Alexander Learmonth KC speaking at MBL Seminars Ltd

Alexander Learmonth KC will be speaking at MBL Seminars.

The Law Commission’s recent proposals to reform the law of wills are extensive, ground-breaking and radical. All private client practitioners and will-drafters should be aware of what may be coming round the corner.

Alexander Learmonth KC is an editor of two of the leading practitioner texts on the law of wills and probate and contributed to the Law Commission’s consultations and provided technical assistance with the draft bill.

This live and interactive course will cover the following:

• Electronic wills:
  • The current law
  • Opportunities and problems
• Formalities requirements and the dispensing power:
  • Due execution under the current law
  • When the court could validate wills
• Testamentary capacity:
  • The proposed change of test
  • Practical differences and consequences
• Revocation of wills by marriage:
  • Predatory marriages and the scope for financial abuse
  • Proposed change of the law
• And more:
  • Underage and privileged testators
  • Rectification of wills – relaxation of the rules
  • Ademption – dispositions by attorneys, etc.

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