Subjects:

Wills and Probate

Contents:

Introduction,

Inheritance tax,

Settled property.

Trusts of Land and Appointment of Trustees Act 1996.

Family provision.

Divorce and separation.

The family, children and issue.

Special properties.

Annuities.

Administrative machinery.

Variations and disclaimers.

STEP and the standard provisions.

Common form clauses

Forms of gifts to children and issue.

Forms of beneficial trusts.

Various trusts.

General precedents.

Wills of businessmen.

Wills of farmers.

Forms of codicils.

Disclaimer and deeds of variation.

Appendices

will questionnaire.

STEP Standard Provisions.

Commentary on STEP Standard Provisions.

Brighouse has been designed to help practitioners draft wills in clear succinct English. It supplies precedents covering the full range of situations met in daily practice helping practitioners create reliable sophisticated document. Both full precedent documents are supplied and a range sf olternathie and supplementary precedent clauses for inclusion and building up into a will document.

The work has been fully updated to reflect recent legislation, including the Civil Partnership Act 2004, the Gender Recognition Act 2004, the Mental Capacity Act 2005. and the Finance Act 2006. It also reflects further developments in respect of the pre-owned assets regime, stamp duty land tax, and other changes resulting from the trust modernisation project.

• Supplies practical drafting advice alongside clear precedents
• Provides both general and specific wills in Plain modern English
• All the precedents can be easily adapted to suit various situations
• Contains a section on trusts, and examines the powers of trustees and how they affect different types of wills
• Includes a CD-ROM with all the precedents for rapid drafting and adaptation