Category: Hull on Estate and Succession Planning
Hull on Estates #611 – Production Orders and Drafting Solicitor’s Files
This week on Hull on Estates, Stuart Clark and Kira Domratchev discuss the recent decision of Grove v Simon Dirk Kenworthy-Groen as executor of the estate of William Grove [2021] WASC 70, pertaining to production of preceding Wills and a drafting solicitor’s records.
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Hull on Estates #610 – Inherent Jurisdiction and Standing in Trust Litigation
This week on Hull on Estates, Natalia Angelini and Garrett Horrocks discuss the recent Ontario Court of Appeal decision in Carroll v Toronto Dominion Bank, 2021 ONCA 38, pertaining to the issue of standing in trust litigation.
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Hull on Estates #608 – Bill 245: Upcoming Changes to the Succession Law Reform Act
This week on Hull on Estates, Jonathon Kappy and Rebecca Rauws discuss Bill 245, and the upcoming changes to the law if the Bill is passed. Bill 245 includes, among other things, changes to the Succession Law Reform Act, the Substitute Decisions Act, 1992, and the Children’s Law Reform Act.
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Hull on Estates #607 – Capacity to Instruct Counsel and the Appointment of a Litigation Guardian
This week on Hull on Estates, Paul Trudelle and Arielle Di Iulio discuss the test for capacity to instruct counsel and the appointment of litigation guardians in the recent decision of Susan Eng v. Elizabeth Eng, 2021 ONSC 464.
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Hull on Estates #606 – The Unorthodox Expansion of Pecore
This week on Hull on Estates, Stuart Clark and Jennifer Philpott discuss the unorthodox use of Pecore v. Pecore, 2007 SCC 17, in the recent decisions PGT v. Cherneyko, 2021 ONSC 107, and Calmusky v. Calmusky, 2020 ONSC 1506.
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Hull on Estates #605 – Obligations of Attorneys
This week on Hull on Estates, Natalia Angelini and Sanaya Mistry discuss the fiduciary duty and obligations of attorneys for property and the recent decision in Public Guardian and Trustee v. Cherneyko et al., 2021 ONSC 107.
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Hull on Estates #604 – Use of Reproductive Material After Death: Written Consent Required
This week on Hull on Estates, Jonathon Kappy and Sydney Osmar discuss a recent decision arising out of the British Columbia Court of Appeal which provides a definitive answer on when reproductive material may be used posthumously for the purposes of creating an embryo.
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Hull on Estates #603 – Updates to the Rules of Civil Procedure
This week on Hull on Estates, Paul Trudelle and Nick Esterbauer review upcoming changes to the Rules of Civil Procedure as set out in O. Reg. 689/20, effective January 1, 2021.
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Hull on Estates #602 – Can You Appoint a Litigation Guardian for Unborn and Unascertained Beneficiaries?
This week on Hull on Estate, Stuart Clark and Garrett Horrocks discuss the distinction between appointing a “litigation guardian” or seeking a “representation order” when dealing with the interests of unborn and unascertained beneficiaries in estate and trust litigation.
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Hull on Estates #601 – Proving Secret Trusts
This week on Hull on Estates, Natalia Angelini and Kira Domratchev discuss secret trusts and the recent decision of the British Columbia Court of Appeal in Bergler v Odenthal, 2020 BCCA 175.
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