Category: Hull on Estate and Succession Planning
Hull on Estates #576 – Mutual Wills and Legal Obligations
This week on Hull on Estates, Stuart Clark and Kira Domratchev discuss the decision of Nelson v Trottier, 2019 ONSC 1657, and the legal obligations of the survivor in circumstances where there is a mutual wills agreement.
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Hull on Estates #568 – Proof in Solemn Form: Testing the Waters of No-Contest Clauses
In today’s podcast, Jonathon Kappy and Garrett Horrocks review the interaction between no-contest clauses and applications to prove a will in solemn form as discussed by the Court of Appeal of Alberta in Mawhinney v Scobie.
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Hull on Estates #554 – Golden Rule for Assessing Testamentary Capacity
This week on Hull on Estates, Noah Weisberg and Doreen So discuss the UK and Hong Kong Golden Rule for assessing testamentary capacity.
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Hull on Estates #553 – Who is the Children’s Lawyer?
This week on Hull on Estates, Jonathon Kappy and Nick Esterbauer discuss the role of the Children’s Lawyer in Ontario and the recent decision of the Ontario Court of Appeal in Ontario (Children’s Lawyer) v Ontario (Information and Privacy Commissioner).
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Hull on Estates #552 – Distribution in light of a number of potential Wills
In today’s podcast, Paul Trudelle and Rebecca Rauws discuss the recent decision of Eissmann v Kuntz, 2018 ONSC 3650 and the distribution of an estate in light of a number of potential Wills.
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Hull on Estates #551 – The admissibility of an expert’s evidence
In today’s podcast, Natalia Angelini and Kira Domratchev discuss the Ontario Court of Appeal decision of Dujardin v Dujardin, 2018 ONCA 597, and the admissibility of an expert’s evidence with respect to the deceased’s capacity.
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Hull on Estates # 549 – Modernizing the Test for Testamentary Capacity
In today’s podcast, Noah Weisberg and Garrett Horrocks discuss whether the Banks v Goodfellow test for testamentary capacity is in need of an update given current trends in medical science and in the increased complexity of asset holdings.
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Hull on Estates #548 – Four Corners versus Armchair
In today’s podcast, Jonathon Kappy and Kira Domratchev discuss the British Columbia Court of Appeal decision of Killam v Killam (2018) BCCA 64, and the “four corners” approach versus the “armchair” approach in interpreting the testator’s intention.
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Hull on Estates #547 – Test for Mutual Wills
This week on Hull on Estates, Paul Trudelle and Doreen So discuss the test for mutual wills in the decision of Rammage v. Estate of Roussel.
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Hull on Estates #546 – Attorneyship planning options
This week on Hull on Estates, Natalia Angelini and Nick Esterbauer discuss attorneyship planning options and the importance of full consideration of what may seem like basic options in protecting the interests of clients during periods of mental incapacity.
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