Case: Fisher v. Danilunas, 2025 ONSC 2061 In an increasingly globalized world, the mobility of individuals and their assets across borders has become commonplace. As people age and require support in managing personal and financial affairs, guardianship arrangements often come into play—frequently originating from jurisdictions outside of Ontario. Yet, Ontario’s legal framework has not kept pace with this reality. Specifically, the Substitute Decisions Act, 1992 (SDA) fails to provide an effective mechanism for recognizing guardianship orders from foreign countries,

Hugginson v. Hugginson: Court Rules $400,000 Gift Invalid Due to Lack of Intent and Delivery Case: Hugginson v. Hugginson, 2025 ONSC 1797 On March 20, 2025, the Ontario Superior Court of Justice delivered its decision in Hugginson v. Hugginson, 2025 ONSC 1797 (CanLII), a case that delves into the complexities of inter vivos gifts—gifts made during a donor’s lifetime—and the legal requirements to validate them. This case pitted two stepdaughters of the deceased, Glenn Poole, against each other in

Court Orders Brother to Pay $88,400 in Rent and Removes Him as Co-Trustee in Bitter Estate Dispute Case: Raddalgoda v. Raddalgoda, 2025 ONSC 1869 (CanLII) This case involves a dispute between two brothers, Sidath Raddalgoda (Applicant) and Malsiri Raddalgoda (Respondent), concerning the administration of their deceased mother Prema Raddalgoda’s estate. Prema died in 2017, leaving a Will appointing her sons as co-Estate Trustees and directing her estate, primarily consisting of her home at 24 Kalbrook Street, Ottawa, to be

CASE: Jones v. Jones, 2025 ONSC 695 (CanLII) THE FACTS In 2012, Morris Guy Jones, a lawyer, created the Morris Guy Jones Family Trust to hold a cottage in Youngstown, New York. He named his spouse, Vaska Micevski Jones, as the trustee, with himself as the settlor. The trust beneficiaries included Vaska, his son Brendan Jones from a prior marriage, and Brendan’s children. The cottage was purchased for $850,000 USD, with funds sourced from a mortgage on Morris’s Toronto

Case:  Antzon v. Rogovsky, 2025 ONSC 915 (CanLII) Faina Rogovsky passed away on December 24, 2016, leaving a last will and testament dated December 20, 2016. The will was not contested and named her son, Josef Rogovsky, as the sole estate trustee. The will provided that Josef and his sister, Elena Antzon, would share equally in the residue of the estate. The estate’s primary assets included a condominium in Etobicoke, Ontario, known as the Annie Craig Property, and a

Judge Criticizes Costly Estate Litigation: Warns Against Rising Legal Fees in Insolvent Estate’s Passing of Accounts Case: In the Estate of Christina Georgiou Psoma  2025 ONSC 1476  The case involves a contested passing of accounts concerning the estate of Christina Georgiou Psoma. The applicant, Steve, served as the estate trustee and presented accounts for the period between October 12, 2021, and December 1, 2023. The objectors, Zevoulla and Panayiotios, raised several concerns, including allegations of improper expenditures and questioned

The estate of Joseph Shuster, co-creator of Superman, has filed a federal lawsuit against DC Comics and Warner Bros. Discovery, alleging unauthorized use of the Superman character in several international markets. The lawsuit, filed in the Southern District of New York, asserts that under certain foreign copyright laws, specifically those in the United Kingdom, Australia, and Canada, the rights to Superman reverted to Shuster’s estate 25 years after his death in 1992, i.e., in 2017. ​ Despite this reversion,

Case: Estate of Laura Jeanne Helwig, Deceased, 2025ONSC  Case Introduction In an unreported decision heard on April 30, 2025, by the Ontario Superior Court of Justice, the estate of a deceased vendor sought a vesting order to register a property transfer impeded by the Director of Titles’ policy against “zombie deeds.” Presided over by Justice FL Myers, the case, Estate of Laura Jeanne Helwig, Deceased, addresses the conflict between Ontario’s land title principles, which vest title upon deed delivery,

Case Analysis: Prosser v. Jaun, 2025 ONSC 2634 Overview In Prosser v. Jaun, 2025 ONSC 2634, the Ontario Superior Court of Justice addressed a motion for production of solicitors’ files in a dispute over an alleged secret trust concerning a Silver Islet cottage. The applicant, the son of the deceased, claimed that his mother and stepfather created a secret trust to benefit him in the cottage. He sought access to his mother’s and stepfather’s legal files to substantiate this