An ongoing dispute between the Edmonton Symphony and the family of one of the orchestra’s biggest supporters has taken the form of an ugly public battle over an $800,000 bequest. “Stuart Davis, Edmonton’s philanthropist of the year in 2003, didn’t like lawyers and accountants. He didn’t use their services when he wrote a will giving his millions to local charities and six family members. Charities ended up getting 80 per cent of his $13-million estate.” But the lack of legal advice means that parts of the will are unclear, and Davis’s son says that he cannot afford to be as generous with the symphony as his father might have been.