Wills and Trusts
Wills and Trusts provides a comprehensive commentary on all the main aspects of Wills and Trusts, together with the full text of all the relevant legislation.
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Product description
Wills and Trusts provides a comprehensive commentary on all the main aspects of Wills and Trusts, together with the full text of all the relevant legislation.
The emphasis is on practical advice for a range of circumstances in this dynamic field of law. The work covers all relevant areas, including the drafting and interpretation of wills, as well as the formation, administration and taxation of trusts. A wide selection of comprehensive precedents and checklists has been included as well as comprehensive indexes to both titles and cumulative tables of statutes and cases cited in the commentaries.
Available in print (looseleaf) and online format. Print includes updates for 12 months, thereafter updates are billed annually in advance. Online format must be added to a Lexis+ base package. Visit www.lexisnexis.co.za/lexisplus for more information.
Table of contents
Part A - Wills
Introduction to wills
Revocation
Interpretation of wills
The meanings of words and phrases
Drafting of wills
Part B - Trusts
Legal origin and historical development
Classification and definition
Legal nature of and parties to a trust
Formation of a trust
Administration of the trust
Variation, revocation and termination of a trust
Taxation of trusts
Ancillary
Specimen documents
Masters of the High Court
Calculation of Estate Duty
Statutes
Wills Act 7 of 1953
Income Tax Act 58 of 1962 (extracts)
Trust Property Control Act 57 of 1988
