Nuala Casey, Padraic Courtney, Anne Heenan, Annette O'Connell, Anne; Stephenson
ISBN13: 9780193573925Previous Edition ISBN: 9780198846888To be Published: December 2024Publisher: Oxford University Press
The eighth edition of Wills, Probate and Estates has been written to provide trainee solicitors with a clear and thorough understanding of current best practice in the area of wills, trusts, probate, and the administration of estates. The manual takes into account all recent changes in legislation.
The book outlines the basic elements of a will, familiarising trainees with the common law and statutory background, and enabling them to draft wills and simple trusts in accordance with statute and their clients' informed instructions. It then outlines how to obtain the necessary grant of representation on the death of a client, either with or without a will, and how to administer such an estate, taking into account the various obligations on the personal representative.
Wills, Probate and Estates provides succinct and practical advice, provided by solicitors for solicitors, tackling questions of practice and procedure that are of central importance not only for students on the Professional Practice Course, but also to practitioners who deal with any area of wills, trusts, probate, or the administration of estates.
Contents:1:Introduction to Will Drafting2:Basic Elements of a Will and Mutual Wills?3:The Legal Personal Representative4:Will Drafting: The Rights of Spouses/Civil Partners, Cohabitants, and Children5:Instructions, Attendance, and Execution6:Administration of Estates: Probate Practice and Procedure?7:Extracting a Grant of Probate?8:Extracting a Grant of Administration Intestate?9:Extracting a Grant of Administration with Will Annexed?10:Second and Subsequent Grants (De Bonis Non Grants)?11:Non-Contentious Applications (Either to the Probate Officer or to the Court)?12:Administration after the Grant has Issued?13:Beneficiaries Including: Spouses/Civil Partners, C