Trust and Succession (Scotland) Act 2024 Update Webinar
Location & Date
Location:
Online, Zoom
Date: 28th November 2024
Time: 12:00 - 13:00
Training Details
Live Online:
Join this CPD training online at the specified time
CPD Hours: 1
Register & Details
1 hour verifiable CPD
Join us for an hour-long webinar with Fiona Clarke, Partner at Burness Paull, focused on the Trust and Succession (Scotland) Act 2024. Discussion will include the implications of the new provisions in the legislation, insight into current issues and specialised practice points. This webinar will be helpful to all legal professionals dealing with executry matters, including paralegals.
Learning outcomes:
- Learn about the new Trust and Succession (Scotland) Act 2024 including updates to succession, the appointing and removal of trustees and new trustee powers.
- Gain an up-to-date understanding of this new legislation and the implications its resolution of anomalies has for both Trust and Succession Law.
- Learn key dates for implementation to provide clients with current and applicable legal advice.
- Refresh your understanding of the Trusts (Scotland) Act 1921 and The Succession (Scotland) Act 1964 and how the new Act modernises their approaches.
Speakers
Speaker
Fiona Clarke
Chair
Jessica Motley
12:05 Trust and Succession (Scotland) Act 2024
- What should trust and/or succession lawyers know about the new Act? What upcoming key dates are of note?
- How have procedures for appointing and removing trustees developed?
- What are the new powers granted to trustees?
- Should the duty of care for trustees be defined as exercising “such care and diligence as any person of ordinary prudence would exercise in managing the affairs of another person”?
- What is the significance/implication of surviving spouses/civil partners of the deceased ranking second to the free estate on intestacy?
1 Speaker
12:45 Questions and Discussion
An opportunity for attendees and speaker to discuss the implications of this Act: will it clarify and solve existing issues, or will it further complicate etc?
Prices (prices exclude VAT)
Member:
£44.10
New member:
£37.49
Non-member:
£50.72
Member (Early Bird):
£35.28
New member (Early Bird):
£29.99
Non-member (Early Bird):
£40.57
Unemployed member:
free