
Testamentary Capacity
Law, Practice, and Medicine
Oxford University Press
Published on 19. March 2015
Book
Paperback/Softback
368 pages
978-0-19-872752-1 (ISBN)
Description
Testamentary capacity is an increasingly difficult and important area in will preparation. The rise in capacity issues, associated with the increasing aging population and longer life expectancy, has become a fruitful area for dispute and litigation. This book equips practitioners with the knowledge and practical guidance needed in this complex but commonplace problem area.
Featuring an explanation of the law relating to testamentary capacity, the book also includes a practical section on the role of the will draftsman. Covering all associated areas such as interviews, questioning, recording of relevant information, and risk management policies, these issues are put into context by a guide to mental health issues that can affect capacity.
This books also features a section on litigating in this area including pre-litigation considerations, a guide to ADR and settlement, and procedural issues.
Written by experienced wills practitioners and an expert in old age psychiatry, this book is the first to link relevant medical issues directly to law and practice, presenting all the information a draftsman or litigator needs on the subject. This is an invaluable resource for all concerned with issues of testamentary capacity.
Featuring an explanation of the law relating to testamentary capacity, the book also includes a practical section on the role of the will draftsman. Covering all associated areas such as interviews, questioning, recording of relevant information, and risk management policies, these issues are put into context by a guide to mental health issues that can affect capacity.
This books also features a section on litigating in this area including pre-litigation considerations, a guide to ADR and settlement, and procedural issues.
Written by experienced wills practitioners and an expert in old age psychiatry, this book is the first to link relevant medical issues directly to law and practice, presenting all the information a draftsman or litigator needs on the subject. This is an invaluable resource for all concerned with issues of testamentary capacity.
Reviews / Votes
It is not often that I stay up late reading a legal textbook, unless for a professional deadline. Nor do I often continue reading after finding the answer to the point I am researching. But I was compelled to do so with Testamentary Capacity: Law, Practice and Medicine ... The fact that this book fits so much in makes the level of scholarship evident much more impressive. * Alexander Learmonth, The STEP Journal *More details
Language
English
Place of publication
Oxford
United Kingdom
Target group
Professional and scholarly
Dimensions
Height: 234 mm
Width: 156 mm
Thickness: 20 mm
Weight
559 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-19-872752-1 (9780198727521)
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Martyn Frost | Stephen Lawson | Robin Jacoby
Testamentary Capacity: Law, Practice, and Medicine
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03/2015
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OUP Oxford
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Persons
Martyn Frost FCIB TEP has over 45 years of working with wills, estates, and trust administration. He is Director Trenfield Trust & Estate Consulting Ltd, a former Deputy Chairman of STEP, and co-author of Risk and Negligence in Wills, Estates, and Trusts (2e, OUP, 2014).
Stephen Lawson TEP is a solicitor at the FDR Law and has extensive contentious trust experience. He is a member of the STEP Worldwide Council and The Association of Contentious Trusts and Probate Specialists.
Robin Jacoby DM FRCP FRCPsych is Professor Emeritus of old age psychiatry in the University of Oxford. He has written over 250 reports in cases of contentious probate and golden rule assessments, and has appeared as an expert witness in court. He is a vastly experienced author and an expert on testamentary capacity.
Stephen Lawson TEP is a solicitor at the FDR Law and has extensive contentious trust experience. He is a member of the STEP Worldwide Council and The Association of Contentious Trusts and Probate Specialists.
Robin Jacoby DM FRCP FRCPsych is Professor Emeritus of old age psychiatry in the University of Oxford. He has written over 250 reports in cases of contentious probate and golden rule assessments, and has appeared as an expert witness in court. He is a vastly experienced author and an expert on testamentary capacity.
Author
DirectorDirector, Trenfield Trust & Estate Consulting Ltd
SolicitorSolicitor, FDR Law
Professor Emeritus of old age psychiatryProfessor Emeritus of old age psychiatry, University of Oxford
Content
APPENDICES