Williams, Mortimer and Sunnucks on executors, administrators and probate : (being the 21st edition of Williams on executors and the 9th edition of Mortimer on probate)/ Alexander Learmonth; Charlotte Ford; Julia Clark; John Ross Martyn.

London : Sweet & Maxwell Ltd, 2017.

21st edition

87579

Executors and administrators -- Great Britain.

Probate law and practice -- Great Britain.

Part 1: Preliminary matters

1. Definitions and the structure of this book

2. History and jurisdiction

3. Jurisdiction where there is a foreign element

4. Capacity to act as representative

5. The need for a grant

Part 2: Executors and the admission of wills to probate

6. Executors-appointment, acceptance, renunciation and Transmission of office

7. Types of will

8. Forms of probate

9. The formal validity of wills and privileged wills

10. The substantial validity of wills

11. The revocation of wills

12. The revival of wills

Part 3: Administrators

13. Appointment of administrators and acceptance of office

14. Administrators-entitlement to a grant with the will Annexed

15. Administrators-entitlement to a grant on total intestacy

Part 4: Non-contentious practice

16. Grants in common form-general practice

17. Grants where the deceased died domiciled abroad

18. Applications rn admit wills to proof

19. Limited grants

20. Special grants

21. Discretionary grants

22. Amendment, notation, revocation and impounding of grants

23. Recognition and resealing of grants

24. Searches, copies, exemplifications, duplicates and deposit of Wills of living persons

25. Caveats

26. Citation

27. Applications and summonses in non-contentious proceeding

28. Costs of non-contentious business

Part 5: Contentious practice

29. Preliminary steps and parties

30. The claim form, acknowledgement, evidence of testamentary Documents and statements of case

31. Case management and pre-trial procedure

32. Trial

33. Costs

Part 6: Devolution and liability

34. The effect of a grant

35. Vesting in the personal representative

36. Vesting of assets in others: donationes mortis causa

37. Social security benefits and tax credits

38. The devolution of chattels

39. Devolution of claims and choses in action

40. Devolution of land

41. Incidence of liabilities of the deceased

Part 7: Administration of assets

42. Preliminary matters; duties in administration

43. Assets

44. Administration of digital information

45. Taxation of personal representatives

46. The payment of debts

47. Priority of creditors over beneficiaries

48. Debts due to and from representatives and beneficiaries

49. Administration where there is a foreign element

50. Powers of the representative

51. Remuneration and payments

52. The liability for a representative's own acts

Part 8: Family provision

53. Family provision: the purpose, extent and limits of the Legislation

54. Family provision: exercise of discretion

55. Family provision: property available for provision

56. Family provision: procedure

Part 9: Administration and other actions

57. Administration proceedings

58. Other proceedings in administration

59. Claims by the estate

60. Claims against the estate

61. Limitation of actions

62. Judgments against representatives

63. Costs ln administration proceedings

Part 10: Distribution of assets

64. The executor's year

65. Problems of distribution

66. Ademption and satisfaction

67. Description

68. Capacity RN take

69. Election

70. Payment of legacies-marshalling

71. Abatement

72. Future legacies

73. Payment and receipt

74. Income, interest and annuities

75. Equitable apportionment

76. Assents

77. Distribution on intestacy

78. Refunding, following, tracing and subrogation

Appendix: A table of distribution on intestacy.

Williams, Mortimer and Sunnucks provides in-depth guidance to the law of probate and the administration of estates after death. It is considered in the market to be one of the leading authorities on the subject offering an in-depth analysis of the law and how it applies in practice. This title offers solutions to the most complex problems through authoritative analysis of the law and how it has been applied by the courts. It covers the grant of probate and of administration, non-contentious and contentious practice, devolution and liability, and the administration and distribution of assets, so that you are up to date on every aspect of the process of probate. The authors, John Ross Martyn and Nicholas Caddick QC, also explain the implications of case law developments, including important decisions on testamentary capacity, knowledge and approval, undue influence, due execution, and costs. - Publisher's website.

Previous edition: 2013.

Williams on executors

Executors, administrators and probate

Mortimer on Probate

9780414064638

ccxxxv, 1476 pages ; 24 cm