Your First Stop for Reducing Professional Risk for Probate Cases The Irish Probate Practitioner's Handbook is a marked departure from the traditional probate textbook; as it enables you to fast track the identification of salient issues for clients and also highlights issues that might not otherwise have been apparent to the practitioner. What makes essential handbook unique? * Utilises real world scenarios and worked solutions to ensure a practical understanding of the issues * Exceptional cross referencing and internal chapter indexing that make it the most user friendly and accessible practical guide on the market * Provides practical assistance via a series of helpful checklists, flow charts, chapter summaries and other cross reference tools that helps you identify and access relevant practice and procedure with ease It provides you with a blueprint of current best practice in the areas of wills, trusts, probate and administration of estates. Fully up-to-date, the text will include recent changes to legislation, along with relevant precedents. It helps you: * Generate new probate business for their firms. * Confidently Build and Expand your Probate practice. * Tap into unrealised revenue opportunities with existing clients. * Avoid unnecessary insurance claims. * Cultivate a solid knowledge and understanding of probate practice and procedure. * Ensure you are best positioned to take advantage of new opportunities in Enduring Powers, Wardship, and Mediation. * Handle all contentious and non-contentious probate matters with confidence. The Irish Probate Practitioners' Handbook by Dowling & Grimes is: * An easy-to-use text focusing on the issues practitioners face on a daily basis. * Clearly sets out the steps that they need to take - Includes handy diagrams and flow charts to help ensure that you follow each step. * Consolidates and focuses solely on the statutory, regulatory and customary practices and procedures. * Deals with the most frequently asked questions and the points on which people seek most clarification. * Provides insights into day-to-day practice. ABOUT THE AUTHORS Karl Dowling is a practising barrister specialising in wills and succession, the administration of estates, contentious and non-contentious probate litigation and trust issues. He is Committee Member of the Society of Trust and Estate Practitioners (STEP) Ireland and has written extensively for Thomson Round Hall. Robert Grimes is a practising barrister in the area of Succession Law. He holds a B.Comm and also worked for an International Asset Management Firm for several years prior to commencing his legal practice.

The Probate Practitioner's Handbook is a well-established and popular guide to good practice for solicitors' firms that undertake probate and estate administration work.This new ninth edition has been comprehensively updated by leading experts to take account of: money-laundering issues including the requirements of the 5th EU Anti-Money Laundering Directives and the updated LSAG guidance the SRA Accounts Rules 2019 changes resulting from the new SRA Standards and Regulations new SRA guidance relevant to practitioners updates to relevant practice notes including disputed wills and handling complaints Inheritance and Capital Gains Tax developments implications of the UK leaving the European Union the introduction of the SRA Transparency Rules implications for practitioners arising from the Covid pandemic. the different ways in which foreign elements may affect the English probate practitioner. An essential new chapter explains how data protection law applies in the context of the administration of estates. Features such as checklists, precedents, case commentaries and examples enhance the book's usefulness.

The fourth edition of Wills, Probate and Estates has been written to provide trainee solicitors with a clear and thorough understanding of current best practice in the area of wills, trusts, probate and the administration of estates. The manual takes into account recent changes in legislation, particularly the Land and Conveyancing Law Reform Act 2009, the Civil Partnership and Certain Rights and Obligations of Cohabitants Act 2010 and certain relevant changes to the Capital Acquisitions Tax Consolidation Act 2003. The book outlines the basic elements of a will, familiarising trainees with the common law and statutory background enabling them to draft wills and simple trusts in accordance with statute and their clients' informed instructions. The manual goes on to deal with obtaining the necessary grant of representation on the death of a client, either with or without a will, and administering such an estate. Wills, Probate and Estates provides succinct and practical advice, provided by solicitors for solicitors, tackling questions of practice and procedure that are of central importance not only for students on the Professional Practice Course, but also to practitioners who deal with any area of wills, trusts, probate or the administration of estates.

The Probate Handbook is an authoritative guide to all probate matters that arise in Irish law providing quick solutions and guidelines to various procedures which may arise.

Criminal Litigation is a comprehensive guide to the evidential and procedural rules and skills of criminal litigation and advocacy. The manual provides effective practice knowledge of the fundamental elements of criminal procedure, with an emphasis on client care issues. It discusses the role of the solicitor at all stages of the criminal process, where the case is disposed of in either the District Court or the Superior Courts. Procedure is explained from both a prosecution and a defence perspective, beginning with arrest and proceeding to trial and beyond, in a sequential manner that reflects the criminal justice process. The law on regulatory crime sometimes referred to as white collar or corporate crime is distinguished, at a time when legislation in this area is being enacted. This third edition has been extensively revised to include new chapters on regulatory crime, bail law and the European arrest warrant procedure. It is essential reading for trainee solicitors on the Professional Practice Course, and an excellent resource for Irish legal practitioners and other actors in the criminal justice system. Online Resource Centre Changes and developments in the area will be covered by regular updates to the Online Resource Centre.

This book provides detailed guidance for armed forces and practitioners on the application of international human rights law during armed conflict and its relationship with the law of armed conflict.

This timely handbook details how all charities in Ireland can ensure that they are legally compliant with all aspects of charities law. This complex area is clearly and concisely explained by two leading experts in the charity law field. As well as fully outlining the legislation, including detailed coverage of the Charities Act 2009, this handbook considers the life cycle of a charity in Ireland: from its creation and registration to its governance and reporting obligations right through to its relations with other charities, at home or abroad, and the demise or dissolution of a charity. Examining the role of the charity trustee in both corporate and unincorporated charities, this book details the key relationships with relevant statutory agencies from the Charities Regulator through to Revenue and the Companies Registration Office. Setting out for the first time the practical issues facing charities operating in Ireland, this handbook is vital for any person concerned with the regulation of charities in this jurisdiction.

Draws from a wide range of disciplines to bring together 36 leading scholars writing about 400 years of modern Irish history