This week on Hull on Estates and Succession Planning, Natalia Angelini and Nadia Harasymowycz discuss a recent Institute, Brave New World: Building a Thriving Trusts & Estates Practice in the 21st Century, which was held on Thursday February 3, 2011.

There were variety of topics at the Institute, including:

·         Planning for Disabled Beneficiaries: How Recent Legislative Amendments have Changed Estate Planning 

 Nimali D. Gamage, Jan Goddard & Associates

·         The Role of Social Media in Marketing an Estates and Trusts Practice 

Suzana Popovic-Montag, Hull & Hull LLP

Terry Fallis, Thornley Fallis Communications

·         The Impact of Divorce, Remarriage and Common Law Relationships on Estate Planning
Daniel S. Melamed, Torkin Manes LLP

·         The Legacy of Hare versus Hare:Limitation Periods and Promissory Notes
Ed Esposto, Blaney McMurtry LLP

·         Damages for Mismanaging Trust Investments
Sean Lawler, Shibley Righton LLP

·         The Role of Collaborative Law in Resolving Estate Disputes
Clare E. Burns, WeirFoulds LLP

·         Recent Cost Decisions in Estate Litigation
Justin de Vries, de Vries Litigation
Kimberly A. Whaley, Whaley Estate Litigation
Jane E. Martin, Eisen Graham

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This week on Hull on Estates, Julia Evans and David Smith discuss how to address and minimize future conflict between a second spouse and children from the previous marriage.

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This week on Hull on Estates, Natalia Angelini and Rick Bickhram talk about a recent decision where the court awarded dependent support to two dependents of the deceased. For more information on the case discussed during this podcast the citation is Blair v. Cooke, 2011 ONSC  498.