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Drafting wills and administering estates
Contains will precedents, IHT returns and probate precedents. Contentious trusts and estates covers the disputes that can frequently arise.
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Fees—Wills & Probate
Registration of Births, Deaths, Marriages and Civil Partnerships (Fees) Regulations 2016, SI 2016/911, Sch 1Land...
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If an executor lives abroad and does not wish to renounce their appointment, does the original will have to be sent to them or is it possible for them to sign a certified copy?
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An executor named in a Will cannot be found and is thought to have died. What steps can be taken to locate them or to ascertain whether they are in fact dead?
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Does interest accrued on pecuniary legacies during the administration of an estate count towards the nil rate band allowance in a discretionary trust?
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If an executor lives abroad and does not wish to renounce their appointment, does the original will have to be sent to them or is it possible for them to sign a certified copy?
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An executor named in a Will cannot be found and is thought to have died. What steps can be taken to locate them or to ascertain whether they are in fact dead?
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Does interest accrued on pecuniary legacies during the administration of an estate count towards the nil rate band allowance in a discretionary trust?
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Fees—Wills & Probate
Registration of Births, Deaths, Marriages and Civil Partnerships (Fees) Regulations 2016, SI 2016/911, Sch 1Land...
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Associated legal terms
Demonstrative legacy
A general legacy with the quality attached to it that it must be discharged out of a specific fund.
Devastavit
Wasting of assets
Substitutional legacy
Legacies of equal amount given by the same instrument are prima facie substitutional.
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