Estate Planning

OBA Trusts and Estates Section Year End Dinner

By Hull & Hull LLP

The Ontario Bar Association (OBA), Trusts and Estates Section, year end dinner was held on May 27, 2007 at the Gardiner Museum in Toronto. 

Jordan Atin, 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 2007/2008 year, was confirmed. 

The Section also paid tribute to this year’s recipient of the Award for Excellence in Trusts and Estates, Barry Corbin.

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, Archie Rabinowitz was presented with the Widdifield Award and Corina Weigl with the Hoffstein Book Prize.

Congrats to Barry, Archie and Corina.  The venue, dinner (and particularly the Cornish Hen) and evening were all quite enjoyable.

Thanks for reading.

Craig

Full post as published by Toronto Estate Law Blog on June 09, 2008 (boomark / email).