Succession and Estate Planning 2026

CANADA Law and Practice Contributed by: Ian M Hull, Suzana Popovic-Montag and Nick Esterbauer, Hull & Hull LLP

Hull & Hull LLP is a nationally recognised leader in estate, trust and capacity litigation, mediation and estate planning. With experience dating back to 1957, its reputation is built on more than six decades of successful service and unwavering attention to

the needs of clients. Lawyers craft custom solutions to complex estate, trust and capacity disputes. The team of trusted lawyers is ready to advise, advocate for and counsel clients from all walks of life across Canada.

Authors

Ian M Hull is a founding partner of Hull & Hull LLP, a recipient of the Law Society Medal, and a Certified Specialist in trusts and estate law, and in civil litigation. He was admitted to the Ontario Bar in 1990, has

Nick Esterbauer joined Hull & Hull LLP as an associate in 2014 upon his call to the Bar and has been a partner at the firm since 2026. Nick is an adjunct professor at Osgoode Hall Law School in the area of Trusts, and

contributed to various publications on the topic of wills and succession planning, and is a frequent lecturer for the Canadian Bar Association and the Law Society of Ontario.

regularly presents on the topics of estate planning, administration, mediation, litigation and related issues, and has experience in assisting clients with matters involving all aspects of estates, trusts and capacity law. Nick is trained in collaborative estates practice and the current chair of the Family Dispute Resolution Institute of Ontario.

Suzana Popovic-Montag was admitted to the Ontario Bar in 1997 and is the managing partner of Hull & Hull LLP. She practises exclusively in the areas of estates, trusts, capacity and fiduciary litigation, and has

extensive experience in contentious proceedings, including will challenges, passings of accounts, fiduciary litigation, will interpretations and dependant’s relief proceedings. Suzana is also a specialised estate mediator (having been trained at Harvard Law School) with Hull Estate Mediation Inc, focusing on pre-death and post-death estate resolutions.

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