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Featured in this episode of the Hull & Hull Debrief:
- Mark Debono examines when persistent non‑compliance with court orders justifies striking pleadings, drawing lessons from Benabed v. Levasseur, 2026 ONSC 867 on costs defaults, disclosure failures, and the court’s proportionality analysis. READ NOW
- Next, Osama Saleemi explores how Ontario courts strictly enforce limitation periods on equitable claims against estates, using O’Neill Estate v. Cahill, 2026 ONSC 1176 to show that re‑characterizing a claim will not revive a statute‑barred action, though equitable arguments may still survive defensively. READ NOW
- Suzana Popovic‑Montag considers the limits of no contest clauses, reviewing Canadian authority in Franklin Estate (Re), 2026 NLSC 7 and Franklin v. Franklin, 2026 NLSC 19, alongsideMawhinney v. Scobie, 2019 ABCA 76, to assess whether a beneficiary can be disinherited for successfully bringing estate‑related litigation, including applications to remove an executor. READ NOW
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