Probate Practitioner's Handbook 7th ed

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:

• the Inheritance and Trustees' Powers Act 2014
• Consumer contracts regulations
• case law on mental capacity and rectification of wills
• the 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
• Law Society Wills and Inheritance Protocol
• taking instructions, client care, costs and complaints
• post-death variations

Features such as checklists, precedents, case commentaries and examples enhance the book's usefulness to practitioners.