Changing the Terms of Trusts

2. Auflage 2011
ISBN: 978-1-84766-713-7
Verlag: Bloomsbury

Buch, Englisch, 400 Seiten, Format (B × H): 152 mm x 229 mm

Written by an experienced practitioner, this book deals specifically with the variation of trusts from a UK and an international perspective.

The book covers all the circumstances in which the terms of a trust can be varied, and the different methods: by use of the powers in the trust instrument; by voluntary act of the beneficiaries; or by the court. The new edition has been fully updated to include coverage of pension schemes and charities.

New material includes:· New legislation includes Perpetuities and Accumulations Act 2009 and Finance Act 2006· New part on mistake including sections on· Hastings Bass· Gibbon v Mitchell· Rectification· Formal invalidity· Turner v Turner· New chapter on Trustee Act 1925, s 57 including discussion on dividing line with varying trusts (e.g. powers of appropriation)· Chapter on mental capacity issues (including Mental Capacity Act 2005)· Chapter on statutory jurisdiction under Matrimonial Causes Act· Chapter on amendment of occupational pension schemes· Chapter on entrenched provisions· Chapter on comparative law - in particular comparison of offshore equivalents of Trustee Act 1925, s 57/ Variation of Trusts Act 1958

Autoren/Hrsg.

Campbell, Emily

Fachgebiete

• Rechtswissenschaften Ausländisches Recht Common Law (UK, USA, Australien u.a.)
• Rechtswissenschaften Internationales Recht und Europarecht Internationales Recht Internationales Handels-, Wirtschafts- und Gesellschaftsrecht

Über Autor(innen)

Emily Campbell is a Barrister in Wilberforce Chambers. She has written many articles as well as the first edition of this book.