Principles of Australian Succession Law, 3rd Edition and Hutley's Australian Wills Precedents, 10th Edition (Bundle)


Book Description

Principles of Australian Succession Law, 3rd edition Principles of Australian Succession Law, 3rd edition, provides a comprehensive overview of the current law of succession in Australia. It provides coverage of legislation and statutory authorities in all Australian jurisdictions. Hutley's Australian Wills Precedents, 10th edition Hutley's Australian Wills Precedents has become the essential reference work on the art of will drafting in Australia.




Hutley's Australian Wills Precedents, 9th Edition and Principles of Australian Succession Law, 3rd Edition (Bundle)


Book Description

Hutley's Australian Wills Precedents, 9th Edition is the essential reference work on the art of will drafting in Australia. Principles of Australian Succession Law, 3rd edition, provides a comprehensive overview of the current law of succession in Australia. It provides coverage of legislation and statutory authorities in all Australian jurisdictions.




Principles of Australian Succession Law, 4th Edition and Hutley's Australian Wills Precedents, 10th Edition (Bundle)


Book Description

Principles of Australian Succession Law, 4th edition A comprehensive introduction to the law of succession in Australia Hutley's Australian Wills Precedents, 10th edition The essential reference work on the art of will drafting in Australia




Estate Planning


Book Description

Trusts and estates practice is being increasingly recognised as an occupation within the legal, accounting, tax and financial services professions. Estate planning remains the strategic advisory component within this practice. An essential resource for practitioners and students involved in trusts and estates practice, this easy-to-use, practical and comprehensive guide will enable you to understand and deliver effective estate planning services using the principles, precedents, practice points, case notes and discussion questions contained in this book. Included in this edition are the legislative changes enacted since the first edition, such as changes to wills and estate law arising from the commencement of the Succession Act 2006 (NSW) on 1 March 2008 as well as changes to income tax and superannuation laws since 2005.




Hutley's Australian Wills Precedents


Book Description

Since its first publication in 1970, Hutley's Australian Wills Precedents has become the essential reference work on the art of will drafting in Australia. The 7th edition is much more than an 'update' of the previous edition. The whole book has been thoroughly examined and reconsidered. The text, forms and precedents have been revised and in many places rewritten and extended. New cases and statutes have been taken into account and contentious issues critically examined. The precedent for a testamentary discretionary family trust will fill a need. These trusts are very difficult to draft. The trust offered here is a flexible, middle-of-the-road, general vehicle, designed to be adaptable to the needs of clients and practitioners. It allows for income splitting and offers some asset protection. The precedent is considered and explained in the text and is accompanied by a full and detailed explanatory document to be given to clients. The new, detailed, Table of Contents is intended to be a search engine, to complement the conventional index. It is a comprehensive list of all chapter and paragraph headings, occupying many pages; it therefore offers ready access to the matters which a will drafter has to consider. A Compact Disc containing all the precedents and forms in Microsoft Word 2002 format is included.




Law of Agency


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The most substantial Australian text on the law of agency. Part of the LexisNexis Butterworths Black and Silver hard cover series, the second edition of Law of Agency updates the both case law and legislation as it relates to agency law. The author discusses Australian law in both a local and international context. Since the first edition there have been High Court judgments and hundreds of decisions in common law courts. Importantly, the book incorporates the significant statutory changes in the Australian Capital Territory, New South Wales, Tasmania and other jurisdictions. The book is structured in the same manner as the first edition and takes you through agency law as it relates to tort, equity, company law, partnership law, banking law, professional responsibility, insurance law and the power of attorney.




Modern Legal Drafting


Book Description

In the second edition of this highly regarded text, the authors show how and why traditional legal language has developed the peculiar characteristics that make legal documents inaccessible to the end users. Incorporating recent research and case law, the book provides a critical examination of case law and the rules of interpretation. Detailed case studies illustrate how obtuse or outdated words, phrases and concepts can be rewritten, reworked or removed altogether. Particularly useful is the step-by-step guide to drafting in the modern style, using examples from four types of common legal documents: leases, company constitutions, wills and conveyances. Readers will gain an appreciation of the historical influences on drafting practice and the use of legal terminology. They will learn about the current moves to reform legal language, and receive clear instruction on how to make their writing clearer and their legal documents more useful.










Testamentary Trusts


Book Description

Building on the success of the first edition (previously titled Discretionary Trusts, Precedents and Commentary), this new edition has been expanded to cover all types of testamentary trusts. The central purpose of this book is to provide a flexible and easy-to-use system for drafting discretionary testamentary trusts. The system is intended to allow practitioners to deal with what has always been a very complicated and difficult problem: modifying a discretionary testamentary trust precedent to accommodate the widely different family circumstances and testamentary wishes which testators present to the drafter. One testator will want a common option: to provide for a spouse; and if the spouse predeceases the testator, the testator's children. If a child predeceases the testator, the children of that child will represent that child and take what the predeceased child would have taken. All beneficiaries are to take their inheritance through a discretionary testamentary trust. However, other testators have different and more challenging requirements. To this end, Chapter 8 contains the Model Testamentary Trust precedent, as well as a clause-by-clause commentary on it. The precedent forms the foundation of every variation of the discretionary testamentary trust, and it is on this foundation that the variations are built by inserting clauses from Chapter 9. Chapter 10 contains a representative sample of widely different family situations for which a testator may wish to provide, as well as including flexible alternative clauses. In addition to providing a modular drafting precedent, the book also covers strategies dealing with superannuation (Chapter 6), family provision (Chapter 11) and blended families (Chapter 12). Book Review - The Law Society of Tasmania Important Features Authoritative and comprehensive Nationwide coverage Detailed precedents drafted by experts Related Titles Birtles,C and Neal,R, Hutley's Wills and Precedents, 9th ed 2016Perkins,M and Monahan,R Estate Planning: A Practical Guide for Estate and Financial Services Professionals, 4th ed. 2015 .