Presented and written in a friendly and engaging style, Dr Brian Sloan's revised edition is perfectly pitched for today's undergraduate students. Considerable attention is given to the area's rich and evolving case-law, illustrating the relevance of the law to modern life; the central issues and academic debates surrounding inheritance are discussed fully. New to this edition are an introductory chapter covering the demographic and policy context of succession, extensive further reading lists, and diagrams of key concepts, all presented in a clear, modernized design to aid understanding and ease navigation.

This text broadly and comprehensively covers the area of law of succession in Kenya. It exposes the substantive succession legal regime applying in Kenya as well as the Kenyan probate practice. It is tailored specifically for the legal practitioner, the magistrate and judge, and the law student. Some of the key areas covered include; Testate Succession; Intestacy; Post-Mortem alterations among many others. It is currently the only text on succession law in Kenya.

Succession Law in Ireland: Principles, Cases and Commentaries is not a case book in the traditional sense. The use of cases in this work is done with the purpose of discerning the key principles, criteria and prerequisites applied by the courts in arriving at their decisions, knowledge of which is essential to practitioners and students in the field of succession law. Succession Law in Ireland: Principles, Cases and Commentaries contains 16 chapters. Each chapter is structured in the following way: >the subject matter; >the legislation, principles, criteria or prerequisites relevant to the subject matter; >reference to cases and the application of principles, criteria or prerequisites to the issues, and the findings of the courts; Author's commentaries appear at the end of each chapter. The contents cover diverse topics such as: execution of wills; testamentary capacity and undue influence; the revocation and revival of wills; class gifts and powers of appointment the legal right of spouses and civil partners; s 117 applications unworthiness to succeed and disinheritance the construction of wills; the issue of costs; equitable concepts and doctrines; foreign elements; the duty of care of solicitors; accountability and privilege; gifts taking effect on death; the validity of proceedings; the limitation of actions. Instances of the type of principles, criteria and prerequisites include the Kearns' Principles devised by Kearns J (as he then was) in In the Estate of ABC, XC v RT [2003] 2 IR 250 were derived from previous cases involving s117 applications to the courts by children of testators, the Lowry Principles devised by Lowry LCJ in Heron v Ulster Bank Ltd [1974] N.I. 44 are applied in cases dealing with the construction of wills, the Fennelly Criteria in Corrigan v Martin, Unreported, High Court, Fennelly J, 13 March, 2006, are referred to whenever the provisions of s 9 of the Civil Liability Act 1961 and the periods of limitation for bringing actions against the estates of deceased persons become an issue, and the prerequisites of the equitable doctrine of proprietary estoppel formulated by Laffoy J in Coyle v Finnegan and Finnegan [2013] IEHC 463. [Subject: Irish Law, Family Law, Inheritance Law]

While continental and comparative lawyers have recently rediscovered succession law as an area of immense practical importance deserving greater academic attention, it is still a neglected field in England. This book aims to reinvigorate the English debate. It brings together contributions by leading academics and practitioners engaging with topical issues as well as questions of fundamental importance in succession law and estate planning. The book will be of interest to both academics and practitioners working in the field, and to non-English comparative lawyers.

"Parry and Kerridge: Law of Succession has been the leading textbook on the law of succession for over 70 years, providing the detail required for a full understanding of the subject." --Publisher's website.