Wills and Probate in UK Law
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REVIEWS
Book reviewed in this article: Judicial Review of Administrative Action. By S. A. De Smith, M.A., PH.D. Wills, Probate and Administration. A Manual of the Law. By B. S. Ker, M.A. (Cantab.) The Law ......... 0. HOOD PHILLIPS. WILLS, PROBATE AND ADMINISTRATION. A Manual of the Law. By B. S. ......
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REVIEWS
Precedent in English Law and Other Essays. By James Louis Montrose. Edited by H. G. Hanbury. Precedent in English Law. By Rupert Cross. Second Edition. Double Jeopardy. By Martin L. Friedland. The ......... E8 18s. net (each).] THE LAW AND PRACTICE OF NIGERIAN WILLS, PROBATE AND SUCCES- SION. By BRIAN W. HARVEY. [London: Sweet ......
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REVIEWS
Book reviewed in this article: PRINCIPLES OF ADMINISTRATIVE LAW. By J. A. G. GRIFFITH, LL.M. MODERN EQUITY. By H. G. HANBURY AN INTRODUCTION TO EQUITY. By G. W. KEETON. CARVER ON THE CARRIAGE OF GO......... C. SHORT FORMS OF WILLS. By HENRY BRIGHOUSE, Solicitor. Sixth Edition by EDWARD F. ......
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Coming events.
......Probate management (joint event with AAT) . 23 March, 9am . Future Inn Cabot s Hotel, Bond Street, Bristol BS1 3EN John Penley OBE will discuss wills, trusts and probate management. . Contact Suzanne Allen on +44 (0)11 7960 ......
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Testator's Family Maintenance: Late Applications—Easterbrook v. Young
...... and G. of I. Act and the Wills, Probate and Administration Act 1898 (N.S.W.)4 that there had been ......
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Restitution, Rectification, and Mitigation: Negligent Solicitors and Wills, Again
A solicitor, when drafting a will, can owe a duty of care in tort to the intended beneficiary of a bequest under that will. The Court of Appeal has recently confirmed that where a solicitor has mis.........Murphy, ‘Probate Solicitors, Disappointed Beneficiaries and the Tortious Duty to Advise on Tax Avoidance’ (1998) 14 PN 107. cp Middleton v Steeds Hudson [1998] 1 ......
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LIMITED PURPOSE MARRIAGES
...... 17. 1 e.g. Wills, Probate and Administration Act 1898 (N.S.W.), s. 61A. If ......
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Omnia Praesumuntur…
...... or end thereof," which is where, according to the Wills Act, 1887,' a testator should sign his will, does not ... Such wills were admitted to probate in Re Wotton (1874) L.R. 3 P. & D. 159; Re Smith [1931] P. ......
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NOTES OF CASES
......) that, in the circumstances, the whole of both the wills including the revoking clause in .the later will, could be itted to probate on the basis that the revocation clause in the later will ......
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There's Nothing New in Dying Now: Will Welfare Attorney Decision Making at End of Life Make a Real Difference?
Advance care planning is a way to express value‐based preferences in order to guide future treatment decisions following loss of decision‐making capacity. It aims to ensure that one's critical valu.........1 Otherwise known as advance directives, or living wills. 2 Statements of wishes are non-legally binding indications of values and ...Lawyers' knowledge centred around wills, probate, ordinary and enduring powers of attorney and, to a lesser extent, advance ......
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