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Will Preparation

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Time spent by Solicitors and Barristers attending lectures and workshops in person or completing these via e-learning as part of this course can be claimed towards your annual CPD requirement.

Attendance at this course will cover 15 hours of group study CPD.

Duration5 weeks
DeliveryOn-campus
Fee£600
Start date16 Apr 2025

Each day the sessions will be from 10.00am - 1.00pm with refreshments available from 9.30am.

 

Fee

Standard Fee£600

Entry Requirements

The course is aimed primarily at solicitors. It will also be of benefit to barristers with a practice in Chancery or Probate and any professional who works in the administration of estates.

The Programme

  • Course Content
    • MODULE ONE - KNOWING THE LAW
    • MODULE TWO - THE PROFESSIONAL WILL-DRAFTER’S DUTY OF CARE
    • MODULE THREE - THE ANATOMY OF A TYPICAL WILL: THE TOP 10 MISTAKES
    • MODULE FOUR - TAKING, EVALUATING AND IMPLEMENTING INSTRUCTIONS - SPECIFIC CASE STUDIES
    • MODULE FIVE - DEALING WITH POSTDEATH ISSUES
Spaces available

Teaching staff

Sheena Grattan 2023

Sheena Grattan

Barrister at Law TEP

Sheena Grattan

Barrister at Law TEP


Sheena Grattan TEP is a Practice Fellow in the School of Law, Queen’s University Belfast.  She also has over 30 years’ experience of succession law as a solicitor, and latterly 24 years as a Chancery Barrister at the Northern Ireland Bar.  She is also a former Senior Lecturer in the School of Law at Queen’s. 

In both her former Bar career and research work she specialises in all aspects of succession law and trusts and is the author of various books, texts and articles. She is a founding member of the Northern Ireland Branch of the Society of Trust and Estate Practitioners (STEP), she was its chair 2018 to 2022, and continues to contribute as a committee member.  She is on the editorial panel of both Folio and the Journal of Elder Law and Capacity, and has been the examiner of both legal components of the STEP NI Diploma.

How to apply

Please register your expression of interest to join the course by emailing iplscpd@qub.ac.uk

 

Contact Claire Armstrong