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Product DescriptionIncreasing numbers of people have connections with one country, but live and work in another, frequently owning property or investments in several countries. As such, international aspects arise in an increasing number of estates. Different countries may have separate arrangements forownership, taxation, and succession. International Succession equips practitioners with the information necessary to navigate problems involving these different systems.Although lawyers would often advise only on the law of the jurisdictions in which they are based, seeking advice from lawyers in other countries, this book will save the practitioner the time - and expense - of ascertaining the basics concerning the inheritance systems in different countries,offering clear and easy to use information on the laws of inheritance and succession.Each country's report is based on responses to a comprehensive questionnaire that considers the practical issues arising from the jurisdiction's individual laws, making it easy for users to make specific comparisons between the laws of one country and another. The book covers over fifty countrieswith entries written by experts from each country, making it an invaluable resource for the busy practitioner.This title is an improved and expanded version of International Succession, edited by Louis Garb and published by Kluwer Law International, 2004. This edition, published in hardback form, will also be supplemented annually in between editions to update the individual country entries.About the AuthorLouis Garb BA, LLB is an Advocate at Louis Garb & Co. in Israel, where he practises extensively in international succession, international civil litigation, international family law, international child abduction, international probate, probate litigation, and the enforcement of civil judgments. Heis the editor of a number of books, including International Kidnapping (Nijhoff, 2006), Enforcement of Foreign Judgments (Kluwer Law International, 1994), International Succession (Kluwer Law International, 1998 in looseleaf, 2004 in hardback). John Wood is Consultant and Head of the Trusts andCharities Group at Herbert Smith in London. His practice covers all aspects of trusts, contentious and non-contentious trusts and estates. He is the co-author of Taxation of Offshore Trusts and Funds 4e (Tolleys, 2002), A Practitioner's Guide to Contentious Trusts and Estates (Butterworth's Tolley,2002), and was a contributor to the previous edition of International Succession (Kluwer Law International, 2004).