Trusts and Equity 9th ed

Trusts & Equity continues to offer a comprehensive and user-friendly approach, providing a concise route through what can be a challenging area of the law. Drawing on years of experience, Gary Watt encourages students to actively engage with the subject and think critically about its central issues, outlining the key perspectives with clarity and rigour.

Digital formats and resources:

This edition is available for students and institutions to purchase in a variety of formats, and is supported by online resources:

• The e-book offers a mobile experience and convenient access along with functionality tools, navigation features, and links that offer extra learning support: www.oxfordtextbooks.co.uk/ebooks
• The online resources include:
• Video lectures presented by Gary Watt, providing an introduction to key areas of debate within the subject
• Essay questions and problem scenarios with accompanying answer guidance, along with general guidance on answering these kinds of questions to enable you to improve
• Web links to further primary sources and commentary to aid your understanding
• Flashcard glossary to help test your knowledge of key terms

Key points:

• A stimulating and accessible introduction to the subject of trusts and equity by an experienced teacher, writer, and researcher
• Places the law of trusts within a unique conceptual framework of four central perspectives, encouraging students to think critically around the key issues and debates
• Interesting scenarios and examples from sources as varied as literature, film, and history help students to relate and contextualize a difficult subject
• Accompanying online resources feature author videos, scenario and essay questions with answer guidance, and weblinks to further reading
• Also available as an e-book with functionality, navigation features, and links that offer extra learning support

New to this Edition:

A wide range of new law and legal scholarship, which includes discussions of New Zealand's Te Awa Tupua (Whanganui River Claims Settlement) Act 2017, the status of cryptocurrency as trust property, virtual witnessing of wills in the period of the COVID-19 pandemic, and more.