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Resolving Property Disputes in Law: Reappraising the Resulting Trust book cover

1st Edition

Resolving Property Disputes in Law Reappraising the Resulting Trust

By Matthew Stubbins Copyright 2027
270 Pages
by Routledge

This book offers a comprehensive examination of the resulting trust, a foundational legal mechanism for determining the beneficial ownership of property in the absence of express evidence. Arguing that the resulting trust fulfils a critical role in resolving property ownership disputes, the book explores three distinct factual contexts in which the trust is applied: property law, insolvency... Read more

1. Introduction

2. Resulting Trust Presumptions

3. The Resulting Trust and Unjust Enrichment

4. Rebutting the Presumption of a Resulting Trust 

5. Illegality  

6. Resulting Trustee Obligations and Liability  

7. The Purchase Price Resulting Trust 

8. The Gratuitous Transfer Resulting Trust 

9. The Automatic Resulting Trust 

10. Conclusion  

Biography

Matthew Stubbins is the Director of Law, and Principal Lecturer in Law, at Canterbury Christ Church University. Matthew has been at Christ Church for over 10 years, and has held numerous positions during this period - progressing from Ph.D student to Director of Law. He is a Senior Fellow of Advance HE, and was called to the Bar by the Honourable Society of Inner Temple in 2014, having received two scholarships from Inner Temple to pursue the Bar Professional Training Course.

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