Hull on Estates

This week on Hull on Estates, Natalia Angelini and Umair Abdul Qadir discuss life insurance in the context of two articles, namely, "That's Life Insurance" by Michael Grob, published in the June 2016 edition of Step Journal (http://bit.ly/29Yoc3Z) and "Charitable Donations: A Summary of Tax Considerations" by James M. Parks, published in the Canadian Donors Guide 2016/17 (http://bit.ly/29SAkAF).

Download - Hightail This week on Hull on Estates, Natalia Angelini and Lisa Haseley discuss Britta L. McKenna's paper, "Expatriation of U.S. Citizenship or Long-Term Resident Status", which was presented at The Six-Minute Estates Lawyer OBA conference on May 3, 2016.

This week on Hull on Estates, Paul Trudelle and Umair Abdul Qadir discuss awards for costs and the Court's consideration of offers to settle in Manufacturers Life Insurance Co. v Sorozan Estate, 2016 ONSC 3805. Read more about the Sorozan decision on our blog. Should you have any questions, please email us at [email protected] or leave a comment on our blog. Click here for more information on Paul Trudelle. Click here for more information on Umair Abdul Qadir.

This week on Hull on Estates, Jonathon Kappy and Stuart Clark discuss Besaw Estate v. Besaw, 2015 CanLII 62411 (http://bit.ly/28Qumyo), and whether the court can admit a Will to probate when one of the attesting witnesses gives evidence that they don't recall witnessing the Will.

This week on Hull on Estates, Natalia Angelini and Noah Weisberg discuss the relationship between estate freezes and trusts as considered in Donovan Waters' article located in the Estates and Trusts Pension Journal.

This week on Hull on Estates, Paul Trudelle and Doreen So discuss the trial and costs decisions in Eve v. Brook, 2016 ONSC 1496 (http://bit.ly/1RYfKuA), and 2016 ONSC 3532 (http://bit.ly/1RYfz2m).

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.