Probate Practitioner's Handbook

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 eighth edition has been comprehensively updated by leading experts to take account of developments relating to: money laundering issues including the requirements of the fourth EU Directive on Money Laundering and the new Trusts Registration Service probate disputes and Inheritance Act claims including the implications of the Supreme Court decision in Ilott v. The Blue Cross and Others inheritance tax including implications of the new residence nil rate band for those administering estates the new Guardianship (Missing Persons) Act 2017 and the procedure for declarations of death under the Presumption of Death Act 2013 proposed changes to probate fees.New chapters have been written to cover two increasingly important areas: the obligations of personal representatives in relation to digital assets dealing with foreign assets, domicile and residence issues.Features such as checklists, precedents, case commentaries and examples enhance the book's usefulness.