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Equity and the Law of Trusts

Tenth Edition

Philip H. Pettit

Price: £33.99 (Paperback)
ISBN-13: 978-0-19-928534-1
Publication date: 29 September 2005
904 pages, 246x171 mm

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' "This is an excellent text which provides a readable account of equity and trusts. Anyone interested in studying or researching this area of law should seriously consider buying this text." The Student Law Journal, March 2007 ' -

Description

An exceptionally in-depth and thorough account of equity and trusts law, providing everything the student or lecturer might need to get to grips with the issues
Written in a clear and engaging style, this text is appropriate for all second and third year undergraduates studying courses in equity and trusts on the LLB, and LLM students, and acts as a helpful reference tool for practitioners and professionals
Provides an in-depth and up-to-date critical analysis of equity and trusts making this text suitable for use on all undergraduate law courses

New to this edition

Covers new legislation relating to limitations and perpetuties
Includes new material on resulting and constructive trusts, and proprietary estoppel

Equity and the Law of Trusts is a long-established work providing students of equity with a concise and comprehensive account of the subject.

The tenth edition has been fully revised and updated to include new material on accessory liability, the duty to disclose information to beneficiaries, injunctions to restrain breach of confidence or privacy, undue influence, and resulting and constructive trusts and proprietary estoppel, including many cases involving the matrimonial or quasi-matrimonial home.

Readership: Second and third year undergraduates studying courses in equity and trusts on the LLB, or LLM students. Helpful for practitioners and professionals as a reference work.

Contents

1. History of the Court of Chancery and Introduction to Equity

2. The Trust Concept

3. The Essentials of a Trust

4. Classification and Juristic Nature of Trusts

5. Formal Requirements of Express Trusts

6. Completely and Incompletely Constituted Trusts

7. Secret Trusts and Mutual Wills

8. Constructive Trusts

9. Resulting Trusts

10. Common Intention Constructive Trusts; Proprietary Estoppel; Licences

11. Unlawful Trusts

12. Voidable Trusts

13. Charitable Trusts

14. The Administration of Charities

15. Trustees. Appointment and Determination of Appointment

16. Special Kinds of Trustees

17. Duties of Trustees

18. The Investment of Trust Funds

19. Evenhandedness as between the Beneficiaries

20. The Fiduciary Nature of Trusteeship

21. Appointment of Agents, Nominees and Custodians: delegation of trusts

22. Powers of Trustees

23. Variation of Trusts

24. Breach of Trust

25. Following and Tracing

26. Injunctions I - Nature, damages in lieu, enforcement

27. Injunctions II - Principles governing grant of injunctions

28. Injunctions III - Injunctions in particular types of cases

29. Specific Performance

30. Other Equitable Remedies

31. Conversion and Reconversion

32. Satisfaction, Ademption and Performance

33. The Equitable Doctrine of Election

Index

Authors, editors, and contributors

Philip H. Pettit, of the Middle Temple, Barrister, Emeritus Professor of Equity, Universities of Bristol and Buckingham

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