Estate Planning

OBA Trusts and Estates Section Year End Dinner

By Hull and Hull LLP

The Ontario Bar Association (OBA), Trusts and Estates Section, year end dinner was held on June 1, 2010 at Archeo (Distillery District) in Toronto. 

Suzana Popovic-Montag, the Chair of the Section for the past year, brought the past year to a close and the election of the OBA, Trusts and Estates Section Executive for the 2010/2011 year, was confirmed. 

The Section also paid tribute to this year's recipient of the Award for Excellence in Trusts and Estates, Hilary Laidlaw.

The Award for Excellence was created to recognize exceptional contributions and achievements by members of the OBA to the area of trusts and estates. The criteria for the award is demonstrated leadership in the trusts and estates bar through knowledge, experience, skill, commitment, passion and strength of character, plus all or some of the following:

...         academic excellence through teaching at the Bar Admission Course, lecturing at a law school, participating in Continuing Legal Education and/or academic writing;

...         participation in the OBA Trusts and Estates Section Executive or the Law Society of Upper Canada on wills, trusts and estate matters; and

...         contribution to the development of wills, trusts and estate law.

In addition to the Award for Excellence, Lionel Smith was awarded with the Widdifield Award and Sender Tator was presented with the Hoffstein Book Prize.

Congrats to Hilary, Lionel and Sender.

In addition, there was a tribute to The Honourable Mr. Justice Maurice Cullity, who is retiring this year.

It was a wonderful change of venue for the dinner and a very enjoyable evening.

Thanks for reading.

Craig

Full post as published by Toronto Estate Law Blog on June 28, 2010 (boomark / email).