Hull on Estates

This week of Hull on Estates, Jonathon Kappy and Doreen So discuss Jordan Atin's paper on Avoiding Errors in Estate Litigation.

This week on Hull on Estates, Ian Hull and Lisa Haseley discuss the Mutual Wills Doctrine. Link to Paul Trudelle's paper: Mutual Wills A Review http://bit.ly/2fs2l5P

This week on Hull on Estates, Natalia Angelini and Laura Betts discuss a recent decision of the Queen's Bench of Alberta, Re Johnson Estate, 2016 ABQB 616 (http://bit.ly/2fDNwNX)

This week on Hull on Estates, Paul Trudelle & Noah Weisberg discuss the role and responsibilities of a trustee de son tort and what must they consider in exercising their duties and obligations.

This week on Hull on Estates, David Smith and Doreen So discuss legal reform in family and estates law and the contributions of our senior counsel, Roy McMurtry.

This week on Hull on Estates, Jonathon Kappy and Nick Esterbauer discuss the recent decision of the Manitoba Court of Queen's Bench in Garwood v. Garwood Estate, 2016 MBQB 113, 19 E.T.R. (4th) 55, which raises issues of knowledge and approval, suspicious circumstances, and shifting evidentiary presumptions within the context of a will challenge.

This week on Hull on Estates, Natalia Angelini and Stuart Clark discuss the recent decision of Lavoie v. Trudel, 2016 ONSC 4141 (http://bit.ly/2dAwIpI), costs reported at 2016 ONSC 4769, and the circumstance in which the court ordered all parties to bear their own costs in a will challenge notwithstanding that the challenge was not successful.

This week on Hull on Estates, Paul Trudelle and Umair Abdul Qadir discuss limitation periods for dependant's support claims, seeking leave to extend the limitation period under the Succession Law Reform Act and the recent Ontario Superior Court Justice decision in Weigand v Weigand Estate, 2016 ONSC 6201 (http://bit.ly/2dBTomV). "

This week on Hull on Estates, David Morgan Smith and Lisa Haseley discuss equalization claims and the court's discretion to award an unequal division of the net family property. Chechui v. Nieman, 2016 ONSC 1905, 2016 CarswellOnt 7547 (http://bit.ly/2cUY8bk)

This week on Hull on Estates, Jonathan Kappy and Laura Betts discuss a recent decision of the Supreme Court of British Columbia, Eastman v Eastman Estate 2016 BCSC 1728 (http://bit.ly/2dhsgeu)