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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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Does interest accrued on pecuniary legacies during the administration of an estate count towards the nil rate band allowance in a discretionary trust?
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?
Fees—Wills & Probate
Fees—Wills & ProbateRegistration of Births, Deaths, Marriages and Civil Partnerships (Fees) Regulations 2016, SI 2016/911, Sch 1Land Registration...
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?
Associated legal terms
Abatement
The receipt by legatees of part of or none of their entitlement due to insufficient assets to discharge the entitlements in full.
Citation
A citation is an instrument which recites that a matter is before the court, sets out the interest claimed by the person extracting the citation and calls upon the party cited to enter an appearance or take some other specified step.
Satisfaction
The gift of a thing with the intention that it shall be taken either wholly or in part satisfaction of some prior claim of the donee.
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