Now in its 8th edition, Unlocking Equity and Trusts will help you grasp the main concepts of this core subject with ease.
Containing accessible explanations in a clear and logical structure, the following features provides an excellent foundation for learning and revising:
• Clear learning outcomes at the beginning of each chapter set out the skills and knowledge you will need to get to grips with the subject;
• Key Facts summaries throughout each chapter allow you to progressively build and consolidate your understanding;
• End-of-chapter summaries provide a useful check-list for each topic;
• Cases and judgments are highlighted to help you find them and add them to your notes quickly;
• Frequent activities and self-test questions and sample essay questions are included so you can put your knowledge into practice and prepare you for assessment;
• A brand new ‘critiquing the law’ feature is designed to foster essential critical thinking skills.
The 8th edition has been fully updated throughout to reflect recent developments and changes in the law, including significant updates to the chapters on Proprietary Estoppel and Trusts of the Family Home. Unlocking Equity and Trusts is essential reading for all students studying Equity and Trusts for the first time.
1. Historical Outlines of Equity 2. Introduction to Trusts 3. The ‘Three Certainties’ Test 4. Constitution of an Express Trust 5. Formalities for the Creation of Express Trusts 6. Discretionary Trusts 7. Resulting Trusts 8.Constructive Trusts I 9. Constructive Trusts II – The Family Home 10. Secret Trusts and Mutual Wills 11. Private Purpose Trusts 12. Charitable Trusts 13. Appointment, Retirement and Removal of Trustees 14. Duties and Powers of Trustees 15. Variation of Trusts 16. Breach of Trust 17. Equitable Remedies of Injunctions and Specific Performance
Biography
Mohamed Ramjohn – LLB, LLM, CIOT, JP, Barrister at law. Formerly Associate Professor in Ealing Law School at the University of West London, Visiting Senior Fellow at the Russian State University of Justice. He has written several student books and articles on Revenue law, Evidence and Equity.
Judith Bray - LLB LLM Barrister at Law. Emeritus Professor of Law University of Buckingham. She has written extensively on Land Law, Equity and Trusts and Family Law and she is the author of a number of textbooks.
