The insured subscribed to a group life insurance policy and named his wife as beneficiary under the Husbands and Parents Life Insurance Act.
Years later, after the Civil Code was amended to allow gifts between spouses and the insurance policy was renewed, the insured attempted to revoke his wife as beneficiary and name a third party.
Following the insured's death, the wife sought a declaration that she was entitled to the proceeds.
The Supreme Court of Canada held that the revocation was invalid because the special Act, which restricted revocation to preferred beneficiaries, continued to apply with peremptory force despite the Civil Code amendments and the renewal of the policies.
The appeal was dismissed.
