Building on the success of Osgoode Professional Development’s annual Wills and Estates Workshop,
this program will provide you with an opportunity to extend your knowledge of key issues and
to develop the skills to address them with authority. You’ll hear the latest developments and work
through key challenges in frequently-encountered problem areas. Issues covered will include:
- Trustees’ conflicts in the context of trusts and estates controlling corporations and businesses – can the interests of the corporation and of trust beneficiaries always be reconciled?
- The most important considerations and tactical specifics in putting forward, or defending against, a dependents’ support claim on behalf of a spouse or child
- What every estate lawyer must know about domestic contracts
- When the law on decision-making capacity meets complex fact situations – what can the prudent solicitor or other advisor realistically be expected to do?
- Practical concerns in undertaking assessments of mental capacity
- Making best use of the contributions of medical/clinical staff in assessing capacity
- Grasping the full range of non-residency considerations in estate practice
- Identifying the kinds of situations – and parties – that benefit most from a proactive approach to dispute resolution
- What you need to know about property passing outside the will
- Practical solutions to the problem of ‘mirroring’ wills
Chairs:
Barry S. Corbin, Corbin Estates Law Professional Corporation
Suzana Popovic-Montag, Hull & Hull LLP
OPD Program Lawyer
Paul Truster
ptruster@osgoode.yorku.ca |
