Drafting of Wills, The

Product Details:
Author(s):
Barker, HJ
Year Published:
1993
Edition
1st Edition
Type:
Print | Soft Cover
Language:
English
About this publication
The Law of Succession Amendment Act 43 of 1992 created fundamental changes in South African testamentary law. This book, written by a lawyer with nearly 60 years of practical experience, analyses the Wills Act as amended. It deals among other things with language usage generally, taking instructions from would-be testators, the structure of wills, estate duty, the limits to freedom of testation, the interpretation of wills, donation of human tissues, the so-called living will, traps to avoid in drafting, testamentary trusts and the many other problems which practitioners commonly have to handle. It discusses most of the important cases which have shaped testamentary law and gives many examples of wills and testamentary trusts.
Content
The Wills Act
Check list for taking instructions
A simple will
The joint (mutual) will
Massing
Flexible powers in small trusts
The limits to freedom of testation
Some traps to avoid
The interpretation of wills – the testator’s intention
The “Living Will”
Powers of appointment
Scattered hints
Interest / Benefit to
Students
Legal practitioners
Trustees
Executors
Administrators of estates
Financial consultants
Insurance consultants