Hull on Estates

This week on Hull on Estates, Ian Hull and Noah Weisberg discuss the development of testamentary capacity and steps a drafting solicitor should take in this regard.

This week on Hull on Estates, Natalia Angelini and Doreen So discuss the issues surrounding a client's capacity to instruct counsel.

This week on Hull on Estates, Natalia Angelini and Umair Abdul Qadir discuss Catto v Catto, 2016 ONSC 3025 (http://bit.ly/2cLwM6I), and the conflicts that can arise over funeral and burial arrangements on an intestacy. Read more about the Catto decision on our blog (http://bit.ly/2c4dOH3). And for more on the duty of the Estate Trustee to make funeral and burial arrangements, be sure to check out a paper from our Estate, Trust and Capacity Law Breakfast Series entitled "The Moment of Death and Beyond: Preliminary Duties of the Estate Trustee". (http://bit.ly/2cJeekY)

This week on Hull on Estates, Paul Trudelle and Laura Betts discuss Poitras Estate v Poitras, 2015 ONSC 5049, (http://bit.ly/2ci3pZL) a recent decision of the Ontario Superior Court of Justice, released August 9, 2016, which deals with the issues of testamentary capacity, undue influence, suspicious circumstances and dependant's support.

This week on Hull on Estates, David Smith and Nick Esterbauer discuss the principle of indemnification of estate trustees and the recent case of the Ontario Court of Appeal in Brown v. Rigsby, 2016 ONCA 521. (http://bit.ly/2biTez3)

This week on Hull on Estates, Jonathon Kappy and Lisa Haseley discuss criminal implications of breaching fiduciary duties.

This week on Hull on Estates, Natalia Angelini and Noah Weisberg discuss the Ontario Superior Court of Justice decision in Taylor-Reid v Taylor as it relates to summary judgment and undue influence. (http://bit.ly/2aKFIUC)

This week on Hull on Estates, Ian M. Hull and Stuart Clark discuss mala fides and bad faith, and when the court will interfere with a Trustee's discretion.

This week on Hull on Estates, David Smith and Doreen So discuss life tenants, house expenses, and dependant support claims, in the context of Re Goodfriend Estate, [2003] OJ No. 4291. (http://bit.ly/2aogyhb)

This week on Hull on Estates, Jonathon Kappy and Nick Esterbauer discuss the concept of mutual wills and the recent decision of the Ontario Superior Court of Justice in Rammage v. Roussel Estate. (http://bit.ly/29PXrLa)