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Featured in this episode of the Hull & Hull Debrief:
- Mark Debono examines the HELP-M Toolkit and its approach to screening for power imbalances, coercion, and fairness in mediation, for both family law and estates disputes. READ NOW
- Next, Mark Debono explores practical steps counsel can take when a self-represented litigant refuses to engage, emphasizing documentation, procedural compliance, and when court intervention may be required. READ NOW
- Osama Saleemi analyzes Kunka Estate v. Giasson and its confirmation that beneficiary designations on registered plans are testamentary dispositions, not inter vivos gifts subject to a resulting trust presumption. READ NOW
- Next, Osama Saleemi looks at Sherman v. Sherman, where the court found that a testator’s statement “I trust him” expressed a moral wish rather than creating an enforceable testamentary trust. READ NOW
- Ian Hull examines how the Alberta Court of Appeal in Collins Estate (Re) upheld limits on a succeeding estate representative’s access to privileged estate communications and reinforced the near-absolute protection of solicitor-client privilege. 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