Drafting Trusts and Will Trusts A Modern Approach

Written by James Kessler QC, Drafting Trusts and Will Trusts is a crucial guide to drafting and understanding will and trust documents.
The work offers a comprehensive selection of precedents to suit a wide range of trust requirements, and helps ensure the practitioner can make the best succession planning judgements through the use of the correct trust.
FEATURES OF THIS NEW EDITION:
Covers the technical issues involved in drafting settlements and highlights common mistakes and traps
Explains the issues in drafting trusts and will trusts, the choices that have to be made and the matters that concern the settler and testator, supported by a range of examples
Contains a comprehensive range of precedents to suit a wide range of trust requirements, drafted in a straightforward and modern style
Discusses trust and will trust amendments required by the Trusts (Capital and Income) Act 2013, the Marriage (Same Sex Couples) Act 2013
Includes guidance on the Inheritance and Trustees’ Powers Act 2014
Coverage of the Finance Acts 2013 and 2014
Deals with significant case law, including Loring v Woodland Trust and Brooke v Purton on transferable nil rate bands
Written in an easy to understand style enabling the less experienced drafter to comprehend more complex issues
Additional precedents including administrative provisions for wills and trusts
Supplies all the precedents on an accompanying CD to speed drafting and compilation of documents
Includes Welsh language precedents