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The Principles of Equity & Trusts brings an engaging, contextual approach to the subject in this best-selling textbook. Graham Virgo explains the complex issues of trusts and equity with unparalleled clarity, offering a rigorous and insightful commentary on the law and its contemporary contexts.
List of contents
- Part I: Equity
- 1:: An introduction to equity
- 2:: The characteristics of equity
- 3:: An introduction to the trust
- Part II: The Express Trust
- 4:: The requirements of an express trust
- 5:: Formalities
- Part III: Trusts for Purposes
- 6:: Charitable trusts
- 7:: Non-charitable purpose trusts
- Part IV: Implied Trusts
- 8:: Resulting trusts
- 9:: Constructive trusts
- 10:: Informal arrangements relating to property
- Part V: Beneficiaries
- 11:: Beneficiaries
- Part VI: Trustees and Their Representatives
- 12:: Trustees
- 13:: The administration of trusts
- 14:: Dispositive powers and duties
- 15:: Fiduciary duties
- Part VII: Variation of Trusts
- 16:: The variation of trusts
- Part VIII: Breach of Trust and Fiduciary Duty
- 17:: Liability for breach of trust and fiduciary duty
- 18:: Personal claims and remedies
- 19:: Proprietary claims and remedies
- 20:: Personal liability of third parties
About the author
Graham Virgo (KC (Hon)) is Professor of English Private Law at the University of Cambridge; Master-elect Fellow of Downing College, Cambridge; a Bencher of Lincoln's Inn and Academic Member of XXIV Old Buildings, Lincoln's Inn. He is the author of several books on private law, as well as criminal law, including
The Principles of the Law of Restitution (Oxford University Press, the fourth edition of which will publish in 2024) and, with Paul Davies,
Equity and Trusts: Text, Cases, and Materials (Oxford University Press).
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The Principles of Equity & Trusts brings an engaging, contextual approach to the subject in this best-selling textbook. Graham Virgo explains the complex issues of trusts and equity with unparalleled clarity, offering a rigorous and insightful commentary on the law and its contemporary contexts.
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In my view the most useful textbook available in this subject in the UK; a great mix of clear explanation of basic concepts with really first-rate analysis of more complex questions.
