Probate and the Administration of Estates

Part 1 Death and grant of representation: the body and the funeral; the need for a UK grant of representation and its effect; obtaining a grant; inheritance tax; acceptance of a grant or renunciation; the remedy for delay before grant is made - citation; informing the beneficiaries; public access to all proved wills; claim against the will after probate or letters of administration; system of law applicable and succession. Part 2 Wills and intestacies: capacity and power to make a will; circumstances invalidating a will; revocation and variation of wills by the testator in his lifetime; missing wills; variation of devolution after the death without applying to the court; variation after the death on application to the court; Trusts Act 1958; power to pay without proof of title - powers of nomination. Part 3 Assets and powers over them: getting in assets; assets which to be collected, need litigation; property not available as part of the estate; property subject to mutual wills.