Traditional values v. contemporary justice: Court varies gender-biased will that favoured son

By Alexander J. Swabuk and Lara Jung ( January 22, 2025, 12:43 PM EST) -- In 2021, Ginny Lam discovered that her mother’s will significantly favoured her older brother, William Law. Yat Hei Law bequeathed $2.9 million to William and left Lam only $170,000. Lam felt that Yat Hei’s preferential treatment of William in her will was profoundly unjust. Lam successfully applied to the B.C. Supreme Court to have her mother’s will varied....