Law of Succession, 2nd Edition

Part I Wills and Intestacy
1. Nature of a Will
2. Mental Elements
3. Statutory Wills
4. Formal Elements
5. Revocation and Amendment of Wills
6. Republication and Revival of Wills
7. Gifts by Will
8. Construction of Wills
9. Intestacy

Part II Personal Representatives
10. The Office of Personal Representative
11. Grants of Representation
12. Duties of Personal Representatives
13. Powers and Entitlements of Personal Representative
14. Allocation and Distribution of Estate

Part III Family Provision
15. Concept of Family Provision
16. Eligibility to Apply for Family Provision
17. Applications for Provision
18. Particular Classes of Applicants
19. Relevant Considerations in Making Order
20. Family Provision Orders

Part IV Miscellaneous Matters
21. A Statutory History of Wills in England and Australia
22. Conflicts of Law in Succession
23. Costs in Matters Involving Deceased Estates
24. Lawyers’ Responsibility and Liability

G E Dal Pont is a Professor, Faculty of Law, University of Tasmania. He is a graduate of the University of Tasmania (LLD) and the University of Michigan (LLM), and is admitted to practice in New South Wales, as well as a Certified Practising Accountant. He has written widely in the areas of the legal profession and equity and trusts, in particular, including six books in the LexisNexis Black and Silver series. Professor Dal Pont is also General Editor of Halsbury’s Laws of Australia, author of the New South Wales Solicitors Manual, and a regular columnist on legal ethics issues. His teaching involves professional responsibility, trusts and tax.

K F Mackie was a Senior Lecturer in law and Sub-Dean at the Law School, University of Tasmania. He is a consultant to the Tasmanian Law Reform Institute on succession law issues and was a member of the Former National Committee on Uniform Succession Laws. Ken has also taught at the University of Tasmania and the City University of Hong Kong. His main research interests are property law and succession. He is now a University Associate in the Faculty of Law, University of Tasmania.