Equity and Trusts

by Alastair Hudson

Overview

Alastair Hudson’s Equity and Trusts is the ideal textbook for undergraduate courses on the law of trusts and equitable remedies. It provides a clear, current and comprehensive account of the subject. The author’s enthusiasm and expertise shine through, helping to bring to life an area of the law which students often find challenging. It has been cited as being authoritative in the courts of numerous countries.

The eleventh edition of Equity and Trusts continues to offer the most comprehensive and up-to-date coverage of the law of Equity and Trusts, while still presenting a lively and thoughtful account of the issues raised by it. It probes the geopolitical problems which trusts law has created, as well as the traditional technical problems. New cases in this edition include Guest v Guest; Byers v Saudi National Bank; Stoffel v Grondona; CPS v Aquila; Lehtimäki v Cooper; Stanford Bank International Ltd v HSBC plc, Re Gamenation (UK) Ltd; Davies v Ford; Hotel Portfolio II UK Ltd v Ruhan; Butler-Sloss v Charity Commission; O’Neill v Holland; Williams v Williams; Hudson v Hathaway, and many others besides.

Explaining concepts by using easy-to-understand examples from real life, Alastair Hudson’s Equity and Trusts is essential reading for all core modules in the subject.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781032881669
Publisher:	Taylor & Francis
Publication date:	05/28/2025
Edition description:	11th ed.
Pages:	1250
Product dimensions:	6.88(w) x 9.69(h) x (d)

About the Author

Alastair Hudson is Visiting Professor of Law at the University of Reading. He has been Professor of Law at Queen Mary University of London; University of Southampton; University of Exeter; and University of Strathclyde where he was also Head of School. He is a National Teaching Fellow, a Fellow of the Higher Education Academy, a Fellow of the Royal Society of Arts, and has been voted UK Law Teacher of the Year. He is the author of 22 books on various aspects of law which have been relied upon by the courts of numerous jurisdictions around the world.

Table of Contents

Preface. Glossary. Table of cases. Table of legislation. PART 1: Fundamentals of equity and trusts 1. The nature of equity 2. The nature of the trust PART 2: Express trusts 3. Certainty in the creation of express trusts 4. The rights of beneficiaries and the beneficiary principle 5. The constitution of trusts 6. Secret trusts 7. Essay – The paradox of express trusts PART 3: Administration of trusts 8. The duties of trustees 9. The investment of trusts 10. The powers of trustees and the variation of trusts PART 4: Trusts implied by law 11. Resulting trusts 12. Constructive trusts 13. Equitable estoppel 14. Essay – Fiduciaries PART 5: Equity, trusts and the home 15. Trusts of homes 16. Trusts of land 17. Essay – Family law, human rights law and equity    PART 6: Breach of trust and related equitable claims 18. Breach of trust 19. Strangers 20. Tracing PART 7: Commercial uses of trusts 21. Commercial trusts law 22. Quistclose trusts PART 8: Charities 23. Charities PART 9: Injunctions 24. Injunctions and confidences PART 10: Theoretical questions relating to equity and trusts 25. Essay - The geopolitics of international trusts law 26. Essay - The concept of conscience in equity 27. Essay - Themes in equity. Bibliography

Editorial Reviews

"One of the book’s great strengths is its clear exposition of some very difficult areas of the law, moving seamlessly from points that puzzle students to points that puzzle practitioners. Other strengths are the breadth of its approach, the fact that it is extremely up to date, the freshness and vividness of its approach and its willingness to place equity in a wider context . . . The student will enjoy a clear, lively and challenging account of the subject matter. The practitioner will find the book well worth consulting for its clear exposition of the basic principles and of their application in difficult areas."

– New Law Journal

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