http://tandt.oxfordjournals.org Trusts & Trustees - RSS feed of articles Trusts & Trustees 1363-1780 http://tandt.oxfordjournals.org/cgi/content/short/ttn073v1?rss=1 2008-08-05 info:doi/10.1093/tandt/ttn073 Oxford University Press 2008-08-05 Editorial http://tandt.oxfordjournals.org/cgi/content/short/ttn068v1?rss=1 This article outlines the rules and restrictions within the UAE affecting a person's right to gift assets dealing with both lifetime and deathbed gifts. The article deals with issues such as revocability, gifts with strings attached and the effects of sales to potential heirs.

]]> 2008-08-05 info:doi/10.1093/tandt/ttn068 Oxford University Press 2008-08-05 Article http://tandt.oxfordjournals.org/cgi/content/short/ttn067v1?rss=1 2008-08-05 info:doi/10.1093/tandt/ttn067 Oxford University Press 2008-08-05 Case note http://tandt.oxfordjournals.org/cgi/content/short/ttn066v1?rss=1 2008-08-01 info:doi/10.1093/tandt/ttn066 Oxford University Press 2008-08-01 Case note http://tandt.oxfordjournals.org/cgi/content/short/ttn064v1?rss=1 The overall aim of this article is to provide an introduction to Islamic inheritance law. In the first section, the authors look at the sources of Islamic law generally (Shari’a). This assists in developing an understanding of the Shari’a succession rules discussed in part two, the main section of this article. In particular, the concept of dividing the deceased's estate in accordance with Shari’a is highlighted, together with ways of avoiding a fragmented estate, a common end result which can be detrimental to family businesses. The penultimate section of this article discusses some of the practical issues that need to be dealt with when somebody dies, including how to obtain a Certificate of Inheritance which is the document issued by the Shari’a court detailing how the deceased's estate is to be distributed. Finally, a case study applies the previous theoretical discussion to the context of a real-life situation.

]]> 2008-08-01 info:doi/10.1093/tandt/ttn064 Oxford University Press 2008-08-01 Article http://tandt.oxfordjournals.org/cgi/content/short/ttn072v1?rss=1 While the common law trust (or fiscal benefits derived from it) is under sustained attack in the jurisdiction of its birth, in the emerging international financial centres the need for and encouragement of the use of trusts is growing apace. Perhaps the most ambitious and comprehensive effort to transplant the trust concept into new ground is that in progress in the Dubai International Financial Centre. That effort is being pursued using a combination of sources, some of which are novel and some already well-tried. Some comparisons with Bahrain's 2006 trust law help to illustrate this point.

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