Trusts & Equity

Trusts & Equity continues to offer a comprehensive and user-friendly approach, providing a concise route through what can be a challenging area of the law. Drawing on years of experience, Gary Watt encourages students to actively engage with the subject and think critically about its central issues, outlining the key perspectives with clarity and rigour. Digital formats and resources This edition is available for students and institutions to purchase in a variety of formats, and is supported by online resources. - The e-book offers a mobile experience and convenient access along with functionality tools, navigation features, and links that offer extra learning support: www.oxfordtextbooks.co.uk/ebooks - The online resources include: · Video lectures presented by Gary Watt, providing an introduction to key areas of debate within the subject · Essay questions and problem scenarios with accompanying answer guidance, along with general guidance on answering these kinds of questions to enable you to improve · Web links to further primary sources and commentary to aid your understanding · Flashcard glossary to help test your knowledge of key terms

1 - Foundations
2 - Trusts in context
3 - Trusts created expressly
4 - Effective disposition of benefit: constitution of trusts
5 - Ineffective disposition of benefit: resulting trusts
6 - Formality, perpetuity, and illegality: trust creation and public policy I
7 - Charity: trust creation and public policy II
8 - Constructive trusts and informal trusts of land
9 - Flexibility of benefit
10 - The fiduciary duty
11 - Fulfilling and filling the office of trustee
12 - Trustee investment
13 - Breach of trust: the personal liability of trustees
14 - Tracing and recovering trust property
15 - The equitable personal liability of strangers to the trust
16 - Equitable maxims, doctrines, and remedies

Gary Watt is a Professor of Law at the University of Warwick. He was made Law Teacher of the Year in 2009 and in 2010 he was named a National Teaching Fellow by the Higher Education Academy. He is the author of another OUP book, Equity & Trusts Law Directions.