Validity of Wills Capacity, knowledge and approval, undue influence and the s9 formalities — and who has to prove what. 5 sections · 19 questions Executors & Personal Representatives Who can act, how many, and how an executor steps away — renunciation versus reserving power. 4 sections · 10 questions Alterations, Codicils & Revocation When changes to a will count, what a codicil does, and the four ways a will is revoked. 6 sections · 17 questions Gifts, Interpretation & Failure Types of legacy, and all the ways a gift can fail — ademption, abatement, lapse and more. 7 sections · 23 questions Intestacy & Property Outside the Estate Who inherits with no will, the statutory trusts — and what never passes under a will at all. 5 sections · 15 questions
Grants of Representation When a grant is needed, which grant, who has priority, and how to apply. 5 sections · 16 questions Administering the Estate PRs' duties, protecting themselves from liability, paying debts, and post-death variations. 6 sections · 18 questions Claims under the 1975 Act Family provision claims — who can claim, when, on what standard, and what the court can order. 5 sections · 10 questions
IHT — Lifetime Gifts PETs, chargeable transfers, taper relief, gifts with reservation and the lifetime-only exemptions. 5 sections · 12 questions IHT — The Death Estate Nil-rate bands, what's in the estate, exemptions, the estate rate and BPR/APR (including the 2026 reforms). 6 sections · 18 questions IHT — Paying the Tax Deadlines, how PRs fund IHT before the grant, and liability, burden and incidence. 4 sections · 12 questions Income Tax & CGT in Administration How PRs are taxed during the administration, and how beneficiaries are taxed on inherited assets. 3 sections · 11 questions
Creating a Trust The three certainties, formalities, constitution, and the kinds of interest beneficiaries can hold. 4 sections · 15 questions Charitable, Purpose & Implied Trusts Charities, the non-charitable purpose trust exceptions, resulting and constructive trusts, and estoppel. 5 sections · 11 questions Trustees — Appointment, Duties & Powers Who can be a trustee, how they come and go, fiduciary duties, and the Trustee Act duties and powers. 5 sections · 17 questions Breach of Trust, Tracing & Third Parties Trustee liability and defences, equitable remedies, tracing rules, and knowing receipt and dishonest assistance. 5 sections · 15 questions