Equity & Trusts Law Directions

di Gary Watt (Autore)

Oxford University Press, 2025

This is the most student-friendly guide to the subject; empowering students to evaluate the law, understand its practical application, and approach assessments with confidence. Watt's Equity & Trusts Law Directions presents students with a considered balance of depth, detail, context, and critique on the topic. Key features · Gain a balanced understanding of the topic: the right amount of detail conveyed clearly · Understand the law in context: with scene-setting introductions and highlighted case extracts the practical importance of the law becomes clear · Identify when and how to critically evaluate the law: the key areas of debate are set out, with support to confidently question the law · Direct and consolidate knowledge: self-testing features aid understanding and help students tackle assessments with confidence · Elevate learning: inspiring students to take their learning to the next level, the author provides direction on going further · Also available as an e-book with functionality, navigation features, and links that offer extra learning support New to this edition · Discusses the implications of cryptocurrency for the specific performance of agreements and the tracing of funds in equity · Reviews the use of 'massively discretionary trusts' and sham trusts to hide wealth from the tax authorities · Covers ethical investment of trusts and the implications of political controversies for the funding of charitable trusts · References the Court of Appeal on the relationship between the fiduciary duty and the duty care, as well as remedies where fiduciary gains and careless losses arise from the same transaction · Includes updates from the Supreme Court on a claimant's ability to recover in an action tainted by their illegality and an innocent claimant’s recovery of wrongful fiduciary gains that the CPS wants to confiscate for criminality Digital formats and resources The eighth edition is available for students and institutions to purchase in a variety of formats: the e-book and Law Trove offer a mobile experience and convenient access along with video lectures by the author, sample essay questions and problem scenarios with guidance on answering, self-test questions, functionality tools, navigation features, and links that offer extra learning support.

• Autore: Gary Watt
• Editore: Oxford University Press
• Collana: Directions
• Anno: 2025
• Rilegatura: Paperback / softback
• Pagine: 568 p.
• Dimensioni: 245 x 190 mm
• Peso: 971 gr.
• EAN: 9780198930075

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