This week on Hull on Estates, Craig Vander Zee and Bianca La Neve discuss protection for a trustee against personal liability. There are variety of ways that protection is afforded to a trustee against liability, such as exculpatory clauses in trust documents, various provisions of the Trustee Act, passing of accounts, and releases by beneficiaries and/or third parties.

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This week on Hull on Estates Ian Hull and Suzana Popovic-Montag discuss insolvency issues and banking issues when dealing with estates now that we are in a more uncertain economy.

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 This week on Hull on Estates Megan Connolly and Paul Trudelle discuss a decision that was released on January 21, 2009 on the Tucker and Tucker estate, involving a will challenge.

The sole issue was whether or not this particular will was valid.

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This week on Hull on Estates David Smith and Sarah Hyndman Fitzpatrick talk about estate planning in uncertain economic times. They discuss how the current economic situation has impacted estate planning and litigation and new tools (such as the "Tax Free Savings Account") to consider in creating your estate plan.

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