Program Materials

The 2017 Guide to Legal Risk Management in Documentation and Charting for Nurses

Table of Content

Program Date: November 14, 2017

Tab A
Agenda

Tab B
Faculty List and Biographies

Tab 1
Best Practices and Current Trends in Documentation and Charting
Logan Crowell, Borden Ladner Gervais LLP
Nicholas DiCastri, Borden Ladner Gervais LLP

Tab 2
Documentation: Meeting the CNO Standards
Farah Ismaril, RN, LL.B, MSc.N, FRE, Director, Practice Quality, College of Nurses of Ontario

Tab 3
Documentation and Charting for Nurses: Building the Plantiff’s Case
Michael B. Fraleigh, Fogler Rubinoff LLP

Tab 4
Documentation Challenges in Inquests, CNO and Labour Proceedings
Philip B.Abbink, Cavalluzzo Shilton McIntyre Cornish LLP

Tab 5
Note Paper

7th Annual Recent Developments in Advanced Issues in Child and Spousal Support

Table of Content

Program Date: November 13, 2017

Tab A
Agenda

Tab B
Faculty List and Biographies

Tab 1
The Most Significant Recent Judicial Decisions Affecting Child & Spousal Support Matters in Family Law
Aaron Franks, Epstein Cole LLP
Gary Joseph, MacDonald & Partners LLP

Tab 2
Challenging Issues Around Income
Patrick D. Schmidt, Thomson, Rogers

Tab 3
Nuts & Bolts of Spousal and Child Support with Shared Custody
Thomas C.Dart, Barriston Law

Tab 4
Changing Things Up: Variations
Avra Rosen, Rosen Sack LLP
Cheryl Goldhart, Goldhart & Associates

Tab 5
When is Enough Enough?
Stephen Grant, Grant Crawford & Watson LLP

Tab 6
Flying Solo: The Obligation of a Recipient to be Self-Sufficient
Herschel Fogelman, Fogelman Law

Tab 7
Note Paper

The Intensive Short Course in Secured Lending and Debt Finance

Table of Content

Program Date: November 9, 2017

Tab A
Chairs’ Opening Remarks
Don M.E Waters, McMillan LLP
Eric Belli-Bivar, DLA Piper (Canada) LLP

Tab 1
The Canadian Debt Financing Market
Tim Murray, Managing Director, Corporate Banking, RBC Capital Markets
Richard Coombs, Vice President, Load Syndications and Investment Banking, TD Securities
Mark Saraiva, Director, CIBC Capital Markets

Tab 2
Working with the Commitment Letter and Term Sheet
Stephanie Robinson, Associate General Counsel and Managing Director, Capital Markets – Corporate Banking, BMO Financial Group

Tab 3
Conducting Effective Due Diligence
David H.Ferris, Fasken Martineau DuMoulin LLP

Tab 4
A Practical Understanding the ISDA Master Agreement and Schedules
Alison M.Beer
Lisa Mantello, Osler, Hoskin & Harcourt LLP

Tab 5
Negotiating and Drafting the Credit Agreement
Don M.E. Waters, McMillan LLP
Eric Belli-Bivar, DLA Piper (Canada) LLP

Tab 6
Taking Effective Security
Meaghan Obee Tower, Stikeman Elliot LLP

Tab 7
Priorities, Subordination Agreements and Intercreditor Agreements
Pat Forgione, McMillan LLP
Chris Burr, Blake, Cassels & Graydon LLP

Tab 8
Asset-Based Lending
Howard S.Silverman, Borden Ladner Gervais LLP
Edward Lynch, Head of Underwriting and New Business Development, Asset Based Lending, RBC Capital Markets

Tab 9
Equipment Lease Financing in Today’s Load Transactions
Jill P.Fraser, Aird & Berlis LLP
John Estey, President, Stonebridge Lease Financial Corporation

Tab 10
Enforcing and Realizing on Security
Bruce E.Darlington, DLA Piper (Canada) LLP
Leanne M.Williams, Thornton Grout Finnigan LLP

Tab 11
Providing Opinions: Tips and Traps – What works, What Doesn’t
Robert Scavone, McMillan LLP
Francesca Guolo, Goodmans LLP

Estate Planning and Administration

Table of Content

Program Date: November 7, 2017

Tab A
Agenda

Tab B
Faculty List and Biographies

Tab 1 – Will Planning and Preparation
1. Preliminary Considerations
(A) Paper: How to Draft a Will
(B) Know Your Client – Client Identification and Verification Requirements
(C) Precedent Retainer Letter
(D) Paper: The Estate Planning Retainer – Acting for Husband and Wife
(E) Rules of Professional Conduct
(F) Paper: Current Income Tax Issues in Estate Administration

2. Gathering information: Personal Planning Form

3. Client Fact Scenario
(A) Precedent Memorandum to Client
(B) Client’s Personal Planning Form (Completed)

4. Roadmap for Drafting a Trust in a Will

5. Procedure for execution of Wills and Condicils

6. Precedent Testimonium Clauses and Affidavits of Execution of Wills in Unusual Circumstances
(A) Testimonium Clauses
(B) Affidavit of Execution of Will in Unusual Circumstances

7.Miscellaneous Matters
(A) Beneficiary Designations
(B) Insurance Trusts

8. Tax Considerations
(A) Dealing with the new GRE Life Interest Trust Reality
(B) Will Planning Meetings
(C) Will Planning Meetings – A Model
(D) Paper: Death of a Taxpayer

Tab 2 – Administration of Wills & Estates
1. Preliminary Considerations
(A) Paper
(B) Items to be Discussed at Preliminary Meeting with Estate Trustees
(C) Duties if the Estate Trustee
(D) Duties of the Estate Solicitor
(E) Paper

2. Funeral Arrangements

3. Estate Information
(A) Estate Information (Testate and Intestate)
(B) Estate Administration Checklist
(C) Assets Information
(D) Asset Summary Sheet
(E) Additional Assets Discovered After Grant of Certificate of Appointment and Changes in Estate Administration Tax
(F) Debts
(G) Income Tax
(H) Obligations of Estate Trustees
(I) Paper
(J) Form 1: Election Under the Family Law Act (Ontario)

4. Appointment of Estate Trustee with a Will
(A) Estate Administration Tax Act Amendments
(B) Applications for Certificate of Appointment of Estate Trustee
(C) Granovsky Estate v. Ontario 1998
(D) Estate Information Return and Guide

5. Intestacies – Finding Next-of-Kin

6. Insurance and Bonds for Estate Trustee
(A) Affidavit in Support of Order Dispensing with Administrative Board
(B) LawPRO Professional Liability Insurance Application to Increase Run-Off Coverage

7. Insurance Designation in Unprobated Will

8. Tax Filing Deadlines

9. Providing Information to Residual Beneficiaries

10. Digital Assets in Will Drafting and Estate Administration

11. Executor’s Compensation

12. Winding Up the Estate
(A) Acknowledgement and Receipt
(B) Interim/ Final Acknowledgement, Release and Indemnity

13. Non-Resident Matters
(A) Request by a Non-Resident of Canada for a Certificate of Compliance Related to the Disposition of Taxable Canadian Property
(B) CRA Position
(C) Memorandum: Section 116 of the Income Tax Act
(D) Notification of an Acquisition of Treaty-Protected Property from a Non-Resident Vendor
(E) United States Estate Tax Return

14. Voluntary Dissolution – Ontario Corporation

15. Privacy Considerations for an Estates Practice

Taxation in Wills & Estates

Table of Content

Program Date: October 26, 2017

Tab A
Agenda

Tab B
Faculty List and Biographies

Tab 1
Fundamentals of Steps in an Estate Freeze to Minimize Tax on Death
Brian Cohen, Gowling WLG

Tab 2
Why is there Double Taxation in an Estate, and what can you do about it?
Matthew Getzler, Minden Gross LLP

Tab 3
Taxation on Death
Brian Cohen, Gowling WLG

Tab 4
Terminal Returns
Brian Cohen, Gowling WLG

Tab 5
The Graduated Rate Estate – Pits and Traps
Matthew Getzler, Minden Gross LLP

Tab 6
Notes

The 2017 Guide to Recent Developments and Complex Issues in Evidence in Family Proceedings

Table of Content

Program Date: October 25, 2017

Tab A
Agenda

Tab B
Faculty List and Biographies

Tab 1
Evidence at Trial: Making Your Case
The Hon.Justice David L.Corbett, Ontario Superior Court of Justice
Gary S.Joseph, MacDonald & Partners LLP
Patrick D.Schmidt, Thomson, Rogers Lawyers
Gerald Sadvari, Grant Crawford Watson LLP

Tab 2
Current and Developing Issues in Children’s Evidence
Alfred A. Mamo, McKenzie Lake Lawyers LLP

Tab 3
Criminal Evidence in Family Law Cases: The Key Issues Every Family Lawyer Needs to Know
Richard Niman, Niman Gelgoot and Associates LLP

Tab 4
Electronic Evidence, Surveillance & Illegally Obtained Evidence: Admissible or Not?
Linsey Sherman, Sherman Family Law & Mediation

Tab 5
Demonstration: Effective Examination and Cross-Examination of a Therapist
OCL Clinician: Andrea Jones, MSQ, RSW, Provincial Manager (A), Clinical Services, Office of the Children’s Lawyer
Counsel: Dan L. Goldberg, General Counsel, The Office of the Children’s Lawyer
Stephen Codas, Epstein Cole LLP
Judge: The Hon. Mr.Justice Stanley B.Sherr, Ontario Court of Justice

Tab 6
Evidence on Motions: Key Principles and Required Evidence
Maxine M.Kerr, Barrister & Solicitor

Tab 7
Social Media Evidence in Family Law Proceedings
Erin Chaiton-Murray, Fogelman Law

Tab 8
Notes