| Commercial trusts law |
| Section A: The nature of commercial trusts |
| · Equity, trusts and commercial expectations |
| · The contractarian account of trusts |
| · Unit trusts and other financial uses of trusts |
| · The constitution of express trusts in commercial transactions |
| Section B: Equitable devices used to take security in commercial contracts |
| · Taking security in loan contracts |
| · Equitable charges |
| · Establishing title at common law and in equity |
| · Example: collateralisation in financial transactions |
| Section C: The recovery of property in commercial litigation |
| · Breach of trust in commercial and investment transactions |
| · Recovery of property in relation to terminated transactions |
| · Personal liability to account of commercial intermediaries |
| · Case study: the local authority swaps cases |
| Section D: Investment of trust funds |
| · The duty to invest under statute |
| · The duty to invest in the case law |
| · Principles of the law of finance |
| · Issues with portfolio investment strategies |
Sequence:
Section A first. |
Textbooks:
Alastair Hudson, Equity and Trusts 5th ed (London: Routledge-Cavendish Publishing, 2007), ISBN: 9780415418478 |
| Alastair Hudson, Understanding Equity and Trusts 3rd ed (London: Cavendish Publishing, 2008), ISBN: 9781859418871 |
