Unlocking trusts
"Equity and trusts law is a vibrant and fast-moving area of the legal system.Unlocking Trusts will ensure that you grasp the main concepts with ease providing you with an essential foundation to equity and trusts law. The book explains in detailed, yet straightforward, terms: Historical outline...
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| Format: | Electronic |
| Language: | English |
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Abingdon, Oxon [England] :
Routledge,
2013.
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| Edition: | 4th ed. |
| Series: | Unlocking the law.
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| Online Access: | View fulltext via EzAccess |
| Summary: | "Equity and trusts law is a vibrant and fast-moving area of the legal system.Unlocking Trusts will ensure that you grasp the main concepts with ease providing you with an essential foundation to equity and trusts law. The book explains in detailed, yet straightforward, terms: Historical outlines of equity Constructive trustsIntroduction to trusts Secret trusts and mutual willsThe 'three certainties' test Private purpose trustsConstitution of an express trust Appointment, retirement and removal of trusteesExceptions to the rule that equity will not assist a volunteer Duties and powers of trusteesFormalities for the creation of express trusts Variation of trustsDiscretionary trusts Breach of trust.Resulting trusts This fourth edition is fully up-to-date with the latest developments in the law and now includes all significant new cases plus more detail on recent judicial developments in proprietary estoppel and the doctrine of proportionality. "-- |
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| Physical Description: | xxxi, 473 p. : col. ill. Also available in print edition. |
| Format: | Mode of access: World Wide Web. |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 9780203783450 (e-book : PDF) |