Contemporary Perspectives on Property, Equity and Trust Law

Edited by Martin Dixon and Gerwyn Ll H Griffiths

Incisive analysis of recent developments such as public benefit and charities, such as hospitals and schools; equality law; the regulation of trustees; landlords and tenants; and joint ownership of property
Written by leading academics and practitioners in the field of trusts and equity
Contains in depth and up to date commentary of recent legislation such as The Charities Act 2006 and The Disability Discrimination Act 2005
Covers a wide range of topics within land, property law and trust law, serving the needs of both practitioners and academics
Discusses the major areas of debate within the area of trusts and equity in one concise, readable volume

Contemporary Perspectives on Property, Equity and Trust Law

Edited by Martin Dixon and Gerwyn Ll H Griffiths

Description

This work counters the common perception that equity and trusts is a static area of law. The essays, written by leading academics and well established practitioners of the field, demonstrate both that the area is vibrant with new legislation and case law and shows the value of reconsidering familiar topics in the light of new developments.

The scope of the book is wide ranging, covering equity, trusts and property and is divided into two main sections: the law of real property, and the law of equity and trusts. In Part One, a variety of topics surrounding the law of real property are discussed: from unconscionability, and the protection of third party interests, to property, marriage and ownership, and the impact of equality law on landlord and tenant regulations. Part Two focuses on the regulation of trusts and trustees and the impact of new legislation on charities such as hospitals and schools.

Contemporary Perspectives on Property, Equity and Trust Law

Edited by Martin Dixon and Gerwyn Ll H Griffiths

Part One - The Law of Real Property
1. How Should We Respond to Unconscionability? Unpacking the Relationship Between Conscience and the Constructive Trust, Nicholas Hopkins
2. Protecting Third Party Interests Under The Land Registration Act 2002 - To Worry Or Not To Worry: That Is The Question, Martin Dixon
3. Community Of Property, Joint Ownership And The Family Home, Elizabeth Cooke
4. (Mis)interpreting The Trusts Of Land And Appointment Of Trustees Act 1996, Rebecca Probert
5. Landlords, Disabled Tenants And The Rising Tide of Equality Law, Anna Lawson
6. Put Options In Land: A Neglected Device?, Richard Castle
Part Two - Equity and the Law of Trusts
7. Unconscionability in property law: a fairy-tale ending?, Gary Watt
8. Changing Concepts Of Ownership In English Law During The Nineteenth And Twentieth Centuries The Changing Idea of Beneficial Ownership under the English Trust, Thomas Glyn Watkin
9. The regulation of trustees, Alastair Hudson
10. Public Benefit And Charities: The Impact Of The Charities Act 2006 On Independent Schools And Private Hospitals, Peter Luxton
11. The Malta Trusts Project - The Genesis of a New Trusts Act in a Civil Law Jurisdiction, Gerwyn Ll H Griffiths and Max Ganado

Contemporary Perspectives on Property, Equity and Trust Law

Edited by Martin Dixon and Gerwyn Ll H Griffiths

Author Information

Martin Dixon, MA (Oxon); PhD (Cantab). Fellow in Law, Queens' College Cambridge. Visiting Professor of Law, City University, London. Editor of Ruoff & Roper, The Law of Registered Conveyancing and author of numerous books and articles on property law. Currently updating Megarry & Wade: The Law of Real Property. Case Editor, The Conveyancer and Property Lawyer. Gerwyn Ll H Griffiths is Professor of Law at the University of Glamorgan and is a Visiting research fellow at the University of Cambridge. He is a member of the editorial board of The Conveyancer and Property Lawyer, and Member of the Lord Chancellor's Department Consultation Committee on Commonhold. He is the author of many articles and essays on property law, trusts and legal history.

Contributors:

Nicholas Hopkins, Senior Lecturer in Law, University of Southampton
Elizabeth Cooke, Professor of Law, University of Reading
Rebecca Probert, University of Warwick
Anna Lawson, Senior Lecturer in Law, University of Leeds
Richard Castle, Solicitor, sometime Affiliated Lecturer, Department of Land Economy, University of Cambridge
Gary Watt, Associate Professor, University of Warwick
Thomas Glyn Watkin, Professor of Law and Head of School, University of Wales, Bangor
Alastair Hudson, Professor of Equity and Law, Queen Mary, University of London
Peter Luxton, Professor of Law, Cardiff Law School
Max Ganado, Senior Partner, Ganado and Associates, Advocates, Malta