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Question of the week: What are the specific conditions under which a payment to settle a contested claim to an estate is treated as a potentially exempt transfer?
Nature and classification of trusts—the three certaintiesCertaintyIn order for a settlor to create a private express trust the three certainties must...
ProtectorsWhat is a protector?A protector is a person who holds powers under a trust but who is not a trustee. A protector is a person who is...
Preparing the application form PA1P/PA1A for probate or letters of administrationFORTHCOMING CHANGE: The postal application forms PA1P and PA1A for...
Administration actions—personal representatives and the deceased's liabilitiesAn individual may assume obligations, for example in respect of...
Probate actions—citationsA citation is issued under the seal of the Principal Registry of the Family Division or a district probate registry. It contains the reason for its issue and the interest of the party extracting it (the citor). The citation calls upon the party cited (the citee) to enter an
What is the procedure to remove a caveat?A caveat is effective for six months. It can be extended on an ongoing basis for six months at a time. If the caveat is not renewed it will expire and any interested party is free to extract a grant.Withdrawal of caveatA caveat can be withdrawn at any time
Where an executor of an estate is not in agreement with a co-executor’s decision but reluctantly agrees to proceed with it, will the reluctant executor still be jointly and severally liable for the decision? Is there anything they can do to protect their interests?Joint and several liability of
Intermeddling in an estateWhat is intermeddling?An individual who performs certain duties which a personal representative (PR) would perform to administer a deceased’s estate intermeddles in the estate. By performing these duties, the individual holds themselves out to be a PR and is deemed to have
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