Les Scholly, Author at Pritchard & Co. Law Firm, LLP https://pritchardandcompany.ca/author/les-scholly/ Your Local Law Firm in Medicine Hat — Here When You Need Us Most Fri, 16 Jan 2026 17:08:26 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.0.3 https://pritchardandcompany.ca/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/cropped-Pritchard-Favicon-32x32.png Les Scholly, Author at Pritchard & Co. Law Firm, LLP https://pritchardandcompany.ca/author/les-scholly/ 32 32 When Fair is not Equal (In estate planning) https://pritchardandcompany.ca/when-fair-is-not-equal-in-estate-planning/ Fri, 16 Jan 2026 17:08:26 +0000 https://pritchardandcompany.ca/?p=4939 My wife and I have 3 children (all boys).  In their teenage years they ate – a lot. […]

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