Category: PODCASTS / TRANSCRIBED
Hull on Estates #587 – Re Vaudrey: The Importance of Properly Providing for a Gift of Residue
On today’s podcast, Noah Weisberg and Rebecca Rauws discuss the recent decision of Re Vaudrey, 2019 ONSC 7551. In that case, the testator tried to disinherit one of his daughters, but failed to make provision in his Will for the disposition of the residue of his estate in the event that the residuary beneficiaries predeceased him (which they did). Without this, the residue of the testator’s estate was distributed on an intestacy—entirely to the daughter that he had wished to disinherit.
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Hull on Estates #586 – Can a word document be a valid Will?
In today’s podcast, Jonathon Kappy and Sydney Osmar discuss the difference between strict compliance and substantial compliance regimes regarding the formality of Wills.
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Hull on Estates #585 – Applications and Actions: What’s the Difference?
In today’s podcast, Stuart Clark and Garrett Horrocks review some of the main procedural differences between the two primary types of legal proceeding in Ontario: the application, and the action.
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Hull on Estates #584 – Retroactive Effect of Proof of Death
This week on Hull on Estates, Natalia R. Angelini and Kira Domratchev discuss a recent decision on the retroactive effect of proof of death in Threlfall v Carleton University, 2019 SCC 50 that dealt with a pension case from Quebec.
A helpful Canadian Lawyer magazine article by Elizabeth Raymer summarizing this decision can be found here.
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Hull on Estates #583 – Oppression Remedies
This week on Hull on Estates, Noah Weisberg and Doreen So discuss a recent decision on oppression remedies in Corber v. Henry and how corporate issues may arise in estate matters.
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Hull on Estates #582 – Informal Trust Arrangements
This week on Hull on Estates, Jonathon Kappy and Nick Esterbauer discuss the recent Ontario Court of Appeal decision in Rubner v Bistricer, and the law regarding informal trust arrangements.
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Hull on Estates #581 – Minimal Evidentiary Threshold in Will Challenges
On today’s podcast, Paul Trudelle and Rebecca Rauws discuss the recent decision of Naismith v Clarke, 2019 ONSC 5280, and the minimal evidentiary threshold test for will challenges.
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Hull on Estates #580 – Elder Law Issues
On today’s podcast, Natalia Angelini and Rebecca Rauws discuss elder law issues, including the increasing prevalence of such issues in our practice, the different viewpoints on damages, and the need for more case law in this area.
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Hull on Estates #579 – Webb v Belway: dependant support and misbehaving spouses
In today’s podcast, Noah Weisberg and Sydney Osmar discuss Webb v Belway, 2019 ONSC 4602, a recent case from the Ontario Superior Court of Justice, where the court had to consider whether a common law spouse’s conduct towards the end of the deceased’s life, which included misappropriating funds as attorney for property, should be taken into consideration in determining whether she is entitled to support.
If you would like to read more about the case, see Natalia Angelini’s recent blog here.
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Hull on Estates #578 – Grewal v Litt: The Issue of Testamentary Freedom and Potential Discrimination
In today’s podcast, Jonathon Kappy and Sayuri Kagami discuss Grewal v Litt, 2019 BCSC 1154, a recent case out of BC where 4 sisters sought to have the court vary their parents wills that left almost 96% of the parents’ estates to the applicants’ 2 brothers. The applicants claimed that the parents failed to make adequate provision for their proper maintenance and support as a result of cultural discrimination that favoured sons over daughters.
If you’d like to read more about the case, see Garrett Horrock’s recent blog here.
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