Background and Summary
4.The Act implements the recommendations made by the Law Commission in Parts 2 to 7 of its Report, Intestacy and Family Provision Claims on Death (2011) Law Com No 331 published in December 2011.
5.The Law Commission’s work was concerned with two areas of the law: the intestacy rules and the family provision legislation. In October 2009, the Law Commission published a consultation paper, Intestacy and Family Provision Claims on Death (2009) Law Commission Consultation Paper No 191. Following responses to this consultation, the Law Commission considered some aspects of trustees’ powers more widely and a Supplementary Consultation Paper was published in May 2011.