Probate Practitioner's Handbook
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Probate Practitioner's Handbook

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eBook - ePub

Probate Practitioner's Handbook

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About this book

The Probate Practitioner's Handbook is a well-established and popular guide to good practice for solicitors' firms that undertake probate and estate administration work.This new ninth edition has been comprehensively updated by leading experts to take account of: money-laundering issues including the requirements of the 5th EU Anti-Money Laundering Directives and the updated LSAG guidance the SRA Accounts Rules 2019 changes resulting from the new SRA Standards and Regulations new SRA guidance relevant to practitioners updates to relevant practice notes including disputed wills and handling complaints Inheritance and Capital Gains Tax developments implications of the UK leaving the European Union the introduction of the SRA Transparency Rules implications for practitioners arising from the Covid pandemic. the different ways in which foreign elements may affect the English probate practitioner. An essential new chapter explains how data protection law applies in the context of the administration of estates. Features such as checklists, precedents, case commentaries and examples enhance the book's usefulness.

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Information

Publisher
Law Society
Year
2021
eBook ISBN
9781784461874
Edition
0
Topic
Law
Index
Law

Table of contents

  1. Cover
  2. Title
  3. Copyright
  4. Contents
  5. Preface to the ninth edition
  6. Notes on contributors
  7. Table of cases
  8. Table of statutes
  9. Table of statutory instruments
  10. Table of international instruments
  11. Abbreviations
  12. PART I: PROBATE AND THE PROFESSIONAL RULES
  13. 1. Wills and Inheritance Protocol
  14. 2. Taking instructions
  15. 3. Client care
  16. 4. Non-contentious costs
  17. 5. Complaints
  18. 6. Financial services and money laundering
  19. 7. Data protection law in the context of the administration of estates
  20. 8. SRA Accounts Rules 2019
  21. PART II: PROBATE, WILLS AND THE LAW
  22. 9. The law on wills and succession: a review
  23. 10. Revocation and revival of wills
  24. 11. Interpretation and rectification of wills
  25. 12. Time for probate
  26. 13. Appointing guardians of children
  27. 14. Probate and benefits
  28. 15. Claims under the Inheritance (Provision for Family and Dependants) Act 1975
  29. 16. Contentious probate
  30. PART III: PRACTICAL PROBATE
  31. 17. Inheritance tax
  32. 18. Varying the disposition of an estate
  33. 19. Probate problems
  34. 20. Digital assets
  35. 21. Dealing with foreign assets and estates
  36. 22. Accounting and distributing
  37. 23. Probate practice checklists
  38. Appendix A: Law Society Wills and Inheritance Protocol (extracts)
  39. Appendix B: ā€˜All that glittersā€™: the ā€˜golden ruleā€™
  40. Appendix C: Death certificate verification form and protocol letter
  41. Appendix D: Useful addresses
  42. Index