✨ If he were a person, he’d be the long-distance cousin who somehow seems to be everywhere you are — there’s nothing distant about him. He gets involved in everything, is practical, always thinks ahead into the future, and sometimes talks about death as if it’s his friend. He leaves detailed instructions, makes sure nothing is left to chance, and while he can overcomplicate things with his endless notes, you know you can trust him to get everything done properly. ✨
This 25-page guide is a concise, structured, and visually engaging resource, covering all the essentials:
- Validity of wills and codicils: testamentary capacity, duress and undue influence, and formal requirements.
- Personal Representatives: appointment of executors, renunciation, and reservation of powers.
- Alterations and amendments to wills: effects of changes before and after execution, including codicils.
- Revocation of wills: methods, and the effect of marriage or divorce on a testator.
- Interpretation of wills: effects of different types of gifts and failure of gifts.
- Intestacy rules: statutory provisions and Section 46 of The Administration of Estates Act 1925.
- Property passing outside the estate: joint property, life policies, pension benefits, and trust property.
- Probate and administration practice: grants of representation, asset valuation, and funding Inheritance Tax.
- Administration of estates: duties, liabilities, and protection of personal representatives, sale of assets, and distribution.
- Claims against estates: under the Inheritance (Provision for Family and Dependants) Act 1975.
- Taxation: Inheritance Tax, exemptions and reliefs, and liability for Income and Capital Gains Tax during estate administration.