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Barbara J. Kimmitt

Partner

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T: 403.298.3665

Calgary

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T: 403.298.3665


Calgary

  • Education
  • Bar Admissions
  • Recent Experience
  • Recent Recognition
  • Insights, News & Events
  • Related Services
  • Recent Experience
  • Recent Recognition
  • Insights, News & Events
  • Related Services

Barbara Kimmitt offers clients more than 20 years of experience in the area of Wills, Estates and Trusts and is consistently recommended by The Canadian Legal Lexpert Directory in the area of Estate & Personal Tax Planning. She assists clients with personal estate planning, including the preparation of Wills, Enduring Power of Attorneys, Personal Directives, and planning relating to business succession.

Barbara frequently advises clients who are personal representatives of simple or complex estates, including estates involving cross-border considerations, or contentious matters. She also represents beneficiaries of estates or trusts, and advises with respect to the rights of beneficiaries and the obligations of personal representatives and trustees.

In addition to her practice, Barbara has participated in many experts table meetings with the Alberta government for the development of law relating to Wills, Estates, and Trusts. She is currently a member of the Surrogate Rules Committee, which is an Advisory Committee established to make recommendations regarding the rules of court and court forms relating to surrogate (estate) matters. She is past chair of the Canadian Bar Association, Alberta South, Wills & Trusts, and has held every position on the executive of that section. She has been an adjunct professor of the Wills course at the University of Calgary Law School, an instructor of the certified financial planners course and an instructor of the Bar Admission course and Canadian Centre for Professional Legal Education (CPLED). She has given numerous presentations to the Legal Education Society of Alberta, the Society for Trusts and Estate Practitioners, and the Canadian Bar Association. She is also a long-time member of the Society of Trusts and Estate Practitioners.

Education

University of Calgary, BA, 1989, with distinction Dalhousie University, LLB, 1993 

Bar Admissions

Alberta, 1994

Recent Experience

Mawhinney v Scobie, 2019 ABCA 76, on August 8, 2019, leave to appeal to the Supreme Court of Canada was denied.

Recent Recognition

The Canadian Legal Lexpert Directory
Consistently recommended, Estate & Personal Tax Planning - Estate & Tax Planning

 

Insights, News & Events

Blog

Update on Virtual Execution of Estate Planning Documents in Alberta

December 01, 2020
       

Blog

New Trust Reporting Rules

August 18, 2020
       

Blog

Just Say "No": Acceptance of a Secret Trust in Bergler v Odenthal

June 30, 2020
       

Blog

Best Practice Considerations for Virtual Execution of Estate Planning Documents

June 10, 2020
       

Announcements

Bennett Jones Names New Partners

April 06, 2020
       

Articles

Dealing with No-Contest Clauses

March 27, 2020
       

Announcements

Bennett Jones Names Four New Partners

March 11, 2019
       

Blog

Discouraging Family Fights from the Grave

February 27, 2019
       

Speaking Engagements

Contentious Matters in Wills and Estates

November 8 and November 15, 2018
       

Speaking Engagements

Drafting Wills and Trusts

February 28 and March 7, 2017
       

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