Editorial shortlist / 2026
A supplied editorial shortlist focused on will challenges, executor and trustee disputes, dependant-support claims, capacity issues, powers of attorney, guardianship, passing of accounts, probate disputes, and contested estates. It is a research starting point, not an objective ranking or recommendation.
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Ten profiles to consider
Gowling WLG
Will challenges / trustee disputes / probate / estate mediationThe supplied research note describes will challenges, dependant-relief claims, trustee obligations, passing of accounts, guardianship, incapacity, probate, and estate mediation, alongside estate planning and administration. Confirm current practice focus directly with the linked professional source.
Tierney Stauffer LLP
Contested estates / trusts / guardianship / mediationThe supplied research note describes estates, trusts, wills, powers of attorney, guardianship, mediated disputes, and litigated disputes, including work for individuals, trust companies, the Office of the Children’s Lawyer, and the Public Guardian and Trustee. Confirm current role and focus directly with the linked professional source.
Gowling WLG
Will challenges / capacity / executor removal / passing of accountsThe supplied research note describes estate administration and litigation, capacity and undue-influence will challenges, executor removal, guardianship, passing-of-accounts disputes, and power-of-attorney disputes, with appearances through the Supreme Court of Canada. Confirm current role and focus directly with the linked professional source.
Mann Lawyers
Estate litigation / estate administration / capacityThe supplied research note describes estate litigation, planning, and administration work involving will disputes, capacity claims, executor problems, powers of attorney, guardianship, and passing of accounts. Confirm current role and practice focus directly with the linked professional source.
Perley-Robertson, Hill & McDougall LLP
Will challenges / undue influence / dependant support / estatesThe supplied research note describes contesting wills based on testamentary capacity and undue influence, dependant-support claims, estate disputes, wills, trusts, and estates experience. Confirm current role, focus, and recognition directly with the linked professional source.
Soloway Wright LLP
Executor disputes / will challenges / probate / estate administrationThe supplied research note describes dependant-relief applications, passing of accounts, executor disputes, will challenges, wills and estates matters, and appointments by Ontario courts as an Estate Trustee During Litigation. Confirm current role and practice focus directly with the linked professional source.
Mann Lawyers
Estate and trust disputes / powers of attorney / elder lawThe supplied research note describes estate and commercial litigation, powers-of-attorney disputes, fiduciary and trust disputes, elder abuse, claims by and against estates, estate mediation, and advocacy in Superior, Divisional, and appellate courts. Confirm current role and focus directly with the linked professional source.
Tierney Stauffer LLP
Estate litigation / family-related estate disputesThe supplied research note describes senior litigation experience, family-related estate disputes, Superior Court and Court of Appeal advocacy, and work identified by the supplied source as estate litigation practice. Confirm current role and focus directly with the linked professional source.
Nelligan Law
Estate litigation / civil litigation / contested estatesThe supplied research note describes civil and estate litigation, estate disputes, appearances before the Ontario Superior Court and Divisional Court, and work across the Estates Law and Litigation groups. Confirm current role and practice focus directly with the linked professional source.
Nelligan Law
Estate litigation / guardianship / contentious estatesThe supplied research note describes contentious estates, guardianship applications, litigation experience, and representation in both English and French across the Estates Law and Litigation groups. Confirm current role, languages, and focus directly with the linked professional source.
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