Equity and trusts law is a vibrant and fast-moving area of the legal system. UNLOCKING TRUSTS will ensure that you grasp the main concepts with ease providing you with an essential foundation for further study or practice. The book explains in detailed, yet straightforward, terms:

Historical outlines of equity

Constructive trusts

Introduction to trusts

Secret trusts and mutual wills

The 'three certainties' test

Private purpose trusts

Constitution of an express trust

Appointment, retirement and removal of trustees

Exceptions to the rule that equity will not assist a volunteer

Duties and powers of trustees

Formalities for the creation of express trusts

Variation of trusts

Discretionary trusts

Breach of trust.

Resulting trusts

This fourth edition is fully up-to-date with the latest developments in the law and now includes all significant new cases plus more detail on recent judicial developments in proprietary estoppel and the doctrine of proportionality.