Provides a selection of primary legal materials with accompanying commentary and discussion, covering the principal areas of equity and the law of trusts taught in Australian law schools. Fully revised and updated, the second edition features a new chapter on the termination of trusts and includes extracts from recent decisions.
This edition has been revised to include recent landmark decisions and a new chapter on termination and variation of trusts.
This edition has been revised to include recent landmark decisions and a new chapter on termination and variation of trusts.
The book provides a succinct, clear and accessible explanation of key theories and terminology in equitable and trust law and demonstrates how these are applied in practice with simple, topical examples.
IRC [1960] AC 1 The appellants were bare trustees acting on behalf of Mr Hunter. In 1949 he created six settlements in favour of his five grandchildren and one for his future grandchildren. In February 1955 he transferred 18,000 shares ...
Its accessible style, coupled with an accompanying casebook that adopts the same chapter order and structure, also makes the work ideal for students. Together they mark the work as unique in Australian equity and trusts.
Nevertheless, in Barca v Mears [2005] EWHC 2170, Strauss J, whilst accepting that in the general run of cases the creditor's interests will outweigh all other considerations (as they did in the case itself), suggested that a shift in ...
The book is written specifically for law students, primarily at undergraduate level, but it will also be helpful to students studying law as part of their course.
The text offers a commentary on the law of equity and trusts written at a mid-range level of complexity. This has a companion case book.
EQUITY AND TRUSTS: IN PRINCIPLE, 2nd Edition has been revised to update its content with the latest case law and statutory developments and restructured to align its order of presentation with Dal Pont, Chalmers and Maxton, Equity and ...
What is equity? This book explores modern equity's nature, especially its facilitative character and its role in common law systems.