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The following Private Client news provides comprehensive and up to date legal information on Private Client weekly highlights—26 February 2026
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...
If a beneficiary signs a deed of disclaimer of their share of an estate and the estate pays their legal fees, will that count as a PET against their estate?A disclaimer is the refusal of a gift prior to acceptance. The refusal of the gift must take place before the beneficiary accepts any benefit
Removal, renunciation and retirement of personal representativesThe rights of an executor may come to an end due to their own actions or those of the court.The rights of a person appointed as executor by a testator’s Will cease if they:•die without having taken out a grant of probate•fail to appear
Personal representatives—authority prior to grant of representationExecutorsGeneralAn executor is a person appointed by the testator, usually by their Will or codicil, to:•administer their property, and•carry into effect the provisions of the WillThe office of executor derives from the testator’s
What is the definition of ‘intermeddling’ in an estate? Can an executor make a claim against the estate for either proprietary estoppel or under the Inheritance (Provision for Family and Dependants) Act 1975 without renouncing their executorship? Can an executor, before the application for the
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