Pearce & Stevens' Trusts and Equitable Obligations

by Robert Pearce; Warren Barr

• ISBN13: 9780192525413
• ISBN10: 0192525417
• Format: Bound Book
• Copyright: 2018-08-30
• Publisher: Oxford University Press Academic UK

Summary

Written in a fresh and lively style and supported by a strong analytical framework, the seventh edition of Pearce & Stevens' Trusts and Equitable Obligations continues to provide students with a relevant and exciting examination of a subject that can seem remote and difficult.

The authors take a modern and conceptual approach to the wide array of topics covered in undergraduate equity and trusts modules, helping students explore the many ways in which trusts impact on everyday life, and in the world of finance and commerce. The text is accessible without compromising detailed critical comment, and engages with key issues such as the protection of privacy, enforcing informal promises, trusts and the family home, and assessing public interest in charities.

Online resources:
The text is accompanied by online resources containing updates and a glossary of terms for students. For lecturers the site provides a test bank of multiple choice questions and PowerPoint slides to use in teaching.

Author Biography

Robert Pearce, Formerly Vice-Chancellor of the University of Wales, Lampeter and Professor of the Law of Property and Equity, University of Buckingham, Warren Barr, Faculty Lead Humanities and Social Sciences, Senior Lecturer in Law, University of Liverpool

Robert Pearce is Professor in Law at the University of Buckingham, Visiting Professor at the University of Gloucestershire and Emeritus Professor of the University of Wales Trinity Saint David. He is former Vice-Chancellor of the University of Wales, Lampeter and has held academic appointments at the University of Newcastle upon Tyne, the University of Lancaster, University College Cork, and the University of Western Ontario.

Warren Barr is Professor of Law and Academic Lead for Student Experience (Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences) at the University of Liverpool; Principal Fellow of the Higher Education Academy; and was named Law Teacher of the Year 2006. He is also a current member, and ex-Director, of the Charity Law and Policy Unit, University of Liverpool.

Table of Contents

Part I: The Importance of Equity
1. What is equity?
2. Equitable obligations
3. Equity and the management of property
4. Equitable remedies in modern English law
5. Specific performance
6. Injunctions
Part II: Creating the Relationship
7. Certainty
8. Substantive and formal requirements for the creation of express trusts
9. Constitution of trusts
10. Formalities
11. Policy limits
12. Resulting trusts
13. Constructive trusts
Part III: Application of Trusts
14. Interests in the family home
15. Charities
16. Clubs and societies
17. Wills and inheritance
Part IV: Allocation of Benefit
18. Introduction to allocation
19. Fixed trusts
20. Powers of appointment
21. Discretionary trusts
22. Powers of maintenance and advancement
23. Variation of beneficial interests
24. Winding up of funds
Part V: Asset Management
25. Management powers
26. Investment and reinvestment
Part VI: Administration of Trusts
27. Delegation by trustees
28. Appointment, removal, and retirement of trustees
29. Accountability of trustees
Part VII: Checks, Controls, and Remedies
30. Control of trusts and trustees
31. Remedies against the trustee for breach of trust
32. Fiduciary duties
33. Remedies against strangers to the trust
34. Tracing