Declarations of Trust 4th edition
| Author | Catherine Sanders
| | Publisher | Sweet & Maxwell
| | Products | Declarations of Trust 4th edition Paperback+CD | £80+VAT
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FEATURES
Declarations of Trust provides expert guidance on using declarations of trust to protect clients' interests. It deals with the many different situations in which a declaration of trust can be used, and contains a whole host of precedents which can easily be adapted to the situation at hand. What's more , the work reproduces all the precedents on an accompanying CD-ROM for ease of use and quicker drafting.
The 4th edition is fully updated with all recent property and tax legislation including:
- New Land Registry forms
- Changes to CGT rules;
- Finance Act 2008 changes to IHT
- Changes to Stamp duty and SDLT in FA 2008
- Changes in the right to buy rules under Housing Act 2004 (Chapter 4)
- Changes to the tax treatment of pension schemes from April 2006 (Chapter 5)
- Companies Act 2006 changes (Chapter 6)
- New material on joint bank accounts
CONTENTS
1. General principles
- Introduction
- The certainties of a trust
- Resulting trusts and presumption of advancement
- Insolvency
- Matrimonial and Inheritance Act proceedings
- Legal title
- Trusts of land
- Tax
- Parties to the declaration
- Registered and unregistered land
2. Property purchased as tenants in common
- Introduction
- The legal title
- The contents of the declaration
- Death of a tenant in common
- Continuing residence for the survivor
- Steps to be taken
- Precedents
3. Property purchased by beneficial joint tenants. Subsequent adjustments of interests.
- Introduction
- Severance
- The shares of the former joint tenants following severance
- Contents of the declaration
- Restrictions on the appointment of new trustees
- Steps to be taken
- Precedents
4. Legal owner of home holding for another (or for self and another)
- Introduction
- Nominee conveyance
- The council house
- Recognition of another's contribution
- Transfer of entire beneficial ownership
- Steps to be taken
- Precedents
5. Insurance policies
- Introduction
- The contents of the declaration of trust/assignment
- Pension Death Benefits
- Steps to be taken following the declaration
- Precedents
6. Company shareholdings
- Introduction
- Shares in the subsidiary
- The nominee/trustee shareholder
- Trust provisions
- Additional matters
- Precedents
7. Indivisible assets
- Introduction
- Declaration of trust of chattels
- Declaration of trust of part of a debt
- Steps to be taken
- Precedents
8. In conjunction with wills - the half secret trust
- Introduction
- The reason for a half secret trust
- The requirements of a half secret trust
- Inheritance tax
- Mutual wills
- Steps to be taken
- Precedents
REVIEWS
This book will delight trusts draftsmen for whom I am sure it will be invaluable...
New Law Journal
A useful and comprehensive guide. The necessary substance and check-lists are at his or her fingertips in this practical book.
Solicitors Journal (of the 1st edition)
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