Tristram and Coote's Probate Practice

PART I – THE COMMON FORM PROBATE PRACTICE;
1. The probate jurisdiction of the Family Division; 2. General procedure in registry; 3. Wills and codicils; 4. Probates; 5. Letter 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—‘Commorientes’; 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—Exemplifications—Duplicate grants; 22. Affidavits, affirmations and statutory declarations; 23. Caveats; 24. Object of citations; 25. Applications to district judge, registrar or High Court judge (Non-contentious business);

PART II – 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;

Appendices;

Appendix 1: Statutes;
Appendix 2: Rules, Orders and Regulations;
Appendix 3: Fees (Non-Contentious Business);
Appendix 4: Rates of Inheritance Tax and Capital Transfer Tax;
Appendix 5: Costs (Non-Contentious Business);
Appendix 6: Forms;
Appendix 7: Instructions, Statutory Will Forms, Probate Offices