PS magazine

PS is distributed six times per year to members, keeping them up-to-date on pertinent legal and practical issues via bulletins, in-depth articles, case reports and guidance.

It is aimed at solicitors working in the fields of wills, financial planning, trusts, tax planning, Court of Protection, care planning and estate administration.

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CPD Quiz

PS now comes with up to 12 hours' free CPD points each year, through a 15-question quiz on each edition's content. The quiz is quick and user-friendly and will save members time and money, and is accessible via the CPD centre.

To complete the quiz:

• First, register with the CPD centre and log in today at www.lawsociety.org.uk/cpdcentre.  (NB Registration requires setting a new user name and password as these details do not automatically carry over from Private Client site login.)
• Then, select Private Client CPD quiz from the list of Law Society Online Learning.
• If you leave the test mid-way through completion, or your session expires, you will need to click on Record on the CPD toolbar at the top of the page (NB not the browser toolbar) to return to the quiz and for more details on the status of completion.  Once there, click on the quiz name.  This will return a 'View Activity Details' page.  Scroll down the page to where it says 'Online assessment' and click on the 'Launch' button underneath to return to the quiz.

In order to claim your CPD hours you must achieve a pass mark of 87% or answer 13 out of 15 questions correctly. Your answers will be marked online as soon as you submit them. You can revisit the assessment as often as you like before the next edition of the magazine is released. However, think carefully before submitting your answers as you only have one attempt in which to complete the quiz.

If you would like to contest this mark please contact Sections Editorial Assistant, Leila Zerai, on leila.zerai@lawsociety.org.uk; 020 7316 5522

For all technical queries please contact the CPD Centre on 0207 320 5841 or via email to cpdcentre@lawsociety.org.uk

This issue contains the following subjects:

Bulletin Comment Inheriting a tax problem abroad (Inheritance tax) Equity release - reversion schemes (Elderly clients) Litigating probate disputes (Mediation) Giving to charities (Legacies) The story behind the London Gazette Brave new world (Will IT transform probate?) Motion slickness (Appeals against probate orders) Off and racing (Winter seminars) A guide to taking up supplier references (Probate software) Book review (Health and Social Care Handbook) Probate FAQs (Trainee solicitors)

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This issue contains the following subjects:

Bulletin Comment Under the influence (Undue influence) Where there's a will (Foreign probate) Benefits - attending to the detail (Elderly clients) The age trap (Discrimination) Probate - the next generation (Avoiding claims) Gone - but not forgotten (Personal debt) Equity release - a high risk strategy Confrontation - a last resort (Summonses) Tidal wave (Winter seminars) Probate surgery (FAQs)

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This issue contains the following subjects:

Contents and welcome Bulletin Enduring Powers of Attorney (comment) Sun, sea, sand... and taxes (inheritance) Mental Capacity Code brings statute into focus (private client) Celebrating L'Entente Cordiale (French/English/Welsh systems) Probate - the next generation (due execution) Benefits - are your clients getting enough? (rent and council tax) The pre-nuptial agreement - an essential for the very rich (Miller v Miller) Keeping in step with Europe (CPR update) An artist's response to justified criticism (probate) Fruitful harvest (winter seminars) Probate FAQs

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This issue contains the following subjects:

Contents and welcome Bulletin A tarnished image (comment) Passionate about preserving the best... (change) Litigation in the court of protection Wills, probate and sucession update Planning for cross border estates (EU) Pension simplification (regulations) Getting to grips with civil partnerships (2004 Act) Winter solace (winter seminars) Probate: the next generation (litigation) Why diamonds are still a girl's best friend (Miller v Miller) Getting the benefit (pension credit) Just how limited is your liability? (LLPs) The taxman cometh (CGT) Banking on the probate professional (IT) Probate surgery (FAQs)

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This issue contains the following subjects:

Comment from the Chair News - Law Society consultation Legislation - Mentally sound Technical - The final chapter Technical - Changing rules Pensions on death: the new regime Resources - A foot in the past Finance - Changing trusts Advice - Probate doctor IT - What's hot and what's not Books - Speaking the same language

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This issue contains the following subjects:

From the chair Getting the benefit (improving state benefit) Post death distributions from a discretionary will trust Reasonable provisions (Inheritance Act) Get it right (case management) Let it out (buy to let property market) New IHT threshold Excel-ing at probate (IT)

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This issue contains the following subjects:

Comment from the chair Education, education, education? Qualification, qualification, qualification! (Private client solicitor education) Who's who (Identity fraud) Themes on a variation (Variations after death) All change (New pension regime) Errors and ommissions accepted (Probate applications) Looking after the pennies (Budget 2006) Legal IT 2006 (IT exhibition review) 3,00th member welcomed Books (Book review)

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This issue contains the following subjects:

From the chair (Costs: thinking outside the box) The easy afterlife (post-death variations) How serious is the pensions crisis? (Pensions) Trustees: Know your risks Keeping on track (Tracker funds) England's bi-centennial man (Wills) Consultation: Have your say Selecting your system (IT) Books

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This issue contains the following subjects:

From the chair Let there be love (Civil partnerships) Theory of relativity (Digitised probate) Maintaining the balance (Modern portfolio theory) Love is the law (Civil partnerships) IT for strategic alliances (IT) Using Land Registry effectively Back tracking on pensions Consultation - Have your say Away from the desk - Keith Plowman

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This issue contains the following subjects:

Comment from the chair Trustees: Know your risks (Modern portfolio theory) The write side of the law (Forensic handwriting analysis) Effective business development Do your duty (Duties of trustees) The crying game (Helping emotional clients) Looking ahead in 2006 (IT) Drop the debt (Debt management) Away from the desk (Elizabeth McManus)

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