Full Description
The leading textbook on the law of succession for over 70 years, Parry & Kerridge on the Law of Succession provides the detail required for a full understanding of the subject. This work covers not only wills and intestacy, but also probate and administration of estates, and has been thoroughly updated for the 13th edition to incorporate all key case and legislative developments.
NEW TO THIS EDITION
#The Inheritance and Trustees# Powers Act 2014, amending both the law of intestacy and family provision
#New case law including Marley v Rawlings, rectification of a switched will; Thornerv Major, Henry v Henry, Bradbury v Taylor and Suggitt v Suggitt, proprietary estoppel; Barrett v Bem, attestation; Baynes v Hedger, family provision, living together as civil partners; Ilott v Mitson, family provision for an estranged adult daughter; Re Key and Simon v Byford, capacity; Re P, statutory wills and #best interests# under the Mental Capacity Act 2005; Perrins v Holland, the rulein Parker v Felgate; Gill v Woodall, knowledge and approval; Re Servoz-Gavin, a sailor#s oral will; Court v Despallieres, revocation of a will by formation of a civil partnership; Rawstron v Freud, secret trusts; Fry v Densham-Smith, mutual wills; King v Chiltern Dog Rescue, donationes mortis causa; Day v Royal College of Music, the rule in Strong v Bird; Re Erskine, the effect of the Human Rights Act 1998 on construction
#More discussion of #suspicious wills# (wills in the making of which beneficiaries have been involved); expanded chapter on Duty of Care and the risk of negligenceactions against will draftsmen
Contents
Chapter 1 INTRODUCTION; Chapter 2 INTESTACY; Chapter 3 THE NATURE OF WILLS; Chapter 4 FORMALITIES; Chapter 5 THE MAKING OF WILLS CAPACITY#THE MIND OF THE TESTATOR; Chapter 6 PROMISES TO LEAVE PROPERTY BY WILL; SECRET TRUSTS; MUTUAL WILLS; DONATIONES MORTIS CAUSA; THE RULE IN STRONG v. BIRD; Chapter 7 REVOCATION, ALTERATION, REVIVAL AND CONFIRMATION OF WILLS; Chapter 8 PROVISION FOR THE DECEASED#SFAMILY AND DEPENDANTS; Chapter 9 THE CONTENTS OF A WILL; Chapter 10 THE RECTIFICATION AND CONSTRUCTION OF WILLS; Chapter 11 THE CONSTRUCTION OF WILLS: SPECIFIC RULES OF CONSTRUCTION: THE CONSTRUCTIONOF POWERS; Chapter 12 THE DATE FROM WHICH A WILL SPEAKS; Chapter 13 SATISFACTION; Chapter 14 FAILURE OF GIFT BY WILL OR OF INTEREST ON INTESTACY; Chapter 15 DUTY OF CARE; Chapter 16 TAX; Chapter 17 EXECUTORS AND ADMINISTRATORS; Chapter 18 GRANTS OF PROBATE AND LETTERS OF ADMINISTRATION; Chapter 19 THE MAKING AND REVOCATION OF GRANTS; Chapter 20 COLLECTION, REALISATION AND MANAGEMENT OF THE ESTATE; Chapter 21 PAYMENT OF EXPENSES AND DEBTS, AND INCIDENCE OF GENERAL LEGACIES; Chapter 22 INCOME AND INTEREST; Chapter 23 DISTRIBUTION OF THE ESTATE; Chapter 24 REMEDIES
