Is there any basis to interfere with a testator's choice of the respondents as estate trustees of his estate?

Ontario, Canada


The following excerpt is from Woolnaugh v Dare et al, 2016 ONSC 4013 (CanLII):

In applying the principles set forth in Johnston v. Lanka Estate I am not satisfied that there is any basis to interfere with the testator’s choice of the respondents as estate trustees of his estate. Based upon the evidence of the applicant, the testator can be taken to have been aware of the long-standing “family dynamics” referred to by her at the time of the making of his will and nevertheless chose the respondents to be his estate trustees in the light of those dynamics.

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