Estates and Trusts Litigation
Our Estates and Trusts Litigation Group are trusted advisors skilled in representing trustees, estate trustees, beneficiaries and high net worth families in litigation relating to estate planning, business succession, asset management, trusts and estate matters.
Our litigators have a wealth of experience acting for both trustees and beneficiaries in connection with contested passing of accounts and other matters relating to the administration of wills, including contested will challenges or motions to remove trustees or executors.
Our clients trust us to help them navigate duties as trustees because of our significant expertise with disputes regarding the validity of testamentary arrangements, capacity disputes, dependant support claims, rectifications of estate freezes and disputes which raise allegations of unjust enrichment and undue influence.
We are routinely engaged in succession litigation and disputes involving high net worth families, which often engage issues involving trust law, fiduciary duties, taxation and capacity determinations. In the context of privately owned family business disputes, our lawyers have had success providing guidance to resolve or avoid litigation.
The Goodmans Estates and Trusts Litigation Group are seasoned litigators who regularly appear in all levels of court and have expertise in various other areas of litigation, including civil, corporate/commercial real estate and insolvency. This provides our litigators with the distinct advantage of being able to address a myriad of litigation issues that may arise in the context of an estate or trust dispute.
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Corporate and Commercial Litigation
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Corporate Governance and Stakeholder Litigation
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Crisis Management and Urgent Proceedings
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Insurance Litigation
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Professional Liability
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Real Estate Litigation
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Employment, Pensions and Executive Compensation
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Procurement
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Technology Disputes
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White Collar Defence and Investigations
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Capital Markets
Liberal Government Abandons Proposed Changes to Taxation of Employee Stock Options
On March 22, 2016, the Liberal government delivered its first budget ("Budget 2016"), which focuses on growing the middle class. Notably absent from Budget 2016 were anticipated changes to the… -
Capital Markets
Government Clarifies Grandfathering for Existing Stock Options
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Litigation and Dispute Resolution
2012 Ontario Budget: Pension Changes
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Litigation and Dispute Resolution
Draft Rules Regarding Federal PRPPs
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Litigation and Dispute Resolution
Supreme Court will hear Appeal in Indalex Canada Pension Priority Case
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Litigation and Dispute Resolution
The Canada Not-for-profit Corporations Act will come into force on October 17, 2011
Industry Canada has announced that the Canada Not-for-profit Corporations Act (the “NFP Act”) will come into force on October 17, 2011. This means that the last day for submitting an application…
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Litigation and Dispute Resolution
Melanie Ouanounou featured in "Judge made 'several errors' in finding undue influence in loan transaction, rules Appeal Court", The Lawyer's Daily
Melanie Ouanounou was recently quoted in The Lawyer's Daily: While the doctrine of undue influence comes up more commonly in wills and estates matters, there have been numerous undue influence…