Equity & Trusts

Dr Dominic de Cogan, Christ's College, Cambridge Review from previous edition Clear, student-friendly, close to the course; an excellent introduction to a wide range of reading materials.



Hazel McLean, University of Exeter A superb book - a coherent, yet erudite, exposition of the law with an excellent selection of cases and materials.



Dr Craig Prescott, University of Winchester I think this is an excellent part of the suite of textbooks for trusts law. It has a good combination of texts, cases and materials, and I think this is one of the more accessible textbooks on the subject.

Paul S. Davies is Professor of Commercial Law at UCL, teaching at both undergraduate and postgraduate level. Paul was previously an Associate Professor in Law at the University of Oxford, and Fellow and Tutor in Law at St Catherine's College, Oxford. In 2015 Paul won a Peter Birks Prize for Outstanding Legal Scholarship awarded by the Society of Legal Scholars for his book Accessory Liability (Hart Studies in Private Law: Hart Publishing, 2015). Paul is also a Barrister of Lincoln's Inn and an Associate Member of Maitland Chambers. Graham Virgo (QC (Hon)) is Professor of English Private Law and Pro-Vice Chancellor for Education at the University of Cambridge; a Fellow of Downing College, Cambridge and a Bencher of Lincoln's Inn. He is the author of several books on private law, as well as equity and trusts, including The Principles of Equity & Trusts (Oxford University Press) and The Principles of the Law of Restitution (Oxford University Press). In 2013 he was shortlisted for the OUP Law Teacher of the Year.

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