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Will Drafting & Estate Planning Update with Professor Lesley King

Details

Speaker: Professor Lesley King

Date: Friday 3rd October, 2025

Time: 11:15 - 13:15

Areas of Law: Wills, Trust, Tax & Probate

Competencies: B

Venue:
Online

Course Code: S4919

Description

*Multi Delegate Discount Offer for Members*
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Nobody wants to draft a will which gives rise to litigation or which fails to meet the needs of the deceased and family.

It is particularly important at the moment to draft flexibly to allow provisions to be adapted if changes in legislation make it desirable.

Problems often arise as a result of failure to take initial precautions and failures of communication. ‘Deathbed’ wills provide particular challenges. This session will suggest some routine processes and procedures which can minimise the risks.

Many clients worry about the possibility of 1975 Act claims. The decision in Sim v Pimlott provides a possible route to minimising the risk.

The session will also consider how to approach will drafting and estate planning in the light of the changes coming to the treatment of undrawn pension funds and the cap on business and agricultural property relief.

Recent cases will be used to illustrate common problems including:

  • Waite v Skilton
  • Crew v Oakley
  • Bond v Webster
  • Pead v Prostate Cancer UK
  • Partington v Rossiter
  • Naylor v Barlow

The webinar is suitable both for newly qualified and for more experienced practitioners.

Objectives: After the webinar you will be aware of current issues and able to adapt your practice appropriately

Can’t make the date/time or need to revisit the training? No problem, booking onto any online or hybrid event means you will receive a link to access a recording of the event at your leisure!

 

Speaker Biographies

Professor Lesley King is a Professional Development Consultant at the University of Law. She is Co-Author of Wills, Taxation and Administration: A Practical Guide; A Modern Approach to Wills, Administration and Estate Planning (with Precedents); A Practitioner’s Guide to Wills; Wills: A Practical Guide and Editor of The Probate Practitioner’s Handbook. Professor King is the wills and probate Columnist for the Law Society Gazette and writes extensively on wills, taxation and related matters.

Prices

Member £80
Non-member £110
Training Passport Free
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