Jordan Oelbaum will be speaking at LSO’s CPD Practice Gems: Administration of Estates 2023 on September 26, 2023. Jordan will be speaking with Chris Stankiewicz of LawPRO on the topic of solicitor’s negligence.
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 2021 in the “Best Lawyers in Canada” survey for the specialty area of Trusts and Estates.
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 […]
Pursuant to section 7.1(2) of the Emergency Management and Civil Protection Act, the Ontario legislature temporarily suspended the operation of limitation periods and time limits in proceedings made under a statute, regulation, rule, by-law or order of the government of Ontario for the duration of the emergency. The suspension is retroactive to March 16, 2020. […]
I recently blogged about how the Court has adapted and modernized in response to the unprecedented challenges caused by COVID-19. Since my last blog post, the Court released a series of notices, with new practice directions. You can access the Condolidated Notice to the Profession, Litigants, Accused Persons, Public and the Media (May 13, 2020) […]
While there have been past efforts to integrate new technology, the Court has been primarily structured around people and paper. However, in response to recent government efforts to enforce social distancing and ‘flatten the curve’, the Court has embraced technological solutions, including holding hearings by videoconference and expanding its capacity to accept electronic filing of […]
by Rob Levesque The COVID 19 pandemic is affecting all Canadians, forcing us to change our ordinary way of doing things. Social distancing and self-isolation have quickly become the new normal, as we collectively take steps to slow the spread of the virus. For those of us who are stuck at home, it can feel like […]
by Mitchell Rattner Felice C. Kirsh, Jordan D. Oelbaum, and Sender B. Tator were recently recognized by their peers as three of the Best Lawyers in Canada for the year 2020 in the “Best Lawyers in Canada” survey for the specialty area of Trusts and Estates.
by Lisa Fenech Lisa Fenech will be speaking on April 11, 2019 at an event hosted by the Maltese Canadian Business Network Association on the topic of estate planning.
When you die, the person who you have appointed as your estate trustee will have to file an application for a certificate of appointment — commonly called “applying for probate” — and in that application they will have to divulge the value of your estate, and the individuals whom you have chosen as your beneificiaries. […]