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Categories:
Wills, Inheritance & Succession
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Length:
30 minutes of audio
(+ optional 5 minute online quiz)
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Course Aims:

This podcast will be of use to all practitioners involved in probate cases, and anyone seeking to defend or challenge the validity of a will. Important procedural points are considered, and clear practical advice is given for practitioners as to the formalities required for making a valid will, changing and challenging a will. Further advice is given for those who are not happy with the distribution of assets in a will, and the procedure for lodging a claim is set out.

Outcomes:
After completing the course you will:
  • Understand the formalities for making a will;
  • Know the major grounds under which the validity of a will can be cancelled;
  • Have received practical advice for people unhappy with the distribution of a will;
  • Know the procedure for lodging a claim;
  • Understand the provisions for notice for interested parties;
  • Understand the consequences of revocation;
  • Know the important procedural rules.
Level:
Intermediate Difficulty: 3 of 5
Classification:
Introduction
Legal Principles
Practical Guide
Procedural
Sources and References:
  • Wills Act 1837;
  • Mental Capacity Act;
  • Inheritance (Provision for Family and Dependants) Act 1975;
  • Civil Procedure Rules;
  • Administration of Justice Act 1985;
  • Banks v Goodfellow [1870] LR 5 QB 549;
  • Kostic v Chaplin [2007] EWHC 2298 (Ch).

In this podcast we talk to Georgia Bedworth, a barrister at 10 Old Square, about the issues and procedure regarding the making and challenging of a will. Among the issues covered are: the requirements for making a valid will, or for changing an existing will, on what grounds a will can be challenged, the procedure for lodging a claim, the consequences of revocation of a will, and the procedure rules involved.

Podcast Added: 22/8/2008

Podcast last reviewed: 2011-10-31

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