Tag: Kira Domratchev
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 #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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Hull on Estates #593 – Dependant Adult Child: Issues on an Intestacy
This week on Hull on Estates, Stuart Clark and Kira Domratchev discuss a finding of support for an adult dependant child in Deleon v Estate of Raymon DeRanney, 2020 ONSC 19.
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Hull on Estates #590 – Substantial Compliance vs. Strict Compliance
In today’s podcast, Paul Trudelle and Kira Domratchev discuss the British Columbia Supreme Court’s decision in Hubschi Estate (Re), 2019 BCSC 2040, and the factors considered by the Court in holding that the document found on the deceased’s computer was a Will in accordance with the curative provisions of the relevant legislation.
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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 #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 #567 – The decision of Kot v Kot
This week on Hull on Estates, Paul Trudelle and Kira Domratchev discuss the decision of Kot v Kot, 2018 SKQB 338, and the evidence required to be demonstrated by the party challenging a Will.
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Hull on Estates #561 – The Question of a Limitation Period in a Will Challenge
This week on Hull on Estates, Natalia Angelini and Kira Domratchev discuss the decision in Shannon v Hrabovsky, 2018 ONSC 6593, and the question of a limitation period in a Will challenge.
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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 #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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