News and Events 2009

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 2008 2010

Current News and Events

November 23, 2009

Suzana Popovic-Montag quoted in Globe and Mail article on virtual afterlife

November 13, 2009
Ian Hull speaks on CBC's The National about the "virtual afterlife"

November 11, 2009
Suzana Popovic-Montag featured in November 2009 Investment Executive article on drafting fair wills

October 30, 2009
Hull & Hull LLP participates in the 2009 Lexpert Law Student and Associate Recruitment Guide

October 22, 2009
Suzana Popovic-Montag and Ian Hull are tweeting

October 16, 2009
Ian Hull and Suzana Popovic-Montag to participate in a 2020 Canada professional development webinar on October 28, 2009

October 15, 2009
Hull & Hull's Senior Counsel and four of its Partners selected by peers to appear in the 2010 edition of The Best Lawyers in Canada

September 15, 2009
Suzana Popovic-Montag to co-chair upcoming Ontario Bar Association professional development program entitled "Advising the Estate Trustee in Turbulent Times"

August 31, 2009
Jordan Atin speaks with Patricia Lovett-Reid of MoneyTalk about how to avoid estate battles

August 31, 2009
Ian Hull interviewed by Global News regarding who has the right to the Baby Kaylee Trust Fund

August 18, 2009
Suzana Popovic-Montag and Ian Hull's podcast efforts featured in CNW white paper

August 18, 2009
Ian Hull to moderate CLE teleseminar on Understanding Joint Retainers on September 17, 2009

August 18, 2009
Suzana Popovic-Montag to chair CLE program on probate essentials on September 17, 2009

August 17, 2009
Suzana Popovic-Montag discusses how to avoid squabbling over an inheritance in Globe article

August 5, 2009
Suzana Popovic-Montag comments on importance of wills in Globe article

June 17, 2009
Ian Hull featured on MoneyTalk (BNN)

May 28, 2009
Suzana Popovic-Montag and Craig R. Vander Zee re-elected to Ontario Bar Association's Trust and Estates Section Executive

May 15, 2009
The T.A.S.K. (The Trusted Advisor's Survival Kit) - written by Peter Merrick - is now available.

February 4, 2009
Suzana Popovic-Montag: How blogs and podcasts are making connections for Hull & Hull LLP

January, 2009
Hull & Hull LLP welcomes Paul Trudelle as partner

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