotia Festival)
- Secretary, Symphony Nova Scotia Foundation
- Secretary, Nova Scotia Masterworks Awards Foundation
- Director, Halifax Youth Foundation
- Past-President, Symphony Nova Scotia Society
- Past chairman, Nova Scotia Talent Trust
- Editorial Board, Estates Trusts & Pensions Journal [Canada Law Book]
- Member, Halifax Estate Planning Council
- Education chair, Society of Trust and Estate Practitioners (STEP) Canada
- Past chair, Society of Trust and Estate Practitioners (STEP) Atlantic
- Past chair, National Wills Estates and Trusts Section, Canadian Bar Association
- Former lecturer, Equity and Trusts, Law of Succession, and Estate Planning, Dalhousie Law School
LANGUAGE(S)
English
LEXPERT RATINGS
Charities / Not For Profit
Estate and Personal Tax Planning / Estate Litigation
MARTINDALE-HUBBELL RATINGS
AV
EXTERNAL RATINGS
- Best Lawyers' 2012 Halifax Trusts and Estates Lawyer of the Year
- Best Lawyers: Trusts and Estates, 2006, 2008-2011