Martyn Frost is a Director at Trenfield Trust & Estate Consulting Ltd. He previously worked with a major trust company and latterly has been a consultant with law firms in the Manchester area. He is a former Deputy Chairman of STEP and a former Vice-President of The Association of Corporate Trustees.Penelope Reed QC has practised at the bar since 1983, predominantly in the area of trusts, wills, contentious probate, family provision claims and tax. She has appeared in many of the leading cases on Wills and estates and lectures widely on these topics. She is a member of STEP, ACTAPs and an officer of the Chancery Bar AssociationMark Baxter is a barrister at 5 Stone Buildings where he has a broad traditional chancery practice including a particular focus on contentious and non-contentious trusts and probate, and related professional negligence.

• PART A: NEGLIGENCE AND WILL PREPARATION ; 1. An Introduction to Tort ; 2. The Duty of Care in Relation to Will Preparation ; 3. Other Aspects of the Duty of Care ; PART B: THE PROCESS OF WILL PREPARATION ; 4. Client Issues ; 5. The Will Draftsman ; 6. Instructions, Preparation, and Execution ; 7. Other Issues ; 8. Risk ; PART C: ADMINISTRATION OF ESTATES AND TRUSTS ; 9. Introduction and New Business ; 10. Neutrality of PR and Trustees ; 11. Administration Processes ; 12. Timing ; 13. Assets ; 14. Distributions ; 15. Powers and Duty of Care ; PART D: TAXATION ; 16. Wills and Tax Advice ; 17. Tax in the Administration of Estates ; 18. Tax and Trusts ; 19. Tax Advice during the Lifetime of the Client ; PART E: LITIGATION ; 20. Introduction and Procedure ; 21. Limitation ; 22. The Assessment of Damages ; 23. Mitigation and the Interrelation with Other Claims ; PART F: STATUTES AND APPENDICES ; Appendix 1 Wills Act 1837 ; Appendix 2 Trustee Act 2000 ; Appendix 3 Will instruction form ; Appendix 4 Execution of a will ; Appendix 5 Information needed in an emergency will pack ; Appendix 6 Administration of estate progress sheet ; Appendix 7 Estate account checklist

Martyn Frost is a Director at Trenfield Trust & Estate Consulting Ltd. He previously worked with a major trust company and latterly has been a consultant with law firms in the Manchester area. He is a former Deputy Chairman of STEP and a former Vice-President of The Association of Corporate Trustees.Penelope Reed QC has practised at the bar since 1983, predominantly in the area of trusts, wills, contentious probate, family provision claims and tax. She has appeared in many of the leading cases on Wills and estates and lectures widely on these topics. She is a member of STEP, ACTAPs and an officer of the Chancery Bar AssociationMark Baxter is a barrister at 5 Stone Buildings where he has a broad traditional chancery practice including a particular focus on contentious and non-contentious trusts and probate, and related professional negligence.

• PART A: NEGLIGENCE AND WILL PREPARATION ; 1. An Introduction to Tort ; 2. The Duty of Care in Relation to Will Preparation ; 3. Other Aspects of the Duty of Care ; PART B: THE PROCESS OF WILL PREPARATION ; 4. Client Issues ; 5. The Will Draftsman ; 6. Instructions, Preparation, and Execution ; 7. Other Issues ; 8. Risk ; PART C: ADMINISTRATION OF ESTATES AND TRUSTS ; 9. Introduction and New Business ; 10. Neutrality of PR and Trustees ; 11. Administration Processes ; 12. Timing ; 13. Assets ; 14. Distributions ; 15. Powers and Duty of Care ; PART D: TAXATION ; 16. Wills and Tax Advice ; 17. Tax in the Administration of Estates ; 18. Tax and Trusts ; 19. Tax Advice during the Lifetime of the Client ; PART E: LITIGATION ; 20. Introduction and Procedure ; 21. Limitation ; 22. The Assessment of Damages ; 23. Mitigation and the Interrelation with Other Claims ; PART F: STATUTES AND APPENDICES ; Appendix 1 Wills Act 1837 ; Appendix 2 Trustee Act 2000 ; Appendix 3 Will instruction form ; Appendix 4 Execution of a will ; Appendix 5 Information needed in an emergency will pack ; Appendix 6 Administration of estate progress sheet ; Appendix 7 Estate account checklist

Martyn Frost is a Director at Trenfield Trust & Estate Consulting Ltd. He previously worked with a major trust company and latterly has been a consultant with law firms in the Manchester area. He is a former Deputy Chairman of STEP and a former Vice-President of The Association of Corporate Trustees.Penelope Reed QC has practised at the bar since 1983, predominantly in the area of trusts, wills, contentious probate, family provision claims and tax. She has appeared in many of the leading cases on Wills and estates and lectures widely on these topics. She is a member of STEP, ACTAPs and an officer of the Chancery Bar AssociationMark Baxter is a barrister at 5 Stone Buildings where he has a broad traditional chancery practice including a particular focus on contentious and non-contentious trusts and probate, and related professional negligence.

• PART A: NEGLIGENCE AND WILL PREPARATION ; 1. An Introduction to Tort ; 2. The Duty of Care in Relation to Will Preparation ; 3. Other Aspects of the Duty of Care ; PART B: THE PROCESS OF WILL PREPARATION ; 4. Client Issues ; 5. The Will Draftsman ; 6. Instructions, Preparation, and Execution ; 7. Other Issues ; 8. Risk ; PART C: ADMINISTRATION OF ESTATES AND TRUSTS ; 9. Introduction and New Business ; 10. Neutrality of PR and Trustees ; 11. Administration Processes ; 12. Timing ; 13. Assets ; 14. Distributions ; 15. Powers and Duty of Care ; PART D: TAXATION ; 16. Wills and Tax Advice ; 17. Tax in the Administration of Estates ; 18. Tax and Trusts ; 19. Tax Advice during the Lifetime of the Client ; PART E: LITIGATION ; 20. Introduction and Procedure ; 21. Limitation ; 22. The Assessment of Damages ; 23. Mitigation and the Interrelation with Other Claims ; PART F: STATUTES AND APPENDICES ; Appendix 1 Wills Act 1837 ; Appendix 2 Trustee Act 2000 ; Appendix 3 Will instruction form ; Appendix 4 Execution of a will ; Appendix 5 Information needed in an emergency will pack ; Appendix 6 Administration of estate progress sheet ; Appendix 7 Estate account checklist