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The Probate Practitioner's Handbook is a well-established and popular guide to good practice for solicitors' firms that undertake probate and estate administration work.This new seventh edition has been comprehensively updated by leading experts to take account of developments such as: Inheritance and Trustees' Powers Act 2014 Consumer Contracts (Information, Cancellation and Additional Charges) Regulations 2013 case law on mental capacity and rectification of wills Law Society Wills and Inheritance Protocol changes to tax law.In addition, new chapters have been written to cover the interpretation and rectification of wills, taking instructions, client care, costs and complaints, and post-death variations. Features such as checklists, precedents, case commentaries and examples enhance the book's usefulness to practitioners.
This book can assure the work of a personal representative/executor or supporting the layman and appointed family, friend, or relative to maintain open channels of communication between all parties, providing governance and visibility of progress with support of a solicitor. This is a helpful aid with checklists and advice to control and address issues that arise when dealing with an estate. The book begins with an introduction to estate planning background providing the information and steps in the process. It then proceeds to outline in a checklist format the project management principles and examples of how they could be administer whilst managing an estate in practice.