Trusts law in Australia / by Denis S. K. Ong.

Annandale, N.S.W. : The Federation Press, 2018

5th edition

88696

Trusts and trustees -- Australia.

1. Introduction

2. The trust compared with some other concepts

3. Three certainties required for creation of express trust

4. Writing requirements for certain types of transactions

5. Complete constitution of voluntary trust

6. Trustees : duties, liabilities, powers, rights, appointment, retirement and removal

7. Charitable trusts

8. Resulting trusts

9. Constructive trusts

10. Tracing

11. The rights of life tenant and remainderman regarding income and capital

12. The rule against perpetuities and the rule against accumulations.

Trusts Law in Australia, now in its fifth edition, provides a comprehensive and scholarly analysis of modern trusts law. Earlier editions have been praised for their utility both as a text for students and as for the sophisticated analysis of decisions they provide for practitioners. The text is logically structured, setting out the conceptual foundations of trusts before dealing with all of the key topics including express trusts, charitable trusts, voluntary trusts, resulting trusts, constructive trusts, writing and related requirements, the rules against perpetuities and accumulations, life tenants, remaindermen, tracing, and the duties, liabilities, powers, rights, appointments, retirement and removal of trustees. Professor Denis Ong's meticulous analysis of both the facts and reasoning of key judgments identifies conceptual anomalies in the law, and interprets and at times critiques the relevant Australian and UK authorities. Each chapter finishes with a summary of relevant legal principles, making the book unusually accessible. - Publisher's website.

Previous edition: 2012.

9781760021771

xli, 837 pages ; 24 cm