News and Events 2008

Estate, Trust and Capacity Law
Breakfast Series

Our Breakfast Series presentations are offered several times a year and provide valuable information on topics of interest to estate practitioners. You can attend these presentations in person, or you can view the presentations live via webcast.

Presentations are held at the Ontario Bar Association facilities at 20 Toronto Street.

Text and videos from prior Breakfast Series presentations are provided below. If you would like to order an audio CD of a prior presentation, click here.

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Archived Breakfast Series

Sept 2009	Where There's A Gift, There's A Way: The Application of the Cy-Pres Doctrine The Estate Planning Retainer - Acting for Husband and Wife Recent Case Law Developments for the Estate Solicitor View Webcast
Jun 2009	The Tricky Business of Administration Bonds The Estate Trustee During Litigation Recent Case Law Developments View Webcast
Jan 2009	A Trustee's Discretion to Benefit vs. A Guardian's Obligation to Support Dependant's Relief: Cummings and Beyond Insolvent Estate View Webcast
Oct 2008	The Will To Decide - What to do when the Capacity is in Question Dealing With The Body, and other Estate Issues that Arise Immediately Upon Death Fiduciary Accounting Obligations - How Far Will The Court Go? - Recent Caselaw Developments View Webcast
Jun 2008	Recent Caselaw Developments Evidence in Estate Litigation and What to Watch for as the Drafting Solicitor: Key Issues and Update The Challenge of Exercising an Estate's Controlling Interest in a Private Corporation View Webcast
Jan 2008	Estate Law Remedies - What to watch out for when administering an Estate Can I encroach and, if so, how? Trust issues in an estates context Considerations in Negotiating the Removal and/or Replacement of a Trustee View Webcast
Oct 2007	Settlements when dealing with Minors and Incapable Beneficiaries Secret Trusts and Powers of Appointment Mutual Wills - A Review View Webcast
Jun 2007	Six Recent Cases You Might Consider Reading Demand Promissory Notes & Estates Distribution Delayed Reasons to Wait View Webcast
Jan 2007	The Fundamentals of Estate Administration The Ontario Disability Support Program Taking Care in Taking Instructions View Webcast
Sept 2006	Spousal Trusts Support Claims by the Non-married Spouse Elder Fraud: When is the Bank Liable?
Jun 2006	Recent Developments in Joint Accounts Removal of Estate Trustees Revisited Standing in the Shoes of an Estate Trustee and Getting Paid
Jan 2006	Preparing Estate Accounts - A "Hands-On" Overview - Part II
Sept 2005	Preparing Estate Accounts - An Overview - Part I
Jun 2005	"Dead" Lines in Estate administration - A Refresher Passing Over: Who, What When, Why and How Will Planning and the Succession of a Family Business
Jan 2005	Contracts and Wills Executor's Options for Minor's Funds Review of Estate Related Tax Matters
Sept 2004	Equalizing Gifts in Wills Gifts Per Stirpes - Drafting it the Safe Way Protecting and Preparing Estate Freezes
Jun 2004	Will Drafting Mistakes Beyond the Basics
Jan 2004	Incentive Trusts Protecting and Documenting Inter Vivos Gifts Special Drafting Issues for Powers of Attorney
Sept 2003	Advising Executors and Testators on Creditors, Spousal and Dependants' Claims Getting Wills Signed in Difficult Situations - Due Execution for Solicitors The Family Meeting - A Pre-Emptive Strike Against Estate Litigation
Jun 2003	Avoiding Probate in Land Titles Concerns for the Retiring Solicitor The Executor as Corporate Director
Jan 2003	Tough Acts to Follow - 8 Lesser Known Statutory Provisions in Estate Administration
Sept 2002	Discretion to Encroach: Do the Beneficiary's Personal Resources Matter Guardianship of Minors Should a Lawyer, Acting as Executor, Charge GST on Compensation
Jun 2002	The Ongoing Obligations of the Estate Planning Retainer with Husband and Wife
Dec 2001	Drafting Wills to Protect the Disabled Beneficiary
Jun 2001	Indemnities and Releases for Executors Multiple Wills Update The Effects of Separation Agreements and Releases on Wills, Joint Property and Beneficiary Designations
Feb 2001	Dependant's Support Claims, Avoiding Problems with Powers of Attorney
Sept 2000	Five Cases Every Estates Lawyer Should Know About
Jun 2000	Solicitor's Negligence in Estate Matters - Will Drafting Considerations for the Civil Litigator and Some Minefields to be Avoided

Ian Hull's book on estate planning and the family conference provides key strategies for avoiding estate conflicts. Click here for more information.

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Archived news and events: 2006 2007 2009 2010

Current News and Events

November 28, 2008
Suzana Popovic-Montag explains the value of estate planning

November 2008
Suzana Popovic-Montag discusses the top 10 causes of estate litigation in Canada

October 27, 2008
Jordan Atin comments on secondary wills for Law Times

October 27, 2008
Megan Connolly shares perspective on granting powers of attorney for Law Times

October 20, 2008
Proceeding advanced by Hull & Hull LLP's partner David M. Smith, profiled in Globe & Mail's Report on Business

September 24, 2008
Suzana Popovic-Montag comments on fiduciary duties in the U.K. Trusts and Estates Law & Tax Journal

August 20, 2008
Hull & Hull LLP’s first video podcast, now on YouTube

August 5, 2008
Jordan M. Atin featured on Canada AM

August 1, 2008
The Family Feud: Ian Hull encourages an open discussion about estate planning in CARP Magazine, published by Canada’s Association for the Fifty Plus

July 30, 2008
YouTube announcement

July 4, 2008
The Family Meeting Essential: Ian Hull and Suzana Popovic-Montag endorse a “bottom-up” approach to estate planning in Dundee Wealth Management’s Estate Planning Bulletin

July 4, 2008
Ian Hull comments on the role of Virtual Assistants in The Lawyers Weekly

July 3, 2008
Suzana Popovic-Montag and Craig R. Vander Zee re-elected to Ontario Bar Association's Trust and Estates Section Executive

May 29, 2008
Suzana Popovic-Montag and Ian M. Hull to speak at The Canadian Institute's Social Media Conference

May 20, 2008
Hull & Hull LLP welcomes our new associate, Jonathan Morse

May 13, 2008
Hull & Hull LLP to enter virtual world of Second Life

April 23, 2008
Ian Hull to make another guest appearance on Strictly Legal

March 28, 2008
Norman Pickell recommends Ian Hull’s book: “Advising Families on Succession Planning”

March 25, 2008
New Frontiers: Suzana Popovic-Montag comments on the potential of new technologies for law firms

March 24, 2008
Hull & Hull’s Toronto Estate Law Blog named in top ten Canadian “blawgs”

March 18, 2008
Hull & Hull LLP podcasts reach the century mark

February 28, 2008
Ian Hull to discuss power of powers of attorney at seminar

February 25, 2008
Ian Hull to address top issues for families of the elderly at Insights on Ageing and the Elderly seminar next month

January 14, 2008
Hull & Hull LLP welcomes our new associate, Rick Bickhram

January 13, 2008
Suzana Popovic-Montag’s article on charitable immunity from tort claims featured in the December 2007 issue of the Trusts and Estates Law & Tax Journal (U.K.)

January 11, 2008
Family dynamics: Jordan Atin discusses the importance of considering the emotional aspects of estate planning

January, 2008
Hull & Hull's Toronto Estate Law Blog named runner-up for Best Practitioner Support Blog

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