This week on Hull on Estates, Paul Trudelle and Holly LeValliant discuss beneficiary designations when a will is revoked. More specifically, they discuss a recent decision made by the Ontario Superior Court of Justice: Petch v. Kuivila, 2012 ONSC 6131 (CanLII). If you have any questions, please email us at [email protected] or leave a comment on our blog.

Today on Hull on Estates, David Morgan Smith and Nadia Harasymowycz discuss guardianship and capacity issues in circumstances where incapacity is a distinct possibility, but not currently the case. If you have any questions, please e-mail us at [email protected] or leave a comment on our blog page.

Today on Hull on Estates, Natalia Angelini and Stuart Clark discuss the importance of limitation periods with reference to a paper written by Archie Rabinowitz titled “Limitation Periods in Estate Litigation”. If you have any questions, please e-mail us at [email protected] or leave a comment on our blog page.

Today on Hull on Estates, David Smith and Holly LeValliant discuss David’s paper “Due Execution Reconsidered,” that he presented at our most recent Breakfast Series. David and Holly discuss the issues raised in two decisions of the U.K. Courts, Esterhuizen v. Allied Dunbar Assurance and Gray v. Richards Butler. If you have any questions, please e-mail us at [email protected] or leave a comment on our blog page.

Today on Hull on Estates, Paul Trudelle and Nadia Harasymowycz discuss how to bring a creative approach to organizing a civil trial. If you have any questions, please e-mail us at [email protected] or leave a comment on our blog page.

Today on Hull on Estates, Natalia Angelini and Moira Visoiu podcast on the issue of estate trust liability, and more particularly investment losses and environmental claims. If you have any questions, please e-mail us at [email protected] or leave a comment on our blog page.

Today on Hull and Hull on Estates, Paul Trudelle and Holly LeValliant discuss an application for a preservation order by the Attorney General of Ontario to try to stop a mentally ill man who killed his wife from receiving her life insurance proceeds. Ved Dhingra was found Not Criminally Responsible for her death as a result of his mental illness. The Ontario Superior Court of Justice allowed the preservation order and the Attorney General applied for forfeiture of the insurance proceeds under the Civil Remedies Act. Ontario (Attorney General) v. $51,000 CDN (in rem), 2012 ONSC 4958 (CanLII). If you have any questions, please e-mail us at [email protected] or leave a comment on our blog page.

Today on Hull on Estates, Natalia Angelini and Saman Jaffery talk about the issue of consent in withdrawing a person from life support. If you have any questions, please e-mail us at [email protected] or leave a comment on our blog page.

Today on Hull on Estates, Natalia Angelini and Nadia Harasymowycz talk about the concept of a “synergy room” and how the Lawyers of Hull and Hull LLP are creating a new way of thinking based on a book by Dr. Stephen Covey titled “The 3rd Alternative”. If you have any questions, please e-mail us at [email protected] or leave a comment on our blog page.

Today on Hull on Estates, Natalia Angelini and Stuart Clark discuss the Long Term Care Homes Act 2007. More specifically, they look at the Residents Bill of Rights and what the repercussions of violating the bill of rights may be. If you have any questions, please e-mail us at [email protected] or leave a comment on our blog page.