| Commercial trusts law
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| Section A: The nature of
commercial trusts |
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Equity, trusts and commercial expectations |
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The contractarian account of trusts |
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Unit trusts and other financial uses of trusts |
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The constitution of express trusts in commercial transactions |
| Section B: Equitable
devices used to take security in commercial contracts
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| ·
Taking security in loan contracts |
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Equitable charges |
| ·
Establishing title at common law and in equity |
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Example: collateralisation in financial transactions |
| Section C: The recovery
of property in commercial litigation |
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Breach of trust in commercial and investment
transactions |
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Recovery of property in relation to terminated transactions |
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Personal liability to account of commercial intermediaries |
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Case study: the local authority swaps cases |
| Section D: Investment of
trust funds |
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The duty to invest under statute |
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The duty to invest in the case law |
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Principles of the law of finance |
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Issues with portfolio investment strategies |
Sequence:
Section A first. |
Textbooks:
Alastair Hudson, Equity and Trusts 5th ed (London:
Routledge-Cavendish Publishing, 2007), ISBN: 9780415418478
Alastair Hudson, Understanding
Equity and Trusts Law 2nd ed (London: Cavendish Publishing,
2004), ISBN: 9781859418871 |
