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
