
Title : The Living Trust: The Failproof Way to Pass Along Your Estate to Your Heirs Without Lawyers, Courts or the Probate System
Author : Henry W. Abts
Rating : 2 Stars out of 5.
Summary : Not a "How to" book; too many words, too little said.
17 chapters, over 350 pages discussing the importance/advantage of Living Trust over Will. Little on how to draw up a living trust except some blank forms to help organize your assests. Although covers touts not needing a lawyer, bottom line message - buy my book, organize your information and hire a lawyer(me, if possible) to prepare the living trust. Look elsewhere for detail information unless you want stuff not fluff.
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Title : Trusts (Nutshell S.)
Author : Angela Sydenham
Rating : 4 Stars out of 5.
Summary : A review of the Nutshells book on Equity and Trusts
I would definitely recommend this book to all those who are studying Equity. Unlike many legal text books, this one is written is such a way that it accessible to all, both the beginner and those who wish to clarify points on equity that they have studied. It provides the reader with a common sense approach to equity and while it can sometimes simplify some points of law, it generally provides a sufficiently detailed explanation of Equity and helps the reader to better understand this difficult subject. Another advantage to this book is that it does not saturate the reader with endless lists of cases, instead concentrating on the most important cases and providing explanations of all necessary facts in an accessible manner. In order for this book to be used as an easy reference guide while studying, the index is clear yet sufficiently detailed enabling you to find certain aspects of this area of law quickly and easily. In conclusion, this book is ideal as both a study guide and those who simply have an interest in the subject. While perhaps not detailed enough to be used as a textbook on its own, it provides a great reference point for any law student at an affordable and extremely reasonable price.

Title : The 60 Minute Estate Planner: Fast and Easy Illustrated Plans to Save Taxes, Avoid Probate and Maximise Inheritance
Author : Sandy Kraemer
Rating : 3 Stars out of 5.
Summary : Complete summary, but little practical information
Sandy seems to cover all the bases, but the language is a bit too dense for the beginning reader, and there is little to no practical information about how to deal with a trust/trustee once the program is implemented. For example, how does a trust limit ones freedom of action wrt ones assets, before the first death as well as after. After reading, I still couldn't decide if I wanted a trust or not.
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Title : How to Probate an Estate in Florida: With Forms
Author :
Rating : 4 Stars out of 5.
Summary : A good, simple introduction to Florida probate options
This is a good simple overview of Florida probate law, with useful checklists to make sure you do not overlook the obvious. You can find much of the information in the Florida statutes, but this is much more readable and it also coordinates and organizes its information better. It is more of an outline than a treatise, but if you need a treatise you need a lawyer, not this book. It serves the purpose for which it was designed well.
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Title : Land Law (Butterworths Core Texts S.)
Author : K.J. Gray
Rating : 4 Stars out of 5.
Summary : Butterworths core test on land law (2nd series)
Really good book and I found it easy to understand and it made land law as entertaining as it could be. I would definitely recommend this book to anyone doing a land law module!!!

Title : Immortality Made Easy: Everything You Always Wanted to Know about Wills, Trusts, Probate, Marriage and Foundations
Author : Paul Rampell
Rating : 5 Stars out of 5.
Summary : Estate planning for the rest of us. Clear, concise witty.
This is the Harold and Maud of estate planning. A book about planning your own death that will make you laugh and that you can cuddle up to like a good novel.
Paul Rampell's Immortality Made Easy may be the first book on estate planning written by an attorney with a sense of humor. It is cartoon-simple and filled with heart. Every page speaks to the real concerns about planning for loved ones that most of us harbor, but never fully address. It brings a complex area of law to a human level. Halos to Immortality Made Easy.
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Title : Commentary and Cases on the Law of Trusts and Equitable Remedies
Author : Joseph Arnold Nathan
Rating : 5 Stars out of 5.
Summary : The complete Trust textbook
Professor Hayton's book is the trust bible. It is thorough, challenging and will help develop an understanding of trusts which will be invaluable for the exam. If at times it is a difficult book it is only because trusts is a hard area of law. The great advantage of Hayton's book is that it is constantly predicting where the law is going and, given his influence in the world of equity, this is probably a self fulfilling prophesy! The materials are carefully selected and explained. I would recomend supplementing the book with another, such as Parker and Mellows. Hayton is infinitely more thought provoking but a lighter trusts guide will perhaps enable the reader to understand Hayton better. Having used Hayton all year I believe my mind has developed as a result of the book and I can appraoch the exams with confidence! Remember, there are no short cuts with trust law. This is not poncing around on the periphery with human rights and so forth but it is the cold black and white ink of the law. And no-one in the world knows more about trusts than David Hayton, so buy this book!