Optimize Equity and Trusts / Judith Riches

Includes index.

Optimize : your blueprint for exam success --
Preface --
Guide to using the book and the companion website --
Introduction to equity and trusts --
The three certainties --
The statutory formalities --
The constitution of express trusts --
Secret trusts and mutual wills --
Resulting trusts --
Constructive trusts --
Trusts and the family home --
Private purpose trusts --
Charitable trusts --
Trusteeship --
Trustees' powers --
Breach of trust --
Equitable remedies.

The 'Optimize' series is designed to show you how to apply your knowledge in assessment. These concise revision guides cover the most commonly taught topics, and provide you with the tools to: understand the law and remember the details using diagrams and tables throughout to demonstrate how the law fits together. Contextualise your knowledge identifying and explaining how to apply legal principles for important cases providing cross-references and further reading to help you aim higher in essays and exams. Avoid common misunderstandings and errors identifying common pitfalls students encounter in class and in assessment. Reflect critically on the law identifying contentious areas that are up for debate and on which you will need to form an opinion.