In From Wig and Pen to Computer  the author made brief references to his practice and wrote about his experience as a writer of articles and books on legal and allied topics. In this present book, The Man who Shot the President, he gives an amusing account of some of his more entertaining and interesting cases while at the Bar and on the Bench, coupled with revealing stories about some of his contemporaries in the law. It is likely to prove an acceptable gift for law students, lawyers and laymen alike. Sir Mark Potter, in his Foreword, comments: `This book is a treasure house of anecdote and reminiscence.' He goes on to describe it as `a fascinating patchwork assembled from the varied fabric of a career at the Bar of a kind which has all but disappeared in the age of increased specialisation, followed by 22 years as a humane and humorous Circuit Judge before whom advocates and litigants alike were treated with fairness, courtesy and consideration.  The author comments: This book is a sort of follow-up. It is not intended to be a full account of my life in the law and it does not use a case-by-case approach. Instead I have followed the practice adopted by one of my contemporaries, the late Mr Justice James Comyn, in several of his delightful books, of hopping from an interesting case to a humorous one and back again. Nowadays the main inspiration for future lawyers probably comes from John Mortimer's famous or notorious barrister - Rumpole of the Bailey. While unable to compete with the works of Comyn or Mortimer, I hope that this book will be found to be a suitable lightweight present for the student or other teenager thinking about a career in the law.

The Man Who Shot the President

Eric Stockdale

Wildy, Simmonds & Hill Publishing

Formerly published as part of the popular Practice Notes series, this book contains a mass of legal and practical information within a compact, user-friendly format, providing a concise introduction to the law relating to private residential tenancies. Fully up-to-date, the book covers all legal developments in the field since the last edition, such as the law in respect of deposit protection schemes.  Written by experienced practitioners, Residential Tenancies provides clear guidance on advising the client, whether landlord or tenant, on matters such as obtaining possession of premises, changing the rent, granting tenancies or bringing on action for arrears of rent, providing an invaluable aide-memoire for the busy practitioner. The text is supported by an array of helpful checklists and a range of basic precedents for granting tenancies and for possession actions. There is also a chapter devoted to dealing with the problems most likely to arise in practice.

Residential Tenancies

Richard Colbey

Niamh O'Brien

Legal professionals rarely receive any formal training or guidance on how to run a small claims case in the county court, while litigants in person often have to conduct such cases without legal representation. A lack of understanding of the rules frequently leads to confusion and mistakes, which in turn adds to expense and causes delay. The fifth edition of this popular title (formerly entitled Small Claims Procedure: A Practical Guide) will prove invaluable for busy practitioners and litigants in person alike, equipping them with the latest know-how on avoiding errors and making the most of the procedures that are available. The mediation section of the book has special prominence in this edition. Litigants using the small claims track can now agree to have their cases diverted to a mediation service run by the Courts service and at no additional charge. The system has been in operation now for over a year and has proved popular with court users, especially litigants in person. This book sets out the scheme in detail together with practical tips on how to make the best use of this new service. Updating material in this edition has been significant; of particular importance are the clarified rules on the date upon which court proceedings are served and the material which must be included in letters before action and other pre-action steps. Finally, the book has been made even more user friendly by improved cross-referencing, handy tables and an extensive glossary.

Small Claims Procedure in the County Court

Patricia Pearl

Andrew Goodman

The third edition of this popular title provides a practical and comprehensive reference for all those concerned in drafting and interpreting wills, and in giving effect to their provisions. The commentary is supported throughout by an extensive range of specimen clauses and model wills are provided in a separate appendix. All precedent material is included on the accompanying CD-Rom, enabling practitioners to adapt precedents for their own use.  Fully updated, A Practitioner's Guide to Wills features a new chapter on the use of Pilot Trusts and deals with the Mental Capacity Act 2005, Charities Act 2006 and Perpetuities and Accumulations Act 2009. It examines the impact of the legislative changes in recent years to tax planning, notably the new capital gains tax regime and the radical changes to the IHT treatment of trusts, particularly those affecting provision in wills for spouses and civil partners and children. The impact on planning and drafting is also considered, together with the role that the nil rate discretionary trust might still have to play in financial planning notwithstanding the introduction of the transferable nil-rate band between spouses and civil partners. The chapter on testamentary capacity has been fully revised in the light of the Mental Capacity Act 2005 and its effect on the application of the Banks v Goodfellow test as considered in recent cases including Re Perrins, Re Ritchie and Key v Key.

A Practitioner's Guide to Wills

Keith Biggs

Lesley C. King

Peter Gausden

"Any member of the legal profession professing expertise in this area of practice should ensure that Professor Watson-Gandy's excellent guide is present on the bookshelf" Recovery Personal Insolvency Practice is an ideal starting point for all practitioners, whether solicitors or barristers. Up-to-date and practical, this book provides an easy to follow, 'how to do it' guide for all the common court applications in personal insolvency. Covering areas as diverse as statutory demands, bankruptcy petitions, interim orders, permission to act as a director, setting aside preferences and transactions at an under-value and appeals and challenging Debt Relief Orders, Personal Insolvency Practice gives the inside track on what the court will expect both in terms of practice and evidence. It provides the busy practitioner with a range of useful precedents and checklists, and sets out the key statutory and practice material for each application. Fully incorporating the recent amendments to the Insolvency Rules 1986, Personal Insolvency Practice will prove an invaluable reference for insolvency practitioners along with its companion text Corporate Insolvency Practice.

Personal Insolvency Practice:: Litigation, Procedure and Precedents

Mark Watson-Gandy

Business

A Step-by-Step Guide to Wills and Probate explains how to write a simple will, and how to deal with the affairs of someone who has died. This new edition is completely revised and updated, and is written in plain language by authors who have many years' experience in the probate offices. It explains when you can do things yourself and when you need a solicitor. The subjects covered include: -Making your will: why do it; how to do it; appointing executors, the different gifts that can be made; how to make sure the will is valid and will be put into effect; examples -Who may apply for probate: how to work out who, of the relatives and friends left behind, is the one to sort out a deceased person's affairs. Who inherits if there is no will? -The estate: making sure that all the property and debts are found -Inheritance Tax: working out if tax has to be paid, how much, and the arrangements for paying it -Filling in the forms: essential paperwork, with examples. Will drafting/tax law/court forms and precedents updated to January 2011 -Going to court: the procedure for visiting the probate registry to finalise paperwork -Administering the estate: collecting together the property; paying the debts, distributing the inheritances

A Step-By-Step Guide to Wills and Probate

A.K. Biggs

Administrative Law

This new edition of Personal Injury Litigation deals with the new rules governing road traffic claims and contains useful guidance and checklists for both claimants and defendants dealing with these claims. This fourth edition not only brings this much used book up-to-date but enhances the original text by introducing chapters on limitation and fatal accident claims. A section on the common pitfalls and how to avoid them will help practitioners ensure that their cases run smoothly. Personal Injury Litigation provides a wide ranging introduction to the major elements of personal injury litigation. It deals with liability, damages and procedure. It gives practical guidance on dealing with the new procedure for low value claims in road traffic cases and provides summaries and checklists for both claimants and defendants. The more difficult areas such as costs, limitation and fatal accidents are also covered with guidance on important issues like serving proceedings and drafting witness statements. Personal Injury Litigation is an invaluable asset to trainees, newly qualified solicitors and paralegals and assumes no prior knowledge of the subject. It will also act as a practical guide for the busy practitioner.

Personal Injury Litigation (Wildy Practice Guides)

Gordon Exall

Specialties

The Wallace Case is one of the most notorious murder cases of all time. The issue of whether Wallace was guilty or innocent of his wife's brutal murder has been the subject of conjecture among lawyers, criminologists and writers for years. Eighty years on, the case remains unsolved. For several commentators the murder of Julia Wallace was the 'perfect murder'. William Wallace was a mild-mannered insurance agent, who lived in apparent harmony with his wife, Julia. One evening he attended his chess club to be informed of a telephone message requiring him to visit the caller the next day on a matter of insurance business. Wallace knew neither the address nor the name which the caller had given, but set out, the following day, to keep the appointment. After a long and fruitless search for the house, during which he enquired of nine people, two of whom told him that there was no such address, Wallace returned home to find his wife had been brutally murdered by a series of violent blows to the head from an instrument that was never found. Exhaustive police enquiries drew a complete blank. Detectives came to the view that Wallace himself had made the phone call, using a disguised voice. The phone call, they believed, had been used to create an alibi for the murder which he had committed before he left home. Despite his protestations of innocence, Wallace was duly arrested and charged with the murder of his wife. At the trial, notwithstanding a favourable summing up by the judge, the jury found Wallace guilty. However on his appeal the Court of Criminal Appeal reversed the guilty verdict and the case against him was dismissed. Wallace subsequently wrote about this ordeal, naming for the first time, another suspect. He died in 1953 and was buried next to his deceased wife. In The Telephone Murder Ronald Bartle brings alive this dramatic and challenging case, whilst carefully considering the points both assisting the prosecution and those in favour of the defence.

The Telephone Murder: The Mysterious Death of Julia Wallace

Ronald Bartle

Legal History

The third edition of A Practitioner's Guide to Probate and the Administration of Estates (previously published as Probate and the Administration of Estates: The Law and Practice) is a practical and comprehensive guide to all forms of non-contentious probate and applications and the administration of estates. It provides careful explanations of every step in the procedure for winding up the estate of a deceased person, from taking initial instructions to the final distribution of the estate and closing the file. Written by practitioners for practitioners, it is packed with hints and tips, covering procedural complexities, tricky tax points, avoiding delay and more. The book opens with advice on meeting the client and taking proper instructions, moving on to tracking down the assets and liabilities which comprise the estate; completing inheritance tax forms and obtaining any available reliefs and allowances; questions concerning wills and intestacies, applying to the probate registries discretionary orders, obtaining grants of representation, collecting in the paying debts and liabilities, identifying the beneficiaries and paying the legacies, finalising the tax situation; and distributing the residue of the estate. An accompanying CD-ROM contains a comprehensive set of precedent forms, enabling practitioners to adapt precedents for their own use. This new edition has been completely revised and updated and contains a comprehensive guide to the completion of the current forms relating to Inheritance Tax and applications to the probate registries for discretionary orders and grants of representation. "clear and concise with explanations of sometimes complex matters cleverly done" New Law Journal "it would be surprising not to find this book on most practitioners' shelves" Solicitors Journal

A Practitioner's Guide to Probate and the Administration of Estates

Emma Gaudern

This comprehensive reference work is specifically aimed at busy practitioners (solicitors, barristers and professional support lawyers). Legal Research: A Practitioner's Handbook provides practical advice on every aspect of effective legal research: problem analysis, selecting and finding the best sources, and presenting results effectively. This second edition has been thoroughly updated throughout, taking into account the increasing popularity of the PLC database aimed at UK law practitioners, the overhaul of a number of government and other official sites (national and international), and significant changes to directions by UK courts relating to the conduct and presentation of legal research. New material on the use of social media in legal research has also been added. Part A covers problem identification and analysis, followed by advice on how to select the best sources and formats (paper or electronic) for research. Part B deals with the information most frequently sought by practitioners, listing sources with analytical comments and, for a selection of the most complex, 'how to use' instructions developed to a standard template. Jurisdictional coverage includes England, Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland and the European Union, with the addition of information on key sources in European human rights and international law. Part C details sources on how to make the presentation of the results of legal research more effective. These three parts are supplemented by Part D, which describes in non-technical language how a practitioner might get the best value for money when buying information, whether print or online, from commercial law publishers. Extensive appendices provide: -indexes to abbreviations for Acts, journals and law reports; -a glossary of technical terms used in legal research; -a summary of the practice directions, statements and decisions of the UK courts relating to legal research; -a table of guidance on how to devise more effective searches on the four most popular commercial databases and -a popular names index for legislation and cases relating to the UK and the EU.

Legal Research: A Practitioner's Handbook

Peter Clinch

Legal Education

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