As we wind down this most unprecedented, uncharted, and unreal
year in memory, it might be a good time to reflect on some
important truths and essentials as 2021 is on our doorstep, but
with hope now in sight as the vaccines start to roll out.
The COVID-19 pandemic has brought death and doom, but it has
also caused a seismic change in how we do things, many for the
better, creating new processes, efficiencies and flexibility.
In the trust and estate profession, we have been propelled
forward at lightning speed into the digital world. A year ago, I
could never have foreseen that only a few months later I would be
practising law virtually – meeting clients throughout the
GTA, the province, the country and the world on a video platform
and completing a client's estate planning, including
executing their most important estate planning documents, without
even personally meeting them in some cases.
