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Paul Davies and Graham Virgo provide a comprehensive guide to trusts and equity in a single volume. Drawing on a judiciously balanced selection of case extracts, journal articles, and academic writing, Davies and Virgo present their authoritative commentary on the law with clarity and rigour.
List of contents
- Part I Introduction to Equity and Trusts
- 1: Introduction to equity
- 2: Introduction to trusts
- Part II Express Private Trusts
- 3: The requirements of an express trust
- 4: Creation of express trusts
- Part III Purpose Trusts
- 5: Charitable purpose trusts
- 6: Non-charitable purpose trusts
- Part IV Non-express Trusts
- 7: Constructive trusts
- 8: Resulting trusts
- 9: Informal arrangements relating to property
- Part V Beneficiaries
- 10: Beneficiaries
- Part VI Trustees
- 11: General principles relating to trustees
- 12: The administration of trusts
- 13: Dispositive powers and duties
- 14: Fiduciary obligations
- Part VII Variation
- 15: Variation of trusts
- 16: Liability for breach
- 17: Personal claims and remedies
- 18: Proprietary claims and remedies
- 19: Third party liability
- Part IX Orders
- 20: Equitable orders
- Part I Introduction to Equity and Trusts
- 1:: Introduction to equity
- 2:: Introduction to trusts
- Part II Express Private Trusts
- 3:: The requirements of an express trust
- 4:: Creation of express trusts
- Part III Purpose Trusts
- 5:: Charitable purpose trusts
- 6:: Non-charitable purpose trusts
- Part IV Non-express Trusts
- 7:: Constructive trusts
- 8:: Resulting trusts
- 9:: Informal arrangements relating to land
- Part V Beneficiaries
- 10:: Beneficiaries
- Part VI Trustees
- 11:: General principles relating to trustees
- 12:: The administration of trusts
- 13:: Dispositive powers and duties
- 14:: Fiduciary obligations
- Part VII Variation
- 15:: Variation of trusts
- Part VIII Breach
- 16:: Liability for breach
- 17:: Personal claims and remedies
- 18:: Proprietary claims and remedies
- 19:: Third party liability
- Part IX Orders
- 20:: Equitable orders
About the author
Paul S. Davies is Professor of Commercial Law at UCL and a Barrister at Essex Court Chambers. He has written widely in private law, and is also the author of
Accessory Liability (Hart Publishing, 2015; revised paperback edition, 2017), which won the main Inner Temple Book Prize in 2018 and a Peter Birks Prize for Outstanding Legal Scholarship awarded by the Society of Legal Scholars in 2015. In 2020 Paul was awarded a Philip Leverhulme Prize in Law.
Graham Virgo (KC (Hon)) is Professor of English Private Law at the University of Cambridge; Master of Downing College, Cambridge; member of XXIV Old Buildings and a Bencher of Lincoln's Inn. He is the author of several books on private law, including
The Principles of Equity and Trusts (5th ed, 2023, Oxford University Press) and
The Principles of the Law of Restitution (4th ed, 2024, Oxford University Press)."
Summary
Paul Davies and Graham Virgo provide a comprehensive guide to trusts and equity in a single volume. Drawing on a judiciously balanced selection of case extracts, journal articles, and academic writing, Davies and Virgo present their authoritative commentary on the law with clarity and rigour.
