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Brighouse's Precedents of Wills, 14th Edition

Edited by David Endicott · Andrew Jones
Sweet & Maxwell U.K. October 2007

Specifications

ISBN-13
9781847032249
Publisher
Sweet & Maxwell U.K.
Publication
October 2007
Format
Hardback + CD-ROM
Jurisdiction
U.K. ? Countri(es) for reference only

Details

With all the precedents and practical advice you need to help you construct clear and accurate wills, Brighouse’sPrecedents of Wills: 

  • Provides precedents that can be easily adapted to suit various situations
  • Covers wills not easily found elsewhere
  • Enables you to build up a will clause-by-clause, using the precedents in the book and accompanying CD-ROM
  • Examines the powers of trustees and how they affect different types of wills, to enable you to take this into account in the wills that you draft
  • Includes a section on trusts, and reflects developments to the pre-owned assets regime, stamp duty land tax and other changes resulting from the trust modernisation project
  • Covers new legislation, including the Civil Partnership Act 2004, the Mental Capacity Act 2005 and the Finance Act 2006
  • Covers codicils and deeds of variation, so you can be clear on how special circumstances apply
  • Provides a Will Questionnaire so that you can easily find out all the relevant information from a client

Table of Contents

  • Introduction,
  • Inheritance tax,
  • Settled property.
  • Trusts of Land and Appointment of Trustees Act 1996.
  • Family provision.
  • Divorce and separation.
  • The family, children and issue.
  • Special properties.
  • Annuities.
  • Administrative machinery.
  • Variations and disclaimers.
  • STEP and the standard provisions.
  • Common form clauses
  • Forms of gifts to children and issue.
  • Forms of beneficial trusts.
  • Various trusts.
  • General precedents.
  • Wills of businessmen.
  • Wills of farmers.
  • Forms of codicils.
  • Disclaimer and deeds of variation.
  • Appendices
  • will questionnaire.
  • STEP Standard Provisions.
  • Commentary on STEP Standard Provisions.
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