Hull on Estates

This week on Hull on Estates, Suzana Popovic-Montag and Ian Hull discuss how estates are distributed and what the priorities in estate distribution are. If you have any comments, send us an email at hull.laywers@gmail or leave a comment on our blog.

This week on Hull on Estates Paul Trudelle and Rick Bickhram discuss the case of Morgan (Estate) v. Morgan out of the British Columbia Court of Appeal. The issues examined are timing, fulfillment of conditions under court orders and how this case is relevant to others in similar situations.

This week on Hull on Estates, David Smith and Rick Bickhram discuss rules 40 through 45 of the rules of Civil Procedures, which deal with the preservation of rights in pending litigation and the nature of these remedies in the estates context. If you have any comments, send us an email at [email protected] or leave a comment on our blog.

This week on Hull on Estates Chris Graham and Natalia Angelini discuss how to pursue recovery when one thinks that a trustee or fiduciary has absconded with funds. If you have any comments, send us an email at [email protected] or leave a comment on our blog.

This week on Hull on Estates, Craig Vander Zee and Nadia Harasymowycz discuss orders giving directions in the context of a will challenge. A will challenge offers an opportunity at the beginning of a case to assemble the evidence and consider how it will be dealt with going forward. Things to consider include: · Is mediation required? · What evidence is known? · What evidence needs to be obtained? · How is that all going to happen? There are also factors to be considered at the beginning such as projected costs and the value of the estate either known to be or thought to be.

This week on Hull on Estates, Natalia Angelini and Rick Bickhram discuss the Intensive Wills and Estates Workshop that recently took place at Osgoode Hall Law School. The three day workshop covered an array of will and estates matters, including questions asked during an initial meeting to gather necessary information to start preparing a will. If you have any comments, send us an email at [email protected] or leave a comment on our blog.

This week on Hull on Estates, David Smith and Nadia Harasymowycz discuss Observations Pertaining to Estates and Trusts Law.

This week on Hull on Estates Craig Vander Zee and Chris Graham change the pace by recapping the OBA Trust and Estates Section, year end dinner that on June 1, 2010. Held in the distillery district, the evening was a tribute to those who had won awards and an opportunity to pay tribute to the Honourable Justice Cullity. If you have any comments, send us an email at [email protected] or leave a comment on our blog.

This week on Hull on Estates Paul Trudelle and Nadia Harasymowycz discuss a recent decision out of the Ontario Superior Court of Justice and the Honourable Justice Newbould. This decision deals with the issues of powers of attorney and the role of a solicitor in drafting the power of attorney and the obligations and duties that the solicitor may have due to others. If you have any comments, send us an email at [email protected] or leave a comments on out blog.

This week on Hull on Estates, Natalia Angelini and Kathryn Pilkington discuss the fairly controversial subject of assisted suicide and how it affects us from an estate standpoint. If you have any comments, send us an email at [email protected] or leave a comment on our blog.