This week on Hull on Estates, Jonathon Kappy and Noah Weisberg discuss the duties trustees owe to beneficiaries as it relates to the rule in Saunders v Vautier.

This week on Hull on Estates, Jonathon Kappy and Stuart Clark discuss the Court of Appeal’s recent decision of Neuberger v. York, 2016 ONCA 191, and the inquisitorial role of the court in the context of a will challenge, and the applicability of the doctrines of estoppel by convention and estoppel by representation in a will challenge.

This week on Hull on Estates, Natalia Angelini and Umair Abdul Qadir discuss the Court of Appeal’s recent ruling in Spence v BMO Trust Company, 2016 ONCA 196 (http://bit.ly/1RJfrnR). The Court of Appeal overturned the controversial decision of the Superior Court of Justice, where the Court had set aside the deceased’s Will because it was contrary to public policy based on extrinsic evidence.Read more about the Court of Appeal’s decision on our blog (http://bit.ly/225PtlP), and don’t miss our previous podcast on the lower court decision (http://bit.ly/1RZAHID)

This week on Hull on Estates, Paul Trudelle and Doreen So discuss how a bequest to a witness may be void and who should not be a witness to the execution of a Power of Attorney.

This week on Hull on Estates, David Morgan Smith and Lisa Haseley discuss public policy and the recent Ontario Superior Court decision of Royal Trust Corporation of Canada v. The University of Western Ontario et al. http://bit.ly/1R83FTR

This week on Hull on Estates, Noah Weisberg and Nick Esterbauer discuss a recent decision of the Tax Court of Canada that addresses the use of property transferred to spouses to satisfy tax liabilities pursuant to the Income Tax Act. A copy of the Kuchta v. The Queen decision is available here: http://bit.ly/1QcncGi

This week on Hull on Estates, Natalia Angelini and Doreen So discuss a recent dependant support ruling in Bormans v Estate of Bormans and the treatment of insurance proceeds pursuant to section 72 of the Succession Law Reform Act.

This week on Hull on Estates, Paul Trudelle and Stuart Clark discuss the recent decision of Re: Estate of Richard Lewis Crane, 2016 ONSC 291, and the issue of whether mortgage insurance should be taken into account when calculating the “net estate” available for distribution on an intestacy

This week on Hull on Estates, David Morgan Smith and Noah Weisberg discuss the responsibility for joint debt upon death of one of the debtors.

This week on Hull on Estates, Jonathon Kappy and Nick Esterbauer discuss the Law Commission of Ontario’s interim report on Legal Capacity, Decision-Making and Guardianship. A copy of the report is available here: http://bit.ly/1PthwTI