ABSTRACT

Alastair Hudson’s Equity and Trusts is an ideal textbook for undergraduate courses on the law of trusts and equitable remedies. It provides a clear, current and comprehensive account of the subject through which the author’s enthusiasm and expertise shine through, helping to bring to life an area of the law which students often find difficult.

Beginning with the core principles, Alastair Hudson reinforces the key points by means of clear examples throughout each chapter, helping students to build and develop their own knowledge of equity and trusts. A set of lively, discursive essays reflecting on the law then begin to outline the broader political, social and economic context of the subject and encourage the reader to begin to engage with their own critical analysis.

The eighth edition of Equity and Trusts will be edited and updated to include discussion of the key developments in the subject since publication of the seventh edition in 2012, including the latest case law and potential for regulation relating to cohabitation and shared ownership as well as cases arising in the light of the enforcement of the Charities Act 2006.

part |2 pages

Part 1 Fundamentals of equity and trusts

chapter 1|41 pages

Introduction – the nature of equity

chapter 2|41 pages

Understanding the trust

part |2 pages

Part 2 Express trusts

part |2 pages

Part 3 Administration of trusts

chapter 8|86 pages

The duties of trustees

chapter 9|46 pages

The investment of trusts

part |2 pages

Part 4 Trusts implied by law

chapter 11|47 pages

Resulting trusts

chapter 12|105 pages

Constructive trusts

chapter 13|35 pages

Equitable estoppel

part |2 pages

Part 5 Equity, trusts and the home

chapter 15|100 pages

Trusts of homes

chapter 16|28 pages

Trusts of land

part |2 pages

Part 6 Breach of trust and related equitable claims

chapter 18|34 pages

Breach of trust

chapter 19|66 pages

Tracing

part |2 pages

Part 7 Commercial uses of trusts

chapter 22|31 pages

Quistclose trusts

chapter 23|2 pages

Mortgages, charges and taking security

part |2 pages

Part 8 Welfare uses of trusts

chapter 24|1 pages

Occupational pension funds

chapter 25|71 pages

Charities

part |2 pages

Part 9 Equitable remedies

chapter 26|13 pages

Speci¿ c performance

chapter 27|49 pages

Injunctions and con¿ dences

chapter 28|13 pages

Rescission and recti¿ cation

chapter 29|29 pages

Doctrine of notice and undue inÀ uence

chapter 30|14 pages

Miscellaneous equitable remedies

part |2 pages

Part 10 Theoretical questions relating to equity and trusts

chapter 31|15 pages

The nature of property in equity and trusts

chapter 32|18 pages

Equity, chaos and social complexity