This week on Hull on Estates, David Smith and Nick Esterbauer discuss the equitable doctrine of rectification and situations in which Ontario courts may be willing to rectify wills and life insurance beneficiary designations

This week on Hull on Estates, Jonathon Kappy and Stuart Clark discuss the recent decision of Re: Hanson Estate, 2016 ONSC 2382 (http://bit.ly/1WqJx77), and whether an individual who is mentally competent but physically incapable can direct another individual to sign a life insurance beneficiary designation on their behalf.

This week on Hull on Estates, Natalia Angelini and Umair Abdul Qadir discuss Marcia Green's paper, entitled "Dealing with Personal Property: The Pesky and the Practical", which was presented at the Law Society of Upper Canada's The Six-Minute Estates Lawyer conference on May 3, 2016.

This week on Hull on Estates, Paul Trudelle and Lisa Haseley discuss Sidney Peters and Citlally Maciel's paper, "Reclaiming Autonomy: Practical Considerations when Client's resume Capacity", which was presented at The Six-Minute Estates Lawyer OBA conference on May 3, 2016.

This week on Hull on Estates, Natalia Angelini and Doreen So discuss Deborah Petch's paper, "Safe Practices: Reducing the 'Risky Business' Factor", which was presented at The Six-Minute Estates Lawyer OBA conference on May 3, 2016".

This week on Hull on Estates, Paul Trudelle and Stuart Clark discuss contemporaneous capacity assessments. For a link to the paper by Dr. Kenneth Shulman discussed in the podcast, please click here http://bit.ly/1TgJCnl.

This week on Hull on Estates, Noah Weisberg and David Morgan Smith provide a general discussion on insurance policies in the context of estate litigation.

This week on Hull on Estates, Jonathon Kappy and Umair Abdul Qadir discuss the Court of Appeal’s recent comments on independent legal advice in Donis v Georgopoulos, 2016 ONCA 194 (http://bit.ly/1qLCSqL), where an inter vivos transfer was challenged on the basis of undue influence. Read more about the Court’s decision on our blog. (http://bit.ly/1RYCGi3)

This week on Hull on Estates, Natalia Angelini and Lisa Haseley discuss estate planning techniques for reducing probate fees and the pitfalls.

This week on Hull on Estates, Paul Trudelle and Nick Esterbauer discuss recent developments in the prohibition against physician-assisted death, including the exemption granted by the Ontario Superior Court of Justice last month in A.B. v. Canada (Attorney General). (http://bit.ly/1RILY06)