Hull on Estates
Hull on Estates is a series of podcasts for the Canadian legal community dealing with issues and insights surrounding estate planning in Canada. Hosted by the lawyers of Hull and Hull LLP, the podcasts will touch on some of the key considerations when planning wills and estates

This week on Hull and Estates, Paul Trudelle and Diane Viera, discuss procedural decisions that came out of the Ontario Superior Court of Justice and in particular a few decisions from the honourable Mr. Justice Brown of the estates list in Toronto. 


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Direct download: HOE_143_FINAL.mp3
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This week on Hull and Estates, Christopher Graham and Bianca La Never review the formal requirements to make a valid Will in Ontario and the consequences of failing to adhere to the formal requirement. The relatively recent English decision of Esterhuizen v. Allied Dubar Plc [1998] 2 FLR 668 is discussed.

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Direct download: HOE_142_FINAL.mp3
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This week on Hull on Estates, Rick Bickhram and Natalia Agelini discuss the transition of disabled minors to adulthood and what kind of implications that have. They refer fairly often to a paper called "Planning for Disabled Children, the Transition to Adulthood" by Claire Burns, which was presented at the most recent Trust and Estate Summit. 

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Direct download: HOE_141_FINAL.mp3
Category:podcasts -- posted at: 10:32 PM

This week on Hull on Estates, Ian Hull and Suzana Popovic-Montag talk about how to manage an estate dispute as opposed to preventing it. They use an example of a joint account shared between 'Mom' and 'daughter' to examine the best way to approach posthumous problems and misunderstandings.

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Direct download: HOE_140_FINAL.mp3
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This week on Hull on Estates, Rodney Hull and Jonathan Morse discuss the case of Rose v. Rose [24ETR(3D)217 or 81OR(3D)349]. The case is valuable and instructive as it  raises questions about rectification, rescission and removal of the trustees.

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Direct download: HOE_139_FINAL.mp3
Category:podcasts -- posted at: 5:15 AM

This week on Hull on Estates, Ian Hull and Suzana Popovic-Montag discuss innovative techniques that add value to doing a will and powers of attorney. Specifically, they discuss the concept of ethical wills and how they are different from a traditional will.  

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Direct download: HOE_138_FINAL.mp3
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This week on Hull on Estates, Craig Vander Zee and Bianca La Neve talk about offers to settle in the context of a will challenge. The explain the difference between a will challenge and civil litigation and discuss serveral examples of will challenge cases.

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Direct download: HOE_137_FINAL.mp3
Category:podcasts -- posted at: 5:50 PM

This week on Hull on Estates, Craig Vander Zee and Bianca La Neve talk about offers to settle in the context of a will challenge. The explain the difference between a will challenge and civil litigation and discuss serveral examples of will challenge cases.

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This week on Hull on Estates, Diane Vieira and Rick Bickhram talk about the Family Law Act and division of property problems. They discuss determining net family property, quantifying the assets of the deceased  and making an equalization claim.

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Direct download: HOE_136_FINAL.mp3
Category:podcasts -- posted at: 11:42 PM

This week on Hull on Estates, David Smith and Natalia Angelini talk about estate issues that arise immediately upon death. Duties include locating the will, making funeral arrangements and being responsible to see the intentions of the testator preserved.

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Direct download: HOE_135_FINAL.mp3
Category:podcasts -- posted at: 5:00 AM