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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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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?
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?
Does interest accrued on pecuniary legacies during the administration of an estate count towards the nil rate band allowance in a discretionary trust?
Fees—Wills & Probate
Fees—Wills & ProbateRegistration of Births, Deaths, Marriages and Civil Partnerships (Fees) Regulations 2016, SI 2016/911, Sch 1Land Registration...
Associated legal terms
Demonstrative legacy
A general legacy with the quality attached to it that it must be discharged out of a specific fund.
General legacy
A gift of something which if the testator leaves sufficient assets, must be raised by the executors out of the deceased's general personal estate.
Grant pendente lite
Where a probate claim is begun, but before it is concluded, a grant pendente lite can be made pending determination of the claim.
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