The recent decision of the Supreme Court of British Columbia in Brewster v. Lenzi, considers the enforceability of mutual will agreements and the relief available when an agreement is breached.

There are different ways of disposing of personal effects in a will, one of which is making specific gifts to named beneficiaries. Sometimes people mistakenly believe that verbally telling their prospective executors how assets are to be distributed or writing the names of various relatives’ on masking tape and labeling items are effective ways of planning for the subsequent distribution of the items.