Tolley's Administration of Estates
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Commentary
Source Currency: Issue 68, April 2026. Division A: A1: What is a Personal Representative? A2: How are Personal Representatives Appointed? A3: How are Personal Representatives Removed? A4: Caveats and Citations A5: The Chain of Representation and Grants De Bonis Non Administratis A6: Remuneration and Indemnity of Personal Representatives A7: Authority Prior to the Grant A8: Limited Grants Division B: B1: Registration of Death B2: Disposal of Body B3: Securing and Protecting Assets B4: Obtaining the Will B4A: Advising on Entitlement to the Grant and the Deceased’s Property B5: Identifying Assets and Liabilities B8: Miscellaneous Division E: E1: Preliminary Considerations E4: Failure and Lapse of Gifts E6: Payment of Legacies E7: Distribution of Residue E10: Charities as Beneficiaries Division G: G1: Real Property G6: Insolvent Estates G7: Cross-border estates G8: Pensions G9: Variations, disclaimers and other post-death rearrangements Division H: H1: Introduction to Contentious Probate H2: Preliminary Issues H3: Obtaining a Limited Grant H4: Validity Actions H5: Acting for Children and Persons who Lack Capacity H6: Costs H7: Rectification of a Will H8: Construction of the Will H9: Removal of Personal Representatives H10: Other Applications under CPR Part 64 H11: Claims Against Professional Will Draftspersons.
Contributors
| Christopher Whitehouse , Barrister, 5 Stone Buildings, Lincoln's Inn | Contributor |
| David Gallagher , BA (Cantab), Partner, Pensions Group, Field Fisher Waterhouse LLP | Contributor |
| Frances Stephens , MA, ACA, Rawlinson & Hunter | Contributor |
| Henry Frydenson , LLB, Principal, Frydenson & Co, Chair of ACTAPS | Contributor |
| Ian Burman , Partner, Laytons | Contributor |
| John Thurston , LLB, Solicitor | Contributor |
| Keith Biggs , Probate consultant | Contributor |
| Martyn Frost , FCIB, Director, Trenfield Trust and Estate Consulting Ltd | Contributor |
| Matthew Pintus , BA, Partner, Macfarlanes | Contributor |
| Michael Wood , MBA, LLB, ATII, Solicitor, Consultant to The College of Law, Professional Development Division — lead tutor for the Private Client Programme | Contributor |
| Peter Gausden , Solicitor, Private Client Consultant, Rowlinsons | Contributor |
| Philip Walford , MMATH (Oxon), Barrister, 11 New Square, Lincoln's Inn | Contributor |
| Professor Lesley King , LLB, Dip Crim, Solicitor, Professional Development Consultant at The College of Law, Store Street, London | Contributor |
| Robin Paul , MA (Oxon), Principal, Withers LLP | Contributor |
| Simon Jennings , MA, FCA, Partner, Rawlinson & Hunter | Contributor |
| Susan Johnson , BA, CTA, ATT, Head of Trusts and Estates, Moore Stephens LLP | Contributor |
