BC appeal court upholds dismissal of estranged son's Wills Variation claim

BC has a law called the Wills Variation Act which allows a person to contest a will if he or she believes the will distributes an estate unfairly. This article from http://www.disinherited.com/ talks about the Hall Estate (2011 BCCA 354). A son who had intentionally distanced himself from his mother contested the will when he found that his mother had not left him anything. Should he win? Read the article here to see what the court said about this case.