Wills, Probate and Estates
5th Edition
Published on 18. August 2016
Book
Paperback/Softback
544 pages
978-0-19-874742-0 (ISBN)
Description
The fifth 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, familiarizing 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.
The book outlines the basic elements of a will, familiarizing 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.
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Series
Edition
5th Revised edition
Language
English
Place of publication
Oxford
United Kingdom
Target group
College/higher education
Professional and scholarly
Edition type
Revised edition
Dimensions
Height: 291 mm
Width: 210 mm
Thickness: 26 mm
Weight
1196 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-19-874742-0 (9780198747420)
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Persons
Padriac Courtney qualified as a solicitor in 1994 and works for the Law Society's Law School as a course manager, specialising in Probate and Taxation. He holds the Law Society Diploma in Property Tax.
Nuala Casey was admitted as a solicitor in 1977 and is a consultant solicitor with Groarke & Partners. She has extensive experience in the area of Probate Practice. She is a consultant, tutor and internal examiner for the Law Society of Ireland's Professional Practice courses, and is editor and co-author of Conveyancing (OUP, 2016).
Annette O'Connell currently holds the statutory position of Probate Officer in the Courts Service. A civil servant for the past twenty-nine years, she has worked in the Central Office of the High Court, the Taxing Master's Office and the Probate Office.
Anne Stephenson is the principal of Stephenson Solicitors, a specialist practice providing an advisory service for solicitors and financial institutions in the area of wills, trusts, probate, administration of estates and tax planning. She is a co-author of Conveyancing (OUP, 2016) and Capital Taxation for Solicitors (OUP, 2011), and regularly contributes articles to various other publications, including the Law Society Gazette, the Parchment Magazine and the Tax
Review.
Nuala Casey was admitted as a solicitor in 1977 and is a consultant solicitor with Groarke & Partners. She has extensive experience in the area of Probate Practice. She is a consultant, tutor and internal examiner for the Law Society of Ireland's Professional Practice courses, and is editor and co-author of Conveyancing (OUP, 2016).
Annette O'Connell currently holds the statutory position of Probate Officer in the Courts Service. A civil servant for the past twenty-nine years, she has worked in the Central Office of the High Court, the Taxing Master's Office and the Probate Office.
Anne Stephenson is the principal of Stephenson Solicitors, a specialist practice providing an advisory service for solicitors and financial institutions in the area of wills, trusts, probate, administration of estates and tax planning. She is a co-author of Conveyancing (OUP, 2016) and Capital Taxation for Solicitors (OUP, 2011), and regularly contributes articles to various other publications, including the Law Society Gazette, the Parchment Magazine and the Tax
Review.
Content
1: Introduction to will drafting
2: Basic elements of a will and mutual wills
3: The legal personal representative
4: Will drafting - the rights of spouses/civil partners, cohabitants and children
5: Instructions, attendance and execution
6: Introduction to administration of estates
7: Introduction to probate practice
8: Extracting a grant of administration with will annexed
9: Extracting a grant of administration intestate
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, cohabitants and children of the deceased
14: Obligations, duties and claims on the estate
15: Distributing the estate, vesting of property and finalising matters
2: Basic elements of a will and mutual wills
3: The legal personal representative
4: Will drafting - the rights of spouses/civil partners, cohabitants and children
5: Instructions, attendance and execution
6: Introduction to administration of estates
7: Introduction to probate practice
8: Extracting a grant of administration with will annexed
9: Extracting a grant of administration intestate
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, cohabitants and children of the deceased
14: Obligations, duties and claims on the estate
15: Distributing the estate, vesting of property and finalising matters