Alastair Hudsons Equity and Trusts is the ideal textbook for undergraduate courses on the law of trusts and equitable remedies. It provides a clear, current and comprehensive account of the subject. The authors enthusiasm and expertise shine through, helping to bring to life an area of the law which students often find challenging. It has been cited as being authoritative in the courts of numerous countries.
The eleventh edition of Equity and Trusts continues to offer the most comprehensive and up-to-date coverage of the law of Equity and Trusts, while still presenting a lively and thoughtful account of the issues raised by it. It probes the geopolitical problems which trusts law has created, as well as the traditional technical problems. New cases in this edition include Guest v Guest; Byers v Saudi National Bank; Stoffel v Grondona; CPS v Aquila; Lehtimäki v Cooper; Stanford Bank International Ltd v HSBC plc, Re Gamenation (UK) Ltd; Davies v Ford; Hotel Portfolio II UK Ltd v Ruhan; Butler-Sloss v Charity Commission; ONeill v Holland; Williams v Williams; Hudson v Hathaway, and many others besides.
Explaining concepts by using easy-to-understand examples from real life, Alastair Hudsons Equity and Trusts is essential reading for all core modules in the subject.
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"One of the books great strengths is its clear exposition of some very difficult areas of the law, moving seamlessly from points that puzzle students to points that puzzle practitioners. Other strengths are the breadth of its approach, the fact that it is extremely up to date, the freshness and vividness of its approach and its willingness to place equity in a wider context . . . The student will enjoy a clear, lively and challenging account of the subject matter. The practitioner will find the book well worth consulting for its clear exposition of the basic principles and of their application in difficult areas."
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Preface. Glossary. Table of cases. Table of legislation. PART 1:
Fundamentals of equity and trusts
1. The nature of equity
2. The nature of
the trust PART 2: Express trusts
3. Certainty in the creation of express
trusts
4. The rights of beneficiaries and the beneficiary principle
5. The
constitution of trusts
6. Secret trusts
7. Essay The paradox of express
trusts PART 3: Administration of trusts
8. The duties of trustees
9. The
investment of trusts
10. The powers of trustees and the variation of trusts
PART 4: Trusts implied by law
11. Resulting trusts
12. Constructive trusts
13. Equitable estoppel
14. Essay Fiduciaries PART 5: Equity, trusts and the
home
15. Trusts of homes
16. Trusts of land
17. Essay Family law, human
rights law and equity PART 6: Breach of trust and related equitable claims
18. Breach of trust
19. Strangers
20. Tracing PART 7: Commercial uses of
trusts
21. Commercial trusts law
22. Quistclose trusts PART 8: Charities
23.
Charities PART 9: Injunctions
24. Injunctions and confidences PART 10:
Theoretical questions relating to equity and trusts
25. Essay - The
geopolitics of international trusts law
26. Essay - The concept of conscience
in equity
27. Essay - Themes in equity. Bibliography
Alastair Hudson is Visiting Professor of Law at the University of Reading. He has been Professor of Law at Queen Mary University of London; University of Southampton; University of Exeter; and University of Strathclyde where he was also Head of School. He is a National Teaching Fellow, a Fellow of the Higher Education Academy, a Fellow of the Royal Society of Arts, and has been voted UK Law Teacher of the Year. He is the author of 22 books on various aspects of law which have been relied upon by the courts of numerous jurisdictions around the world.
