Drafting for Succession

John Kerrigan (Autor)

Media-Kombination

592 Seiten

2010 | 2nd edition
W.Green
978-0-414-01771-9 (ISBN)

Infos

This highly practical guide to drafting wills and powers of attorney has been thoroughly updated to take into account the following key developments: * Civil Partnerships Act 2004 * The impact of s.29 of the Family Law (Scotland) Act 2006, which introduces new cohabitants rights * Tax considerations arising out of the Finance Act 2006 * The introduction of the cumulative/transferable nil rate band under the Finance Act 2008 * Changes to adult incapacity law introduced by the Adult Support and Protection (Scotland) Act 2007, including important new provisions relating to the revocation of powers of attorney Careless drafting can lead to uncertainty and the invalidity of documents. Drafting for Succession 2nd Edition provides detailed analysis of the increasingly complex factors which practitioners need to taken into account when drafting succession documents. The new edition addresses difficult points in relation to matters such as the interpretation of wills, and considers actual, day-to-day, problems in detail to provide the legal profession with an indispensible reference manual.

Inhalt

PART I - Advising Clients *Why Make a Will *The Draftsman's Responsibility to Third Parties *Information Gathering *Marriage, Civil Partnership, Cohabitation and Children PART II - Drafting the Will *The Islamic Will *Capacity and Domicile *Interpretation *Essential Formalities of Execution *Revocation of a Will *Executors and Trustees *Legacies *Trusts **Funeral Instructions, Donation of Body, etc Codicils, Deeds of Variation and Precatory Requests PART III - Additional Options to Consider *Powers of Attorney, Guardianships and Living Wills *Care Homes and Asset Protection PART IV - Appendix of Styles

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 17.6.2010
• Verlagsort: Edinburgh
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Recht / Steuern ► EU / Internationales Recht
• Themenwelt: Recht / Steuern ► Privatrecht / Bürgerliches Recht ► Besonderes Schuldrecht
• ISBN-10: 0-414-01771-4 / 0414017714
• ISBN-13: 978-0-414-01771-9 / 9780414017719
• Zustand: Neuware