Williams on wills / Sir William James Williams.

London : LexisNexis Butterworths, 2021.

11th edition

199778

Wills -- England.

Wills -- Wales.

VOLUME 1: THE LAW OF WILLS

PART A: Nature of wills

1. Nature of a will

2. Joint and mutual wills

3. Contracts relating to wills

PART B: Capacity and disposing intent

4. Testamentary capacity

5. Knowledge and approval, undue influence and fraud

6. Rectification

PART C: What dispositions may be made

7. What may be disposed of by will

8. Interests which may be created by will

9. Who may benefit under a will

PART D: Form of will and execution

10. Form of will

11. Signature

12. Attestation

13. Presumption of due execution

14. Alterations, interlineations and erasures

15. Incorporation of unattested documents

16. Wills of soldiers, sailors and members of the Air Force

PART E: Revocation, republication and revival of wills

17. Revocation by marriage or civil partnership

18. Voluntary revocation

19. Conditional revocation and dependent relative revocation

20. Codicils

21. Revival

22. Republication

PART F: Wills with foreign element

23. Form of wills where foreign property or domicile is involved

24. Wills with a foreign element: essential validity and construction and exercise of powers of appointment

PART G: Executors, trustees and guardians

25. Executors

26. Special administrators for settled land

27. Trustees

28. Appointment of guardians

PART H: Contents of wills

29. Appropriation

30. Legacies

31. Abatement and refunding of legacies

32. Interest and income on legacies

33. Annuities

34. Conditions generally

35. Particular conditions

36. Secret trusts

37. Conversion

38. Residuary gifts

39. Exercise of powers by will

40. Powers of appointment-miscellaneous matters affecting the exercise of the power

PART I: Failure of gifts

41. Ademption

42. Election

43. Estoppel

44. Satisfaction

45. Acceptance of a gift

46. Disclaimer of gift

47. Lapse

48. Failure of gift

PART J: Construction of wills: general principles

49. Functions of the court of construction

50. General principles of construction

51. Presumptions

52. Inconsistencies and transposition and rejection of words

53. Uncertainty

54. Context and meaning of words

55. Meaning of particular words

56. Change of ‘or’ into ‘and’ and vice versa

57. Evidence admissible in a court of construction-extrinsic evidence

58. Inaccuracy of description - falsa demonstration

PART K: Construction of wills: particular rules relating to property

59. Descriptions of property – will speaks from death

60. General descriptions of property

61. Accessories follow principal gift

62. Unlimited gifts of income or unlimited charges

63. Description by locality

64. Particular descriptions of property

PART L: Construction of wills: particular rules relating to persons

65. Time for ascertaining the donees

66. Class gifts – rules of convenience

67. Survivorship

68. Alternative donees

69. Descriptions of donees by number

70. Commorientes

71. Relationship by blood and affinity

72. Illegitimacy of donees

73. Persons en ventre sa mere

74. Gifts to Children

75. Adopted children

76. Gifts to ‘issue’

77. Gifts to next of kin

78. Gifts to ‘heir’

79. Gifts to ‘family’ to ‘relations’, and to ‘representatives’

80. Gifts to spouse or civil partner

81. Other descriptions of donees

PART M: Construction of wills: particular rules relating to beneficial interests

82. Quantity of interest given

83. Absolute and life interests

84. Entailed interests

85. Gifts to a person and his children or to a person and his issue

86. Concurrent gifts – joint tenancy and tenancy in common

87. Distribution per capita and per stirpes

88. Cumulative and substituted gifts

89. Successive interests

90. Accruer clauses

91. Conditional gifts

92. Option to purchase

93. Vesting

94. Perpetuities

95. Accumulations

96. Divesting

97. Gift over on Death

98. Limitations on failure of issue

99. Restriction on alienation and forfeiture clause

100. Hotchpot clauses

101. Gifts by implication

PART N: Charities

102. Charities: gifts for charitable purposes

103. Charitable gifts; construction and cy-pres

PART O: Intestacy

104. Intestacy

PART P: Family provision

105. Family provision. VOLUME 2: PRECEDENTS AND STATUTES

PART A: Introductory note

PART B: Clauses in wills

PART C: Complete wills

PART D: Codicils

PART E: Statutory Will Forms 1925

PART F: Non-testamentary instruments

PART G: Legislation

Cumulative Index.

Williams on Wills has long been recognised as the leading text in the area of wills. Considered to be the definitive practitioner textbook, the new edition has been fully revised and updated for 2021. As always, the title will consist of two volumes, the second of which comprises an extensive collection of gold standard precedents both for complete wills and clauses used in wills, also included on a CD in Word format ready to edit and use in practice. Included in this new edition - Vol. 1: Case law updates since the last supplement in 2018; Additional commentary on digital assets; New commentary on the Covid attestation rules. Vol. 2: New RNRB precedents added where appropriate, including 2-yr, 2-day spousal interest in possession; New precedent wording for a 'Covid attestation' clause; Discussion of Brexit. - Publisher's website.

Previous edition: 2014

Includes bibliographical references and index.

9781474317320

2 volumes (cccxviii, 1181, cclxxii, 1673 pages) ; 26 cm