Managing, Mediating and Litigating Estate Disputes

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Topics include:

• Wills challenges, contested passings of accounts, contested guardianships and other disputes
• How to avoid pitfalls at the investigation stage that can have profound downstream implications for mediation, settlement or trial
  – managing the case cost-effectively while protecting yourself from possible liability for negligence
• Framing the issues and exploring early resolution opportunities
• Tips for effective pleadings and successful Superior Court motions
  – what kind of order do you need and what should you include?
• Discovery and settlement in the estate case: a checklist of key considerations
  – best approaches to discovery of non-parties
  – issues of timing, choosing what to ask, and information by undertakings
• Getting the most out of pretrials, mediations and settlement conferences
  – dealing with judicial expectations for settlement and managing client expectations
  – staying on the right side of the line in your communications with expert witnesses
  – how to best assist the court and shape the way in which the judge will think about your case

–with practical case studies in estate disputes/litigation that ‘pull it all together’ for you!

Faculty

Chairs

• Felice C. Kirsh, Schnurr Kirsh Schnurr Oelbaum Tator LLP
• Melanie Yach, Aird & Berlis LLP

• Karon C. Bales, Bales Beall LLP
• Clare E. Burns, WeirFoulds LLP
• Justin de Vries, de Vries Litigation
• Hilary E. Laidlaw, McCarthy Tétrault LLP
• P. Ann Lalonde, Office of the Children’s Lawyer
• Jordan D. Oelbaum, Schnurr Kirsh Schnur Oelbaum Tator LLP
• David M. Smith, Hull & Hull LLP
• Debra Stephens, Goddard Gamage Stephens LLP

Agenda

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