Hull & Hull Debrief – October 3, 2025

On this week’s episode of the Hull & Hull Debrief:

  • David Smith analyzes the jurisdictional challenges with administering digital assets and how lawyers in Ontario can navigate conflict of laws scenarios involving digital assets (read post);
  • Doug Higgins discusses the Superior Court of Ontario’s five-year modernization plan, ‘Leading the Justice System Into the Future’, and how courts are addressing their growing caseload (read post);
  • Geoffrey Sculthorpe writes in a two-part series about the importance of trauma-informed mediation practices in the context of estate litigation (read post); and
  • Suzana Popovic-Montag provides insightful and practical guidance for lawyers in Ontario as to when and where an ETDL may make distributions from an Estate (read post).

Hull & Hull Debrief is a weekly roundtable discussing the law and updates published by Hull & Hull LLP. Published each Friday, a link to this discussion will be found in the e-mail provided to our subscribers, for a quick and easy update on issues concerning trusts, estates and capacity issues. If you have any questions or comments regarding the Hull & Hull Debrief please contact Doug Higgins, Hull & Hull LLP: dhiggins@hullandhull.com