Abstract
Roger Kerridge examines the Department for Constitutional Affairs' 2005 Consultation Paper which suggests that the statutory legacy to a surviving spouse should be more than doubled. He queries the statistics on which the Consultation Paper is based and wonders whether hotchpot could not be re-introduced and then extended to cover property held by married couples as beneficial joint tenants.
| Translated title of the contribution | Reform of the Law of Succession: the Need for Change, Not Piecemeal Tinkering |
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| Original language | English |
| Pages (from-to) | 47 - 69 |
| Number of pages | 23 |
| Journal | Conveyancer |
| Volume | Jan-Feb |
| Publication status | Published - Jan 2007 |