Drafting Wills in Scotland

Scots Law The fully revised second edition of this highly regarded text provides coverage of all the practical and legislative changes that have occurred in the last ten years since the publication of the highly successful first edition. The new edition, written by expert team of authors from Brodies and Tods Murray, has been fully updated and revised to include: * All the major changes in Inheritance tax, including the transferable nil rate band and substantial change to trust taxation in 2006 * A range of new tax favoured styles * Legislative changes in such matters as execution, marriage and child law, capacity and execution of deeds This new edition is accompanied by a CD ROM containing the fully updated Will Styles. Contents: Chapter 1: Introduction; Chapter 2: General Matters; Chapter 3: Common Clauses; Chapter 4: The Subjects of Bequest; Chapter 5: The Objects of Bequest - General; Chapter 6: The Objects of Bequest - Specific; Chapter 7: Trustees' Powers and Other Trust Clauses; Chapter 8: Codicils; Chapter 9: Taking Instructions and Problem Solving