Equity and Trust Law by University of Southampton law School
Equity and Trust Law by University of Southampton law School
Equity and Trust Law by University of Southampton law School
This book navigates the foundational aspects of trusts
certainty of intention, beneficiaries, and subject matter, from breach of trust
to constructive trusts and trustees duties, it examines intricate scenarios and
ethical dilemmas, exploring tracing, charities, and restitution, it offers
diverse perspectives on rectifying injustices within legal constructs.
This book navigates the foundational aspects of trusts
certainty of intention, beneficiaries, and subject matter, from breach of trust
to constructive trusts and trustees duties, it examines intricate scenarios and
ethical dilemmas, exploring tracing, charities, and restitution, it offers
diverse perspectives on rectifying injustices within legal constructs.
This note focus on aspects of equity and trusts in two specific contexts:
commerce and the home. It will advance novel conceptual approaches to two significant arenas in
which equitable doctrines like the trust are deployed.
Author(s): Professor Alastair Hudson, University of London
LLM
The aims of this book are
to ensure that students understand and are able to assess critically: the
principles associated with equity and with trusts law; the application of those
principles to factual circumstances, the manner in which these principles affect
people in their everyday lives, how those principles are to be reconciled with
the principles governing the creation of express trusts, the imposition of
trusts by law, how equity and trusts law adapt to changing social conditions,
and how other legal models challenge the traditional understanding of equity.
This
note covers the following topics: Origin And Nature Of Trusts,
Classification Of Trusts, Requirements For Creation Of Trusts, Constitution Of
Trusts And The Exceptions, Express Prtivate Trusts, Charitable Trusts,
Constructive Trusts, Discretionary Trusts, Protective Trusts, Trusts In Favour
Of Creditors.