This new textbook explains Equity and Trusts in context helping students to fully understand the legal principles and their relevance to the modern world. Equity & Trusts, part of the new Living Law Series will establish and nurture an understanding of legal principles and how they work in practice. With coverage of the syllabi as taught at most universities, legal rules are explained in context alongside activities to develop skills and further understanding equipping students with the skills and knowledge every law student needs in their degree and beyond.
Graham Virgo overcomes the complex issues in the study of trusts and equity with unparalleled clarity, offering a rigorous and insightful commentary on the law and its contemporary contexts.
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 ...
This volume in the 'Core Text Series' covers the law of trusts, explaining from first principles what 'trusts' is about and providing the student with an understanding of the law and the important academic controversies surrounding it.
Equity and Trusts is an ideal textbook for undergraduate courses on the law of trusts and equitable remedies.
Text, Cases, and Materials Paul S. Davies, Graham Virgo Edward Burn ... Clarity and simplicity are highly desirable qualities in the law. ... Sir George Jessel MR in Pearson's Case205 at p 341 referred in a passage cited above to ...
All titles in the series follow the same formula and include the same features so students can move easily from one subject to another.
Understanding Equity and Trusts
KEY CASE: hunteR V moss [1994] 3 ALL ER 215 Moss was the registered holder of 950 shares in Moss Electrical Co Ltd. Moss orally declared that he would hold fifty of these shares on trust for Hunter under Hunter's contract of employment ...
This collection of essays, written by leading commentators from across the common law world, examines a range of topics concerning Equity and Trusts in the commercial context.
This edition deals with the the Charities Act 1992 and 1993 and includes over 100 new cases. Additional topics covered include pension funds, restitution and acquisition by killing.