Succession Law Essentials - Paperback

by Frankie McCarthy (Author)

What happens after you die? You can't take it with you, so succession law governs how your property is passed on after your death. Succession Law Essentials teaches you all you need to know about the Scots laws of succession, including estates, executors, wills, will substitutes, valid and invalid testimony, intestate succession, legacies, vesting and more. Summary sections of Essentials Facts and Essential Cases will help you to identify, understand and remember the key elements, and tables of cases and statutes will help you to find the page you're looking for quickly and easily.

Back Jacket

Succession Essentials is an invaluable study guide for students. It provides up-to-date, concise and comprehensive coverage of the legal system in Scotland and is the ideal text for students who come new to the subject and for those preparing for exams. This book is also an excellent resource for those who need to refresh their knowledge. Summary sections of Essentials Facts and Essential Cases will help students to identify, understand and remember the key elements of the subject. Introduction Survivorship Legal Rights Intestate Succession Essential and Formal Validity Common Testamentary Provisions Vesting and Accretion Will Substitutes Interpretation of Wills The Executor s Role and Duties

Author Biography

Frankie McCarthy Lecturer in Private Law at the University of Glasgow.