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Mediation and other out of court dispute resolution processes are being increasingly relied upon to resolve civil disputes. In March of 2026, the Ontario Association for Family Mediation (the “OAFM“), with the support of the Department of Justice Canada, released the HELP-M Toolkit: Identifying and … Read more »

Estate trustees, and the lawyers who assist them, routinely certify the value of an estate when applying for a Certificate of Appointment of Estate Trustee and when providing the information which determines the estate administration tax payable. Inaccurate information is often an innocent error ste … Read more »

Listen to this week’s episode: Featured in this episode of the Hull & Hull Debrief: Sofie Hector explores how Liscombe v. Groskopf et al shows the limits of saving imperfect wills, building on Groskopf v. Rogers et al to highlight when informal documents reflect a final testamentary intention, … Read more »

Obtaining a judgment is often viewed as the finish line in litigation. In reality, it may be only the beginning of another battle: the enforcement process. In the estates context, this issue commonly arises where a party has obtained a costs award or other monetary judgment against an individual. Wh … Read more »

Since coming into force on January 1, 2022, section 21.1 of the Succession Law Reform Act (the “SLRAâ€�) has generated a growing body of case law addressing when a court may “saveâ€� a testamentary document that does not comply with formal execution requirements. The recent decision in Liscombe … Read more »