Felice C. Kirsh, Jordan D. Oelbaum, and Sender B. Tator were again recognized by their peers as three of the Best Lawyers in Canada, for the year 2024, in the “Best Lawyers in Canada” survey for the specialty area of Trusts and Estates. Mitchell J. Rattner was again recognized by his peers as “One to […]
We are proud to report that the Instute of Law Cerks of Ontario (ILCO) has chosen our law clerk, Clare Aikins, to teach its Associates Estates Law course. This program is designed to enhance the education and skills of law clerks already in the profession, expand the knowledge of experienced legal assistants and provide the […]
by Rob Levesque, Published: October 15, 2014 In the administration of any estate, one of the estate trustee’s first jobs is to identify potential creditors who might advance claims against the estate. The general wisdom has always been that an estate trustee should make sure that he or she has held back sufficent funds from the […]
by Robin Spurr, Published: October 03, 2014 Automatic vesting is often an illusory concept and almost always comes as a surprise to the lay estate trustee. The rule as set out in the Estates Administration Act (EAA) is that real property vests in the beneficiaries three years after the death of the testator. Vesting means taking ownership of […]