Law of trusts in Australia.

Sydney : Butterworths, 1977.

4th edition

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Trusts and trustees -- Australia.

Ch. 1. The nature of a trust

Ch. 2. The distinction between a trust and certain other legal institutions

Ch. 3. The classification of trusts

Ch. 4. Capacity to create a trust

Ch. 5. Express trusts - certainty of intention, subject matter and object

Ch. 6. Express trusts - complete constitution or consideration

Ch. 7. Express trusts - the requirement of writing

Ch. 8. The interpretation of the trust

Ch. 9. When an express trust may fail or be set aside

Ch. 10. Charitable trusts

Ch. 11. Purpose trusts

Ch. 12. Resulting trusts

Ch. 13. Constructive trusts

Ch. 14. Capacity to be a trustee

Ch. 15. The appointment, retirement and removal of trustees

Ch. 16. Duties, powers and discretions of a trustee

Ch. 17. Duties of a trustee

Ch. 18. The duty to invest trust funds

Ch. 19. Duty of impartiality

Ch. 20. Powers of a trustee

Ch. 21. Rights of trustees

Ch. 22. Liability of a trustee

Ch. 23. The rights of a beneficiary

Ch. 24. What may be trust property

Ch. 25. Vesting of the trust property

Ch. 26. Conversion

Ch. 27. Tracing trust property

Ch. 28. Trusts in the conflict of laws

Ch. 29. The trust aspects of superannuation.

There are new chapters on the important areas of superannuation and choice of law. The balance of chapters have been substantially rewritten to reflect the decisions and statutes of the last 10 years, with particular attention to the areas of charitable, resulting and constructive trusts; the duties and liabilities of trustees; and tracing trust property.

Editions prior to 4th entitled "Law of Trusts in New South Wales".

Includes bibliographical references and index.

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