Trusts LawBasics provides students with perfect preparatory guide to the subject as set and explained throughout a Scots LLB. This excellent summary of trusts provides clear and concise analysis and contains all the necessary information for the development of a basic understanding of this field of study as pertaining to Scots law. Essential coverage is provided on: * The general principles * Key cases * Important statutes * Also contains handy exam sample questions and answers
Contents Include:
* Introductory concepts
* The common uses of trusts
* Classification of trusts
* Parties and properties
* Appointment, assumption and resignation of trustees
* Purposes of a trust
* Administration of a trust
* Investment duties of a trustee
* Conflict of interest and proper motivation
* Liability of trustees to beneficiaries
* Trustees and third parties
* Administration and supervision of charitable trusts
* Variation of trust purposes
* Termination of trusts
* Private international law
