Solicitor’s Tip April 2025: Tips for Granting a Power of Appointment to an Estate Trustee
Solicitor’s Tip – April 2025 Last month, our Solicitor’s Tip focused on general considerations related to including a power of …
Supportive Decision-Making: A Potential Way to Promote Autonomy When Estate Planning
There is an ongoing debate about the ideal decision-making model for individuals with diminished capacity, especially those with dynamic impairments,
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Estate Planning for the Eternal Bachelor or Bachelorette
I have a friend who swears he’ll never get married or have kids. The other day, while we were talking
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Hull on Estates Podcast No. 715: Balkinsson v. Sandy: A Mother’s Gift Gone Wrong
This week on Hull on Estates, join Natalia Angelini and Shawnee Matinnia as they explore Balkinsson v. Sandy, a case
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The Last Word: Estate Accountability Unveiled
In the recent case of Last v. Last 2025 ONSC 1407, the Ontario Superior Court of Justice delved into the
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More Fiduciary Breaches: Hockney v. Kneeland, 2025 ONSC 1309
On Tuesday, I blogged about the recent decision Spellman v. Spellman, 2025 ONSC 1187, where the Court awarded punitive damages
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The Probater, Vol. 31, No. 1, March 2025: Determining Testamentary Intentions When the Testator Is Predeceased by a Beneficiary: An Updated Approach to the Anti-Lapse Rule
By: Suzana Popovic-Montag If a beneficiary named in a will predeceases the testator, typically one of three things will happen
Family Financial Betrayal
Re Hartin Estate, 2024 ONSC 5754 (CanLII) tells a compelling story of how family relationships can be strained, when financial
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HeARTs for Hunger, An Art Auction of Pieces of Work by the Hon. Roy McMurtry
Dear Friends & Colleagues, As chair of the board of the Law Society Foundation, I am extending an invitation to
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Nova Scotia Court of Appeal Upholds Punitive Damages Award For Breach of Fiduciary Duty in Walker v Walker
During litigation, punitive damages are not a run-of-the-mill type of relief. They have been described by the Supreme Court of