Subjects:

Equity and Trusts

Contents:

1. Introduction to Equity and Trusts

2. Understanding Trusts

3. Capacity and Formailty Requirements

4. Certainty Requirements

5. The Constitution of Trusts

6. Public Policy Limitations on the Formation of Trusts

7. Purpose Trusts

8. Charitable Trusts

9. Variation of Trusts

10. Trustee Appointments

11. The Nature of Trusteeship

12. Trustees' Duties

13. Maintenance and Advancement

14. Investment

15. Breach of Trust: Defences and Relief

16. Resulting and Constructive Trusts

17. Informal Trusts of Land

18. Tracing

19. The Equitable Liability of Strangers to the Trust

20. Equitable Doctrines and Remedies

Equity and Trusts Directions is written in an informal, engaging and lively manner with an emphasis on explaining the key topics covered on equity and trusts courses with clarity. The text is aimed at engaging the reader's imagination through the use of diagrams, charts and references to extra-legal materials including news items and extracts from artistic, including literary, works.

The substantive content of the text is designed to elucidate the relationship between equity, trusts, property, contract, and restitution to enable students to map out conceptual connections between related legal ideas. There is also a focus on modern cases in the commercial sphere to reflect the constantly changing and socially-significant role of trusts and equity.

A number of learning features are used throughout the text encouraging students to engage with the subject-matter, test their knowledge and check their understanding of the law. These features include self-assessment questions and exercises, chapter summaries, diagrams, and guides to further reading.

Recent developments include:-

• Charities Act 2006;
• Law Commission work on Cohabitation and Trustee Exemption Clauses , 2006;
• Re Farepak Foods (2006);
• Re Horley Town Football Club (2006);
• Barlow Clowes International Ltd. v Eurotrust International Ltd (2006);
• Charter plc v City Index Ltd (2007); Stack v Dowden (HL, 2007).