Stanley T. Rule

About Stanley

Stan Rule focuses on estate litigation, estate planning, and estate administration, including complex estates, and also practices corporate and commercial law. He is a graduate of the University of British Columbia in history (honours) and the University of Toronto Law School, and was called to the bar in British Columbia in 1989. He has negotiated settlements at mediation and conducted trials in the Supreme Court of British Columbia and appeals in the BC Court of Appeal, acting for both plaintiffs and defendants in will, trust and estate disputes including Wills Variation claims, unjust enrichment claims, incapacity and undue influence claims, and disputes over joint accounts and executors' accounts. He is recognized in Lexpert as a leading practitioner in estate planning and litigation. Stan is a past chair of the National Wills, Estates and Trusts Section of the Canadian Bar Association, a past chair and current member of the Okanagan Wills and Trusts subsection of the CBA's BC Branch, and a past president and current member of the Kelowna Estate Planning Society. He is a former director of the British Columbia Law Institute and a member of the Society of Trust and Estate Practitioners, Vancouver Branch. He authors the Rule of Law blog, which Canadian Lawyer Magazine listed as a top Canadian legal blog in 2008.

Practice areas

Wills, Estates & Trusts Business & Corporate Law

Education & credentials

Undergraduate

University of British Columbia, History (Honours)