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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