Tristram and Coote's probate practice / J. I. Winegarten, R. D'Costa, T Synak.

London : LexisNexis Butterworths, 2006.

30th ed.

26877

Probate practice.

Probate law and practice -- Great Britain.

1. The probate jurisdiction of the Family Division --2. General procedure in registry --3. Wills and codicils --4. Probates --5. Letters of administration with the will annexed --6. Letters of administration --7. Minority or life interests and second administrators --8. Inland Revenue accounts --9. Trust corporations --10. Settled land grants --11. Limited grants --12. Grant where deceased died domiciled out of England and Wales --13. Grants 'de bonis non' - cessate grants - double probate --14. Right of the court to select an administrator - 'Commonrientes' --15. Renunciation and retraction --16. Amendment and notation of grants --17. Revocation and impounding of grants --18. Resealing --19. Inventory and account --20. Deposit and registration of wills of living persons --21. Searches and copies --22. Affidavits, affirmations and statutory declarations --23. Caveats --24. Citations --25. Applications to District Judge, Registrar or High Court Judge (non-contentious business) --26. Introduction --27. Claims --28. Parties to claims --29. Claim form --30. Acknowledgement of service --31. Testamentary documents --32. Statements of case generally --33. Particulars of claim --34. Defence and counterclaim --35. Reply and subsequent pleadings --36. Disclosure --37. Management of multi-track cases --38. Interim applications --39. Trial --40. Costs --41. Associated actions.

The thirteenth edition of this leading text from Great Britain has been updated to incorporate the Civil Partnership Act 2004, the Adoption and Children Act 2002, the Gender Recognition Act 2004, and the Mental Capacity Act 2005. Changes to inheritance tax procedure and legislation are explained, as well as important recent cases including Re Rogers, Ghafoor v Cliff, and Sherrington v Sherrington.

Includes index.

9781405709606

lxxxv, 1613 p. + 1 CD-ROM.