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SUMMARY:CBA-NL Lunch and Learn - Sustaining Performance Under Pressure: Practical Tools for Legal Professionals
DESCRIPTION:Join the Canadian Bar Association-NL 7 May during Mental Health Week for a 90 minute session by Kevin Farrell\, Mental Health Master Trainer and Owner of Mental Bullpen. Kevin has decades of train the trainer experience\, most recently at HMP. \nLegal professionals operate in high-pressure environments where performance\, decision-making\, and leadership are constantly tested. This session focuses on understanding how stress impacts the brain and body\, and how it directly affects clarity\, judgment\, and consistency. \nParticipants will learn how to recognize early signs of overload\, apply in-the-moment strategies to stabilize performance\, and most importantly – how to recover between demands so stress isn’t carried forward into the next task. \nThis is a practical\, skills-based session designed to help legal professionals maintain performance\, improve decision-making\, and reduce the risk of burnout in high-demand environments. \nEvent Details \n📍 Location: 6th Floor Conference Room\, Atlantic Place or Virtual \n💲 Fee: Free for members | $50 + HST for non-members (emt or chq) \n🥗 Lunch provide for in person attendees \nRegister HERE or email Robyn cba-nl@cba.org.
URL:https://lsnl.ca/event/cba-nl-lunch-and-learn-sustaining-performance-under-pressure-practical-tools-for-legal-professionals/
CATEGORIES:Continuing Professional Development
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SUMMARY:Contested Accountings in Trusts & Estates
DESCRIPTION:Learning Options:\nLive webinar with chat\nincludes 60 day replay*\n9:00 am – 10:30 am (Pacific)\n10:00 am – 11:30 am (Mountain)\n11:00 am – 12:30 pm (Central)\n12:00 pm – 1:30 pm (Eastern)\n1:00 pm – 2:30 pm (Atlantic)\n1:30 pm – 3:00 pm (Newfoundland) \n*This program features real-time video of the presenter with synchronized presentation slides\, and a chat feature that allows for live Q & A. SK attendees please verify whether you align with Central (MB) or Mountain (AB) time based on season and location. \n\n\nTechnical Information:\nLive webinars allow you to view faculty\, see their presentation slides\, and ask questions by chat. You will need a current web browser (Chrome (Chrome works best)\, Safari\, Firefox)\, a wired (better than wireless) connection to the Internet of at least 2 Mbps. You can test your internet speed/bandwidth here. If you miss the live program\, you can access the archive\, at your convenience\, for 60 days. \n\n\n\n\nWho Should Attend\nThis program will be useful to estate planners and litigators alike. \n\n\nAbout the Program\nContested accountings are one of the most powerful and dangerous tools in trust and estate litigation. Whether acting for fiduciaries or beneficiaries\, counsel must understand how courts scrutinize trustee and executor conduct\, allocate the burden of proof\, and impose remedies when accounts are challenged. This program with experienced estates litigator Kaan D. Alkin examines contested trust and estate accountings from a national\, principles-based perspective. You will learn when accountings are required\, how objections are framed\, and how courts assess compensation claims\, fiduciary conduct\, record-keeping\, delay\, and more. The session also explores evidentiary challenges\, available remedies\, and the cost consequences that often drive settlement. Designed for trust and estate litigators across Canada\, this program focuses on practical litigation strategy rather than provincial procedure. Topics include: \n\nTactical considerations for counsel\nEvidentiary pitfalls\nInteraction with related estate litigation\n\nDon’t miss this unique opportunity to enhance your understanding of strategy\, risk\, and remedies in this important area. \n\n\nMeet Your Presenter\nKaan D. Alkin practices with Boughton Law in Vancouver\, BC. An estate litigation lawyer focused on complex disputes involving estates and trusts\, he is committed to helping clients navigate estate and elder law disputes with clarity and confidence. With a background in science\, Kaan brings a disciplined and analytical approach to litigation. Kaan has experience litigating a broad range of estate and trust disputes\, including wills variation claims\, contested spousal status\, undue influence and incapacity claims\, unjust enrichment\, breach of trust\, abuse of power of attorney\, contested gifts and inter vivos transfers\, will interpretation applications\, contested committeeships\, executor and trustee accountings\, compensation disputes\, and applications for the removal of executors or trustees. An active member of the legal community\, Kaan currently serves on the Executive of the Canadian Bar Association British Columbia\, Vancouver Wills and Trusts Subsection. \n\n\nSchedule (Eastern)\n12:00 pm – 1:30 pm \nWelcome and Opening Remarks \nLegal Framework for Estate & Trust Accountings \nInitiating and Contesting a Passing of Accounts \nGrounds of Contest \n\nExecutor/trustee compensation\nBreach of fiduciary duty\nRecord-keeping failures\nDelay in administration\nInvestment management issues\n\nBurden of Proof and Evidentiary Issues \nRemedies \nCosts Consequences \nProgram Wrap-up and Evaluation
URL:https://lsnl.ca/event/contested-accountings-in-trusts-estates/
LOCATION:Online
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