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Charles B. Wagner
Commercial and Estate Lawyer
Charles B. Wagner is the principal of Wagner Sidlofsky LLP which is a boutique law firm located in Toronto focusing on Commercial and EstateLitigation.
Called to the bar in 1985, Charles is equally at home in the courts or business board rooms. Over the past ten years, Charles has overseen the development of a Litigation Boutique law firm in Toronto made up of five full-time lawyers and three full-time law clerks. The primary practice of the group includes litigation involving Will Challenges, Elder Abuse, Power of Attorney Disputes, Estate and Trust administration, trust and fiduciary issues, estate and mental capacity concerns, corporate and partnership disputes and private international law.
As chair of the Estate and Trusts Group, Lawyers Division of Bnai Brith Charles has help create a series of continuing legal education programs for lawyers, accountants and financial planners dealing with issues of interest in estate and trust administration. He is also one of the associate editors of the Bnai Brith Legal periodical and a frequent contributor of publications.
A favoured area of practice is private international law both in commercial and estate law matters. Charles frequently acts for people and companies outside of Ontario who are involved in litigation in the Toronto area. These include cross border commercial disputes and estate disputes as well as enforcement of American judgments in Ontario.
Memberships/Affiliations
- B'nai Brith Canada, Chair of the Estates & Trusts Group
- Ontario Bar Association (OBA)
- Canadian Bar Association (CBA)
- OBA, Civil Litigation Section
- OBA, Estates & Trusts Section
- The Law Society of Upper Canada
- The Advocates’ Society
- ACE – Advocacy Centre For the Elderly
- Ontario Network for the Prevention of Elder Abuse
- Society of Trust and Estate Practitioners
As a commericial ligitation and estate lawyer, Charles has appeared before the Ontario Court of Appeal, the Divisional Court and the Superior Court of Justice. Below is a list of his selected cases which have been reported:
- Diament v. Ockrant 2011 CarswellOnt 2466, 2011 ONSC 2175
- Urbisci v. Urbisci, 2010 ONSC 6130 (Ont. S.C.J.);
- McCullough v. Riffert, 2010 CarswellOnt 6351 (Ont. S.C.J.);
- Jones v. Foresi, 2010 CarswellOnt 690; 2010 (Ont.C.A.);
- Lipson v. Lipson et al., 2010 CarswellOnt 516 2010 ONSC 475, 54 E.T.R. (3d) 220 (Ont. S.C.J.);
- Lipson v. Lipson (2009), 2009 CarswellOnt 7474, 52 E.T.R. (3d) 44, L.A. Pattillo J. (Ont. S.C.J.);
- Jones v. Foresi 2009 CarswellOnt 8890 Ontario Superior Court of Justice, 2009 (Ont. S.C.J.);
- Besser v. Besser 2009 CarswellOnt 4258 (Ont. S.C.J.);
- Voketel Inc. v. More, 2006 CanLII 40240 (Ont. S.C.J.);
- Nobosoft Corp. v. No Borders Inc. 2006 CarswellOnt 6213 (Ont. S.C.J.);
- Allan v. Riverside Lodge 1987 CarswellOnt 1075 (Ont.Div.Crt.)