Book Reviews for Private Client practitioners

The first edition of the Trust Practitioner’s Handbook was published 13 years ago in 2005. Since then, there have been three further editions, and now the fourth edition sits before me. When I [...]

The Tolley’s Taxwise series has helped many a student of tax pass their exams. However practitioners will be missing a trick not to have to hand a copy of Volume II which provides a practical [...]

This hefty tome, coming in at nearly 1000 pages, endeavours to examine the complex dynamics of the family owned business in a new way. The book’s Introduction notes that it is only relatively [...]

This edition, published in 2017, navigates the Practitioner through this difficult and developing area of the law and comprehensively highlights the latest developments such as the 2015 [...]

This publication has been written to a good standard and reflects the author’s expertise. The book covers topics such as the validity of Wills, gives an updated review of the Ilott case, [...]

This book aims to give the practitioner a clear guide to the legislation, procedure and case law when dealing with claims under the Inheritance (Provision for Family and Dependants) Act 1975. As [...]

Since the first edition, this book has been expanded to include several more different legal jurisdictions and has been updated to include recent changes in the law. It contains chapters dealing [...]

The aim of the authors was to bring Parker's Will Precedents (9th Ed) up to date in a time of unclear legislative climate due to the current economic and political uncertainty while being keen, [...]

The stated hope for this book is to “add to the debate about the impact financial abuse is having and how solicitors and others can be proactive in protecting their elderly clients.” Ann [...]

The latest edition of this comprehensive guide to Will drafting was published in January 2017. As King, Biggs and Gausden state in their preface, the book “is intended to provide a wide-ranging [...]