Current issues in succession law / edited by Birke Häcker and Charles Mitchell.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Häcker, Birke, 1977- editor.

Mitchell, Charles (Charles Christopher James), editor.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Inheritance and succession--England--Congresses.

Inheritance and succession.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (315 pages)

Place of Publication:

Oxford : Portland, Oregon : Hart Publishing, an imprint of Bloomsbury Publishing Plc, 2016.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

While continental and comparative lawyers have recently rediscovered succession law as an area of immense practical importance deserving greater academic attention, it is still a neglected field in England. This book aims to reinvigorate the English debate. It brings together contributions by leading academics and practitioners engaging with topical issues as well as questions of fundamental importance in succession law and estate planning. The book will be of interest to both academics and practitioners working in the field, and to non-English comparative lawyers

Contents:

Intestacy reform in 2014 : unfinished business

Roger Kerridge

Disquieting thoughts : who will benefit when we are gone?

Rebecca Probert

How does the common law forfeiture rule work?

Ian Williams

Proprietary estoppel : undermining the law of succession?

Ben McFarlane

Explaining the mutual wills doctrine

Ying Khai Liew

What's in a will? : examining the modern approach towards the interpretation and rectification of testamentary instruments

Birke Häcker

Capacity and want of knowledge and approval

Penelope Reed

Reversing testamentary dispositions in favour of informal carers

Brian Sloan

What is left of the non-delegation principle?

Lionel Smith

Pension death benefits: opportunities and pitfalls

Alexandra Braun

Estate planning for businesses

Emma Chamberlain.

Notes:

Includes papers presented at a conference at All Souls College, University of Oxford, on 10-11 July 2015.--ECIP galley.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

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ISBN:

9781782256304

178225630X

9781782256298

1782256296

9781782256281

1782256288

OCLC:

945804360