Hull on Estates No.738: The Power to Validate Electronic Wills: s. 21.1 of the Succession Law Reform Act after Gebremariam v. Menghesha

This week on Hull on Estates, Stuart Clark and Mark Debono discuss Gebremariam v. Menghesha, 2026 ONSC 545, where the Court exercised its power under section 21.1 of theSuccession Law Reform Act to validate a testamentary document that was electronically written, unsigned, and unwitnessed, in light of the section’s apparent prohibition of electronic Wills.

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