Minden Gross LLP
Section Head

Howard S. Black

Partner

Direct Line: (416) 369-4332
Fax Number: (416) 864-9223
Email: hblack@mindengross.com

Practice Area:

Estate Litigation; Mediation of Estates Disputes; Estate Planning and Administration; Mental Incapacity Issues

Howard's practice focuses on estate litigation and mediation of estates disputes after having also acquired extensive practice experience in all aspects of estate planning and administration.

In addition to a busy estate litigation and mediation practice, Howard provides estate planning, including the preparation of wills and powers of attorney, for middle and high net-worth individuals.

Howard serves as an Adjunct Professor of Law in Wills and Estates at Osgoode Hall Law School in Toronto. He has won two awards for teaching from Osgoode Hall Law School. He was the first recipient of the Osgoode Hall Law School Teaching Award in recognition of teaching excellence and the 2003/2004 Legal and Literary Society Teaching Excellence Award. Howard is a Past Chair of the Executive of the Trusts and Estates section of the Ontario Bar Association and is a frequent lecturer on wills and estates matters.
Law School: Osgoode Hall Law School
Year of Call: 1985

Master of Laws:  Alternative Dispute Resolution

Law School: Osgoode Hall Law School

Year LL.M. Received: 2001
Year Joined the Firm: 1991

Affiliations:

Ontario Bar Association (Past Chair, Trusts and Estates Section Executive)
Law Society of Upper Canada
Canadian Tax Foundation
Metropolitan Toronto Lawyers Association

Articles by this Lawyer

"Assessing Testamentary Capacity: Is there a New Definition of Solicitor's Negligence?"

"Trustees Powers, Fiduciary Obligations and Liability"

"Encroachments on Capital - Is There any Discretion Left?"

"Compensation for Executors and Trustees - Recent Pronouncements by the Courts"

"Advanced Planning for the Will"

"U.S. Estate Tax"

"Estate Planning From a Tax Perspective"

"Termination of a Charity"

"Estate Planning - More Than Just the Basics"

"Surrogate Court Grants and Estate Administration - Tricks, Traps & Tactics"

"Where There's a Will, Is There Still a Way - The Family Law Act, 1986"

"Costs and Compensation Awarded to Personal Representatives: Recent Developments in the Law"

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