Widely recognised as one of the most thorough and perceptive treatments of modern English trust law, Hayton & Mitchell is a unique combination of textbook and casebook in one compact volume.
Offers a thorough and perceptive treatment of modern English trust law
Uniquely combines textbook and casebook in one compact volume
Uses questions and problems to promote analysis and discussion
Investigates the "grey" areas often favoured by examiners
Illuminates the nature of the English trust concept with comparative references to foreign jurisdictions
Illustrates the discussion in the text with excerpts from cases, statutes, and Charity Commission publications
Includes extracts from important new legislation and cases, including the Charities Act 2006 and the Perpetuities and Accumulations Act 2009, and: Sieff v Fox(2005); Barlow Clowes International Ltd v Eurotrust International Ltd (2006); Stack v Dowden (2007); Breakspear v Ackland (2009); Chartbrook Ltd v Persimmon Homes Ltd (2009); Hanchett-Stamford v Att-Gen (2009); HMRC v Trustees of the Peter Clay Discretionary Trust (2009); Re Walters (deceased) (2009); and Wyndham v Egremont (2009)
Revised structure increases accessibility of discussion
New text design and format makes the work more user-friendly and enables students to better distinguish cases from commentary