Equity and trusts in australia is a practical and engaging introduction to equitable and trust law in australia. She has taught property law and family law for over twenty years, having previously qualified as a barrister. Equity proceeds in the principle that a right or liability should as far as possible be equalized. Law and conscience, conscience in the early courts of equity, conscience in. Lecture notes, lecture law express equity and trust revision lecture notes, lecture mutual wills and secret trusts lecture notes, lecture resulting and constructive trusts lecture notes seminar 6, 8 lecture notes property law seminar 2 lecture notes express trusts the three certainties. There is a large trusts problem worth a total of 30 marks 3. The latter is the current preferred view in legal academia. Pdf the principles of equity trusts download full pdf. Equity and trust guidebook christopher brien oxford. Equity and trusts is a unique branch of english law based on a body of principles made by the courts of chancery, that focusses on bringing balance to the legal system, particularly the. Unlocking equity and trusts isbn 97818824140 pdf epub. Drawing on the authors collective 45 years of teaching experience, this text is carefully designed to cater to the needs of undergraduate law and juris doctor students approaching the law of equity and trusts for the.
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