Protecting Against Identity Theft After Death
You’re the newly appointed executor of a deceased person’s estate. There’s a lot on your plate – securing assets, finding …
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Hull on Estates #524 – Considerations for granting leave for an attorneyship accounting
Today on Hull on Estates, Jonathon Kappy and Noah Weisberg discuss the decision on Ghor and Steele and specifically when
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Remedies for Breach of Trust on a Passing of Accounts
Remedies for breach of trust are commonly sought in estate litigation, most notably in the context of a contested passing
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Changes to Ontario’s Escheats Legislation
In December 2016, Ontario repealed the old Escheats Act, replacing it with two separate pieces of legislation, the Escheats Act,
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Exclusion of Witnesses from Discoveries
An Order excluding all the parties from each other’s examinations for discovery was made in an estate matter before the
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Billing Physician Assisted Deaths
I have blogged about assisted suicide in the past with reference to the Canadian television show Mary Kills People. The
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Protecting Seniors – Emergency Contact Form for Financial Advisors
According to the Alzheimer Society of Canada, 25,000 Canadians are diagnosed with dementia each year, and more than 500,000 are
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Severing Joint Tenancy: Pitfalls to Guard Against
Joint tenancy is a great way for parties to hold property when there is a common desire to pass the
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Costs – Loser Wins?
Taking the risk to litigate through to a trial is a decision that should be made after long and earnest
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New Report on Elder Abuse
Elderly persons are unquestionably at greater risk of abuse than the general public. The five general categories of abuse are
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