Rossdale, probate and the administration of estates : a practical guide.

Previous ed. by Philip Rossdale: 2006.

Includes index.

Part I.Death and grant of representation -- 1.Introduction: the system of law applicable to succession -- 2.Steops before probate; disposal of the body -- 3.Locating the will after death -- 4.Need for a United Kingdom grant of representation and its effict; definition of legal terms -- 5.Acting as personal representative without authority - executor de son tort -- 6.Inheritance tax on applying for a grant of representation, capital gians tax on estates and income tax on personal representatives -- 7.Acceptance of a grant -- 8.Renunciation - 9.Obtaining agrant - 10.The effect of a grant of representation; obtaining notice of or before any grant -- 11.Obtaining notice of a grant -- 12.Preventing a grant by caveat -- 13.Citation as the remedy for delay before a grant is made -- 14.Informing the beneficaries -- 15.Public access to proved wills -- 16.Claim against a will or an intestacy after the grant of probate or letters of administration --Part II.Wills and intestacies -- 17.Formal validity of will s-- 18.Substantive validity of wills -- 19.Property in respect of which a will may be made -- 20.Wills with a foreign element -- 21.Missing wills -- 22.Revocation and alteration of wills by the testator -- Part III.Getting in assets -- 23.Getting in assets -- 24.Getting in partnership interests -- 25.Getting in the assets of a sole trader -- 26.Getting in trust assets and other property -- 27.Assets that need to be collected by litigation -- 28.Property not available as part of the estate -- Part IV - Assets and powers over them - 29.Advertisement for claimants -- 30.Payment of debts and provision for future debts -- 31.Provision for future debts and liabilities -- 32.Incidence of liabilities and legacies in a solvent estate -- 33.Insolvent estates -- Part V - The personal representatives' powers, accounts, expenses and remuneration -- 34.The rule against self-dealing -- 35.Powers of sale and compromise -- 36.Power of accumulation -- 37.Discretionary powers of management and administration -- 38.Inventory and accounts -- 39.The duty to disclose advice -- 40.Expenses and remuneration of personal representatives -- 41.Liability of personal representatives for maladministration (devastavit) -- Part VI.Distribution -- 42.Identifying beneficaries, status of beneficiaries and perpetuity -- 43.Failrue of gifts -- 45.Legacies -- 46.Residue given by will -- 47.Residue on total intestacy; residue on partial intestacy -- 48.Occupation of the deceased's home pending realisiation or distribution of the estate -- 49.Distribution to those benefically entitled -- 50.Completion of the administration -- Part VII - Alterations to the disposition of the estate -- 51.Consensual variation of the beneficial devolution of the estate after death -- 52.Rectificaiton and claims under the Iheritance (Provision for family and dependants) Act 1975 -- Part VIII - Proceedings in court -- 53.Probate claims - 54.Claims to challenge a nomination -- 55.Removal of personal representatives, other difficulties in the administration of an estate -- 56.Applications to the court within the estate for the determination of questions, administation, directions and approval in reliance on counsel's opinion -- 57.The personal respresentatives' position in hostile litigation outside the estate -- 58.Limitation.