 Mark Hicken
mhicken@legacylawyers.com
(604) 868-1375
Areas of Practice
Trusts, Estates, Wine Law
Profile
Mark Hicken works as counsel for Legacy in the areas of trusts
and estates including charities law. Mark regularly advises
on all manner of complex issues related to trusts and estates
as well as compliance with fiduciary duties. In addition,
Mark runs the web site, WineLaw.ca
and is the Executive Director of the Free
the Wine in BC Coalition.
Mark is a prolific author having co-authored a number of
papers for the Pacific Business and Law Institute and Continuing
Legal Education of British Columbia on various topics relating
to trusts and estates law.
Professional Memberships and Associations
Publications, Articles and Seminars
- Co-chair, Winery & Wine Distribution Law Conference
(Vancouver: Law Seminars International, 2009)
- “Variation of Trusts” in Trusts: Effective
Uses (Vancouver: Pacific Business & Law Institute,
2006) (with Jane Dardi)
- “Trusts and the Conflicts of Law” in The
Conflicts of Law (Vancouver: CLE of BC, 2006) (with
Elaine Reynolds)
- Guest Lecturer, University of British Columbia Continuing
Education, Internet Marketing Program, 1998-2000
- “The Liability of Trustees and their Legal Protection”
in The Benefit Plan Trustee (Vancouver: Pacific
Business & Law Institute, 1997) (co-author)
- 1995 Update to the Wills Variation Act chapter of The
B.C. Probate & Estate Administration Practice Manual
(Vancouver: CLE of BC, 1995) (with Jim Carphin & Jane
Dardi)
- “Passive v. Active Trustees and Other Issues Relating
to Co-trustees” in Pension Plans: Effective Trusteeship
& Management (Vancouver: Pacific Business &
Law Institute, 1994) (co-author)
- “Other (Non-Tax Impediments) to Estate Planning”;
“Wills Variation Act”; “Extra-Territorial
Considerations”; “The Trust”; and “Post-Mortem
Contests” in The Practice of Estate Planning
(Vancouver: Pacific Business & Law Institute, 1993)
(co-author)
- “Trusts and their Uses” in Family Business:
Control, Structure and Succession (Vancouver: Pacific
Business & Law Institute, 1993) (co-author)
- "Trusts" in The Uses of Trusts (Vancouver:
CLE of BC, 1991) (co-author)
- "Specific Uses of Trusts in International Estate
Planning" and "Non-Tax Considerations - the Canadian
View" in Planning for Clients with Assets in Multiple
Jurisdictions (Honolulu: Asia Pacific Institute, 1990) (co-author)
- "Estate Planning" in Financial, Tax and
Estate Planning (Vancouver: CLE of BC, 1989) (co-author)
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