New Quistclose trusts chapter

Excerpt from new chapter in the upcoming 5th edition of Alastair Hudson's Equity & Trusts on "Quistclose trusts".

New Charities law chapter

Excerpt from new chapter in the upcoming 5th edition of Alastair Hudson's Equity & Trusts on "Charities" to deal with the Charities Act 2006.

Outline for problems on trustee investment

Excerpt from new chapter in the upcoming 5th edition of Alastair Hudson's Equity & Trusts on the "Trustee Act 2000" relating to the investment of trusts.

Barlow Clowes v Eurotrust casenote

A significant new decision of the Privy Council on dishonest assistance.

Re Horley Football Club casenote

A significant new decision of the High Court on unincorporated associations and the beneficiary principle.

New law on dishonest assistance, including Abou-Ramah v Abacha

A significant - and flawed - decision of the Court of Appeal on dishonest assistance.

Richstar Enterprises v Carey ( No 6) [2006] FCA 814

An important Australian case, inter alia, on discretionary trusts and unit trusts.

Restitution of unjust enrichment

This essay considers the nature of unjust enrichment and compares it with equity: it is found to be somewhat wanting. It was originally included in earlier editions of Equity & Trusts but was removed due to lack of space.

Westdeutsche Landesbank v Islington - a note

This essay considers this important decision and provides an introduction to this complex litigation for students. It appeared in my 1999 book Principles of Equity and Trust (Cavendish) and was well-received as a clear grounding for students meeting this seminal case for the first time.

The nature of property

This essay considers the nature of property and presents a novel consideration of the differentiation between the various types of property whereas property law tends to treat all forms of property as being the same.

The nature of express trusts

This essay was previously the full version of Chapter 7 of Equity & Trusts, which was cut back for the latest edition. It draws a range of themes out of the discussion of express trusts across Chapters 3 through 6 of that book, and which serves to give an overview of the key ideas.

Trusts and the birth of company law

The modern company was based on trusts law and partnership law. This essay explores that birth and, in so doing, gives another example of trusts facilitating commercial activity.

Co-operatives

While property lawyers usually think of "things" being owned, co-operatives provide an entirely different model of property whereby the members of co-operatives (bodies corporate) do not own any of the entity's assets individually but rather exercise democratic control over that property when acting in concert. This essay is now a little out of date due to some statutory updates.

The ordering of trusts

There are many forms of trust not normally considered by the commentators but which constitute the present and the future of trusts law: this essay shows how trusts law could and should be organised to incorporate these trusts.

Welfare and trusts

Public interest trusts

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On the study of law

Some general advice on studying law - whether trusts law or anything else.

The nature of these podcasts:-

These podcasts are not complete lectures and are not intended to be used as a replacement for reading. They are definitely not intended to bve used commercially by anyone. They are available for use by students and others whether they are Queen Mary students or not. Enjoy.