Cases & Materials on Equity & Trusts

Tenth Edition

Gary Watt

A comprehensive portable library for trusts and equity students, incorporating an impressive range of relevant and interesting case law, statutory material, academic writing, and official proposals for law reform
Structured to closely match the LLB syllabus, materials are linked with thoughtful and in-depth scholarly commentary
Gary Watt enhances the selected extracts with materials from a diverse range of non-legal sources, making the important legal points more interesting and memorable
Rich in pedagogical features that enhance students' ability to assimilate important key facts, including questions, suggestions for further reading, and notes
Fully supported by an Online Resource Centre designed to consolidate students' understanding and provide a forum for self-assessment. Resources include updates to changes and developments in relevant cases, suggested answers to the questions in the book, and links to key websites to help students broaden their understanding and identify relevant wider sources

New to this Edition:

The UK Supreme Court's decision in AIB Group (UK) plc v Mark Redler and Co Solicitors [2014] on liability for losses caused by breach of trust
FHR European Ventures LLP v Cedar Capital Partners LLC [2014] on liability to account for unauthorised fiduciary gains
Prest v Petrodel [2013] on resulting trust and statutory formalities
Jetivia SA v Bilta (UK) Ltd (in liquidation) [2015] and Les Laboratories Servier & Anor v Apotex Inc [2014] on illegality and the reliance principle in resulting trusts
R (on the application of Hodkin and another) v Registrar General of Births, Deaths and Marriages [2013] (on scientology as a religion)
Williams v Central Bank of Nigeria [2014] on 'ancilliary' equitable liability of strangers to the trust in relation to limitation periods
King v Chiltern Dog Rescue [2015] on donation mortis causa
Challinor v Juliet Bellis & Co [2015] on Quistclose trusts
Curran v Collins [2015], Graham-York v York [2015] and Smith v Bottomley [2013] on constructive trusts of land
Discussion of recent legislation, such as The Inheritance and Trustees' Powers Act 2014 and the Cohabitation Rights Bill 2014-2015, and the work of relevant commissions, including The Law Commission's draft Trusts (Concealment of Interests) Bill and Charities (Protection and Social Investment) Bill 2015

Cases & Materials on Equity & Trusts

Tenth Edition

Gary Watt

Description

In a subject heavily reliant on the specifics of case law, Cases & Materials on Equity & Trusts provides an essential reference source for students. The tenth edition contains a diverse range of relevant and interesting cases, statutory material, academic writing, and official proposals for law reform. Where appropriate, legal materials are accompanied by non-legal literary texts with a view to making legal points more interesting and memorable.

Gary Watt continues to combine the highly-regarded, rigorous scholarship and student-focused approach established through previous editions in his expertly-selected choice of materials and commentary. Utilizing key features as tools to assist students' learning and revision, including questions, suggestions for further reading, and notes, Gary Watt threads the broad spectrum of equity case law together with his unique flair, making it an engaging and insightful companion to a course in trusts.

Online Resource Centre

The tenth edition is supported by an Online Resource Centre, offering:

- Suggested answers to questions in the book
- Video lectures presented by Gary Watt, introducing key areas of debate within the subject
- General guidance on answering essay questions
- General guidance on answering problem scenarios
- Flashcard glossary of key legal terms
- Updates to the law post-publication
- Web links to useful websites

Cases & Materials on Equity & Trusts

Tenth Edition

Gary Watt

Part I: Introduction to Equity and Trusts
1:Foundations of equity and trusts
2:Trusts in context
Part II: Creation and Recognition of Trusts
3:Trusts created expressly
4:Constitution of trusts: effective disposition of benefit
5:Resulting trusts: ineffective disposition of benefit
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
Part III: The Regulation of Trusts
9:Variation of trusts and the flexibility of benefit
10:The fiduciary duty
11:Fulfilling and filling the office of trustee
12:Investment
13:Breach of trust: the personal liability of trustees
Part IV: Trusts and Third Parties
14:Tracing and recovering trust property
15:The equitable liability of strangers to the trust
Part V: Equity
16:Equity: maxims, doctrines, and remedies

Cases & Materials on Equity & Trusts

Tenth Edition

Gary Watt

Author Information

Gary Watt, Professor of Law, University of Warwick

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 and fellow of the Higher Education Academy. He is the author of other OUP books including Trusts & Equity and Equity & Trusts Law Directions.

Cases & Materials on Equity & Trusts

Tenth Edition

Gary Watt

Reviews and Awards

I think the text is a superb example of a particularly important type of textbook. It helps guide students in the application of their legal knowledge with certainty, detail, and rigour. The text is clear, well structured, and evidently written from a point of esteemed authority. - Chris Lloyd, Oxford Brookes University

This book is invaluable and, crucially, enjoyable; a combination many books do not possess. I do not hesitate to recommend it to students looking to purchase a cases and materials book. - Alexander Murray, Anglia Law School