Beffa Law’s 12 Days of Christmas Giveaway – Official Rules
NO PURCHASE NECESSARY TO ENTER OR WIN
Participation constitutes the entrant’s full and unconditional agreement to and acceptance of these Official Rules. Beffa Law’s 12 Days of Christmas giveaway submission period commences at 7:00 a.m. EST on December 12, 2022, and ends at 11:59 p.m. EST on December 22, 2022, with the final winner announced on December 24, 2022. The contest is sponsored by Beffa Law.
- Eligibility: Beffa Law’s 12 Days of Christmas giveaway is open only to legal residents of Ontario who are 18 years of age or older. Entrants must also be Canadian citizens or Permanent Residents who reside in Ontario at the time of entry. Employees, contractors, directors, and officers of Beffa Law and its respective affiliated companies, distributors, licensees, and the advertising, fulfillment, judging, and promotion agencies involved in the development and administration of this promotion and their immediate family members and those living in the same households of each are not eligible to enter the contest.
- Promotion Period: The promotion begins at 7:00 a.m. (EST) on December 12, 2022, and ends at 11.59 p.m. EST on December 23, 2022. All submissions must be entered during the official time frame of the promotion to be eligible.
- How to Enter: (all entrants acknowledge their information will not be used or sold for other marketing or promotional purposes.)
During the promotion period, go to the Beffa Law Facebook page and Beffa Law Instagram page and follow the instructions for each of the 12 days. Entrants must like the Beffa Law Facebook page and Instagram pages before December 12, 2022, to get specific daily instructions on how to enter the contest each day.
- Daily Entries: MUST LIMIT ONE (1) ONLINE ENTRY PER PERSON, PER DAY. For purposes of this promotion, a day is defined as a 24-hour period beginning at 12:00 a.m. EST and ending at 11:59 p.m. EST.
- Prize & Odds: Daily prize will not exceed $250 and will be picked up by the winner after the promotion period ends. No substitution or transfer of prize is permitted except at the Sponsor’s sole and absolute discretion. All taxes, and all other costs associated with acceptance or use of the prizes, are the sole responsibility of the winner. The odds of winning the prize depend on the total number of entries received.
- Claiming the Prize: IF CHOSEN AS THE WINNER, please privately message us to receive further instructions on how to claim your prize.
- Sponsor reserves the right to remove and invalidate from this promotion posts, comments, or statements of wishes that Sponsor determines in its sole discretion are inappropriate.
General Rules: Beffa Law 12 Days of Christmas Giveaway rules and guidelines:
- You must be 18 or older to participate.
- All submissions must be entered during the official time frame of the promotion to be eligible.
- Sponsor reserves the right to remove and invalidate from this promotion posts, comments, or statements of wishes that Sponsor determines in its sole discretion are inappropriate.
- All federal, provincial and municipal laws apply. Winners will be notified through Facebook and Instagram and have 24 hours to redeem their prize. The return of any prize/prize notification as undeliverable or failure to respond to notices or return any documents in a timely manner, as determined by the administrator, may result in disqualification and an alternate winner may be chosen. By participating, participants agree to release, discharge, and hold harmless promotion parties from and against any and all liability or damages associated with this promotion or acceptance, use, or misuse of any prize received in this promotion. Promotion parties are not responsible for any typographical or other error in the printing of the offer or administration of the promotion. Acceptance of the prize constitutes permission for the Sponsor and their agencies to use the winner’s names and likenesses for purposes of advertising and publicity without further compensation unless prohibited by law. By participating in this promotion, participants agree to be bound by the Official Rules and decisions of Beffa Law, which shall be final in all matters relating to the promotion. Promotion parties are not responsible for lost, late, misdirected, stolen, illegible, inaccurate, damaged, incomplete, non-delivered, or postage-due mail; or for printing, distribution, or production errors or technical, hardware, software, or telephone malfunctions of any kind, lost or unavailable network connections, or failed, incorrect, incomplete, inaccurate, garbled or delayed electronic communications caused by the user or by any of the equipment or programming associated with or utilized in this promotion, or by any human, or other error, which may occur in this promotion. If in the administrator’s sole opinion, there is any suspected or actual evidence of tampering with any portion of the promotion, or if technical difficulties compromise the integrity of the promotion, Beffa Law reserves the right to void suspect entries and/or modify and/or suspend and/or terminate the promotion and/or conduct a random drawing to award the prizes in a manner deemed appropriate by the administrator. In the event of a dispute regarding the identity of the person submitting an entry, entries will be declared made by the name appearing on the online entry. Sponsor reserves the right to disqualify any individual who tampers with the promotion or website or acts in a disruptive manner. This promotion is offered only in Canada and is governed by the laws of the province of Ontario, Canada. By entering, entrants irrevocably consent to the sole and exclusive jurisdiction of the courts of the Province of Ontario for any action, suit, or proceeding arising out of or relating to this promotion.
- Waiver: By participating in this promotion, participant waives all rights to claim punitive, incidental, and consequential damages, lawyer’s fees, or any damages other than actual out-of-pocket costs incurred to participate. The Prize winners waive all rights and indemnify the Sponsor against any loss or liability resulting from the Grand Prize.
- Winners’ names will be posted on Beffa Law’s Facebook and Instagram Pages.
- Sponsor: Beffa Law Professional Corporation, 301-231 Oak Park Blvd., Oakville, Ontario, L6H 7S8, Canada.
- Facebook and Instagram are not sponsors of Beffa Law 12 days of Christmas Giveaway and any entrants agree to release both Facebook and Instagram from all liability related to the contest.
- Beffa Law reserves the right to modify, change, or cancel this promotion at any time, without notice.
- Disputes: Each entrant agrees that: (i) any and all disputes, claims, and causes of action arising out of or connected with Beffa Law’s 12 Days of Christmas, or any prizes awarded shall be resolved individually, without resort to any form of class action, and exclusively by the courts of the province of Ontario; (ii) any and all claims, judgments, and awards shall be limited to actual out-of-pocket costs incurred, including costs associated with entering the contest, or statutory damages, but in no event lawyers’ fees. All issues and questions concerning the construction, validity, interpretation, and enforceability of the Official Rules, or the rights and obligations of the entrant and Sponsor in connection with the promotion, shall be governed by, and construed in accordance with, the laws of the province of Ontario, without giving effect to any choice of law or conflict of law rules which would cause the application of the laws of any jurisdiction other than the Province of Ontario.
7 CELEBRITIES WHO DIDN’T LEAVE A WILL
(Intestate = without a will)
1. Abraham Lincoln- Lawyer, President of the United States
Age at the time of death: 56
As the 16th president of the United States and a lawyer, some would be shocked to find out that Abraham Lincoln has not drawn a Will before he died. After his assassination in 1865, President Lincoln’s intestate estate was valued at $110,300 and was divided among his wife and his two sons. Lincoln’s estate would be a few million in today’s dollars.
2. Martin Luther King, Jr.- Civil Rights Activist- Nobel Prize medalist
Age at the time of death:56
Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. known was a well-known activist who faced death threats, so, it is unexpected that he did not have a Will signed. Although Dr. King was assassinated in 1968, his family is still fighting these days over his estate. Recently, King’s children started another fight in court over King’s Nobel Peace Prize medal and personal traveling Bible.
3. Jimi Hendrix – Songwriter/Singer
Age at the time of death: 27
Jimi Hendrix died in 1970 without leaving a Will. The estate litigation went on for more than 30 years. Hendrix’s estate went to his father, Al Hendrix, after a court dispute with two alleged out of wedlock children. After Al Hendrix died, Hendrix’s siblings had been fighting in court over the control of the singer’s $80-million estate. The Court endorsed Al Hendrix’s Will, but the siblings continued fighting over the use of the singer’s image.
4. Bob Marley – songwriter, singer
Age at the time of death: 36
It may amaze you that famous reggae songwriter and singer, Bob Marley, who was diagnosed with cancer in 1977 and died four years later at 36 did not have a Will. Bob Marley’s estate continues to produce income, earning more than $20 million between 2013 and 2014.
Under Jamaican law, Marley’s estate was divided among his wife and 13 children. As a result, Marley’s widow, Rita, received only 10 percent of his assets. Thirty years after Marley’s death his heirs were still litigating over the singer’s estate. After many years of court battles, Rita and Marley’s family received Marley’s name and likeness. The Estate of Bob Marley is strongly defending the commercial use of Bob Marley’s likeness, songs, and intellectual property. Just recently, the Marley’s Estate sued Bob Marley’s half-brother, Richard Booker, for giving Jamaican tours and coordinating music festivals using Bob Marley’s name.
5. Amy Winehouse – singer/songwriter
Age at the time of death: 27
The British singer, Amy Winehouse, died in 2011 as the result of alcohol poisoning. Originally, the press reported that Winehouse left a Will, however, British court decided that the singer’s $4.66 million fortune was allocated to her parents. Her ex-husband, Blake Fielder-Civil, was not a beneficiary.
In “Amy”, the Oscar-winning documentary about Winehouse, the singer is presented as having a very heated relationship with her father who was called in the documentary a “misleading” person.
6.Prince – singer
The celebrity singer died in April 2016 after a five-decade career and seven Grammy Awards trophies. Prince’s estate was evaluated at $300 million at the time of his death. Surprisingly, Prince did not leave a Will.
Without having a will in place, different people came out and alleged to be his previous wife, children, siblings, or relatives. In May 2017, after a year of court fights, a judge ordered that there is no Will for Prince and that Prince’s sister and five half-siblings were the right beneficiaries of the fortune.
7. Michael Jackson – Singer/Songwriter
Jackson’s family initially thought that he died intestate. Immediately following Jackson’s death in July 2009, his mother filed documents in court claiming that Michael did not have a Will.
However, later, a Will was discovered, being executed 7 years before the pop star’s death.
Jackson appointed his lawyer and music executive as administrators of his estate, his mother as a guardian to his children, and a beneficiary of a trust, and his sister, singer Diana Ross, was named an alternate guardian for Jackson’s children and their estates.
Jackson’s estate produced over $242 million in the past and continues to generate great revenue.
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