Single Subject Course
Succession (Procedural Law)
Wills, Probate & Administration
Syllabus
Wills: Taking instructions
Functions and scope of a will: Gifts, bequests, legacies and devises, residue
Appointment of Executors
Failure of bequests
Testacy and Intestacy
Probate & Administration - Practice and Procedure
Administering the Estate: Personal Representatives and their duties and powers
Protection against claims; distribution of the estate
Learning outcomes
1. Be able to explain the procedure for winding up the Estate of a person who leaves a Will 2. Be able to explain the procedure for winding up the Estate of a person who dies without leaving a will
Assessment
One assignment of eight questions and one multiple choice test
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