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Material

Below you find the material for this class.

The bookshop has run out of copies of the book. The below copy was the best we could do for the purposes of this semester. This is a temporary measure for this semester only. 

Class lectures

Week 2

READ CHAPTER 1

Week 3

READ CHAPTER 3 + 4

Week 4

READ CHAPTER 5 + 6

Week 5

READ CHAPTER 2 + 7

Week 6

READ CHAPTER 8

Week 7

Topics Covered:

   Introduction to Equity and Trust

   History and Nature of Equity

   Conscience and Transformation of Equity

   Fundamental Principles of Equity

   Statute of Uses 1535

   Use upon Use

   Reception of Equity

   

YOUTUBE: The history of the Trust

History of Trust

Introduction to Equity

Adoption and adaptation of  Equity

Paramountcy of Justice 

Harsh and Oppressive Acts

Natural Justice

"Necessary to do Justice"

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YOUTUBE: History of Equity

Time stipulation

Part performance

Relief against penalty and forfeiture

Analogous estates & Interests

Equities

Prescription Doctrine

Lineage

Ease of way

Maxims of Equity

Estoppels​

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​WIKIPEDIA: Maxims of equity

​VAIL Law: The 20 Maxims of Equity

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Remedies:

    - estoppels

   - injunctions

  

 

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CONSOLIDATION WEEK

Week 8

READ CHAPTER 8 + 9

Equitable defences

- unconscionability

- Undue influence

- waiver

- Impracticability

- Impossibility

- Duress

- Fair use

Week 9

READ CHAPTER 10

Week 10

READ CHAPTER 10

Week 11

READ CHAPTER 11

Week 12

READ CHAPTER 12

Week 13

Nature of Trusts

Classification of Trusts

- Express

- Constructive

- Resulting

- Statutory (including implied trust)

- Private & Charitable

- Public

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Implied Trust

Constructive Trust

Statutory Trust

Private and Charitable Trust​​​

Trust of Land

 - private trust

 - public trust

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Fiduciary Property Management

 - the nature of fiduciary

 - Code of conduct

 - Remedies for breach of trust

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Exam review

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