Subjects:

Wills and Probate, Equity and Trusts

Contents:

Death and Grant of Representation

Wills and Intestacies

Assets and powers over them

Debts and Liabilities

Distribution

The Personal Representatives’

Powers

Accounts

Expenses and Remuneration

Completion of the administration

Insolvent Estates

Proceedings in Court

Appendices: Forms and Precedents, Non-Contentious Probate Rules.

This fully revised and updated edition of this leading title follows the success of the previous two editions. It maintains the practical approach and clear layout and, since the publication of the last edition in 1996, has been revised and thoroughly updated to take account of the needs of the modern probate and estates practitioner.

The new edition takes account of developments since the second edition including the latest position on inheritance tax, the Mental Capacity Act 2005, the Civil Partnership Act 2004, the Land Registration Act 2002, the Trusts of Land and Appointment of Trustees Act 1996, the Trustee Act 2000, the introduction and effect of the Civil Procedure Rules. Additional new material in the third edition includes detailed precedents and advice on how to complete various forms. Written in a user-friendly and highly practical way and to be updated on a regular basis, this book is set to re-establish itself as the key reference work on the subject for all lawyers involved with probate and the administration of trusts.