The following is a round-up of noteworthy articles published this month on estate litigation issues:

1. Eric Hendry, tax lawyer at Gowling LLP – Ontario, writes about how estate planners can navigate tax dual-residency and the applicability of ‘tie breaker’ treaties for the All About Estates law blog: https://allaboutestates.ca/navigating-tax-dual-residency-treaty-tie-breakers/
2. Ben Carver, Principal Lawyer at Carver Estate Law & Litigation (Nova Scotia) and author of The Late Edition Estate Law & Commentary blog, writes about the recent Ontario decision of Kukna Estate v. Giasson and the clarity it helps bring to beneficiary designations on registered accounts following a murky decision in 2020 that held that the presumption of resulting trust could apply to such designations: https://www.thelateedition.ca/the-late-edition/https/wwwthelateeditionca/blog-page-url/new-post-title-4
3. Jacob Harper at Nelligan Law (Ottawa) writes about estate trustee compensation in Ontario in response to recent media attention of a dispute between Edward Rogers (of the telecommunications giant) and the administrators of his late mother’s estate who have reportedly claimed $11 million dollars in compensation: https://nelliganlaw.ca/estate-trustee-compensation-an-estate-lawyers-perspective-on-what-is-fair/
4. Suzana Popovic-Montag of Hull & Hull LLP (Ontario) writes about a recent BC Court of Appeal decision addressing (and clarifying) the legal basis which trustee beneficiaries can request the production of trust documents: https://hullandhull.com/2026/05/the-right-to-review-trust-documents-b-c-court-of-appeal-revives-proprietary-rights-approach/
5. Margaret O’Sullivan of O’Sullivan Estate Lawyers (Toronto) writes about the challenges that can arise in estate planning and administration when your child lives in the United States: https://www.osullivanlaw.com/2026/04/when-your-children-live-in-the-u-s-estate-challenges/
6. Annika Friesen and Sydney Newman of Fillmore Riley (Manitoba) write about an Ontario decision rejecting the validity of an unwitnessed will for an $83 million dollar estate. The case also discusses the impact of the Indian Act on testamentary matters of Indigenous persons who hold status under that statute: https://www.fillmoreriley.com/publication/ontario-court-rejects-validity-of–83-million-purported-will

Happy reading!