Trusts and Equity Foundation Studies in Law Series

Tittle: Trusts and Equity Foundation Studies in Law Series
Author: Richard Edwards, Nigel Stockwell
Year: 2004
Publisher: Pearson Education Limited
Size: 5.92 MB
ISSN: 1 405 81227 3
Type: PDF
Download: Click Here

Description:

The initial aim that we had when writing the first edition – to demystify the law

of equity and trusts without undue over-simplification – remains and we hope

that the book conveys our enthusiasm for a branch of the law which, although

having ancient origins, lends itself to providing solutions to problems of the 21st

century.

As the law becomes ever more complex and the application of equity and trusts

becomes more widespread, these aims continue, in our view, to be important.

We have rewritten portions of the text to take account of new developments and

changes in our appreciation of the law.

From the many pieces of recent legislation we have included the Civil

Partnership Act 2004 which makes very significant changes in the law in that, in

many ways, it assimilates the legal position of a same-sex couple who register their

partnership with that of a married couple.

The Charities Bill is discussed as, if it reaches the statute books, it may well have

far reaching implications for charities both in terms of what legally constitutes a

charity and how charities operate.

Posted in: Law