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Litigator who specializes in estate, trust and capacity litigation. Experience dealing with highly complex disputes and advising on succession of private companies, breach of trust, fraud, capacity issues, the removal of fiduciaries, etc. Acted on a broad range of contentious and non-contentious applications, including guardianships, will challenges and interpretations, passing of accounts, support claims, and applications involving charities. Acted for both beneficiaries and all types of fiduciaries: trustees, executors, attorneys, guardians. Represents a wide range of clients from financial institutions to individuals.Author of a chapter in Key Developments in Estates and Trusts Law, and frequent speaker on estate litigation and mental incapacity issues. Selected by peers for inclusion in The Best Lawyers in Canada since 2009 in the field of trusts and estates and has also been recognized by the Canadian Legal Lexpert Directory (Estate & Personal Tax Planning)Called to the Ontario Bar in 1999.