This week on Hull on Estates, David Smith and Julia Evans discuss avoiding negligence claims in a Wills file, an issue that is top of mind for lawyers who draft Wills. Specifically, they chat about the landscape in this area and some things that may create problems.

This week on Hull on Estates, Paul Trudelle and Nadia Harasymowycz discuss the recent quarterly Hull & Hull breakfast seminar.  The topics discussed at the seminar include:

•    Family matters and their relation to estates, specifically separations and divorce. 

•    The effect of handwritten changes on wills. 

•    Suicide notes and the effect they may have on the distribution on an estate

Today on Hull on Estates, Kathryn Pilikington and Craig Vander Zee discuss recent cases dealing with trust law. They also discuss the Trust, Trustees and Trusteeships conference on October 1, 2010 put on by the Ontario Bar Association.

Specifically, they discuss the topics that were presented at the conference. These topics are:

• The Drafting of Trusts
  Hilary E. Laidlaw, McCarthy Tétrault LLP (author of paper)
  M. Elena Hoffstein, Fasken Martineau DuMoulin LLP (presented by)
• Considerations When Drafting Restricted Charitable Purpose Trusts
  Terrance S. Carter, Carters Professional Corporation - Orangeville
• Remedies for Breach of Trust
  Archie J. Rabinowitz, Fraser Milner Casgrain LLP
• Drafting Trusts in Contemplation and Consideration of New Reproductive Technology
  Clare E. Burns, WeirFoulds LLP
• Trusts and Insolvency
  Frank Bennett, LSM, Bennett & Company
• Review and Analysis of Recent Trust Case Law
  Craig R. Vander Zee, Hull & Hull LLP

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This week on Hull on Estates, David M. Smith and Rick Bickhram discuss a recent decision out of the Superior Court of Justice, as well a high-level overview of the proceedings in passing of accounts.