Principles of Australian Equity and Trusts - Sixth Edition

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A comprehensive legal textbook explaining core doctrines of Australian equity and trusts, organized from foundational history and the relationship between law and equity to equitable estates, dispositions, priorities, and the nature of equitable interests. It then develops trust law through express, charitable, resulting trusts and the roles of trustees and beneficiaries. The work also addresses unconscientious dealings, fiduciary duties, undue influence, equitable remedies and defences, including specific performance, injunctions, constructive and remedial constructive trusts, tracing and equitable compensation.

LanguageEnglish

CategoryResearch & Report

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Pages292

Reading Time12 h 16 min

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Contents

Part I: History and Nature of Equity

Part II: Equitable Interests and Transactions

Part III: Relationships of Trust

Part IV: Unconscientious Dealings

Part V: Unfair Outcomes

Part VI: Trusts

Part VII: Equitable Remedies and Defences

Principles of6TH EDITIONAustralian Equity Peter Radanand TrustsCameron Stewart PRINCIPLES OFAUSTRALIAN EQUITYAND TRUSTS Sixth Edition PRINCIPLES OF AUSTRALIAN EQUITYAND TRUSTS Sixth Edition PETER RADAN BA,LLB,PhD (Syd),Dip Ed,PhD (UTS)Honorary Professor of Law, Macquarie Law School,Macquarie University,Fellow of the Australian Academy of Law CAMERON STEWART BEc LLB(Hons)(Macq),Grad Dip Jur(Syd),Grad Dip Legal Prac(NSW College of Law),PhD(Syd)Professor of Health,Law and Ethics,Sydney Law School,University of Sydney Honorary Fellow of the Australian College of Legal MedicineFellow of the Australian Academy of Law LexisNexis Australia 2025 AUSTRALIA ARGENTINA AUSTRIA BRAZIL CANADA CHILE CHINA CZECH REPUBLIC FRANCE GERMANY HONG KONG HUNGARY INDIA ITALY JAPAN KOREA MALAYSIA NEW ZEALAND POLAND SINGAPORE SOUTHAFRICA SWITZERLAND TAIWAN UNITED KINGDOM USA A catalogue record for thisbook is available from theNational Library of Australia ISBN: Inquiries should be addressed to the publishers. Typeset in Myriad Pro and Minion Pro. Printed in Australia. Visit LexisNexis at www.lexisnexis.com.au LexisNexis LexisNexis 475-495 Victoria Avenue,Chatswood NSW 2067On the internet at:www.lexisnexis.com.auLexisNexis Argentina,BUENOS AIRES LexisNexis Verlag ARD Orac GmbH&Co KG,VIENNALexisNexis Latin America,SAO PAULOLexisNexis Canada,Markham,ONTARIOLexisNexis Chile.SANTIAGO LexisNexis China,BEJING,SHANGHAlNakladatelství Orac sro,PRAGUELexisNexis SA,PARIS LexisNexis Germany,FRANKFURTLexisNexis Hong Kong,HoNG KoNGHVG-Orac,BUDAPESTLexisNexis,NEW DELHI Dott A Giuffre Editore SpA,MILANLexisNexis Japan KK,ToKYOLexisNexis,SEOUL LexisNexis Malaysia Sdn Bhd,PETALING JAYA,SELANGORLexisNexis,WELLINGTON Wydawnictwo Prawnicze LexisNexis,WARSAWLexisNexis,SINGAPORE LexisNexis Butterworths,DURBANStaempfli Verlag AG,BERNELexisNexis,TAIWAN LexisNexis UK,LoNDON,EDINBURGHLexisNexis Group,New York,NEW YORKLexisNexis,Miamisburg,OHIO 9780409359145(pbk). 9780409359152(ebk). ◎2025 Reed International Books Australia Pty Limited trading as LexisNexis. First edition,2009(reprinted 2012).Second edition,2013(reprinted 2017).Third edition,2015.Fourth edition,2019(reprinted 2019,2020(two times),2021).Fifth edition,2022(reprinted 2022). This book is copyright.Except as permitted under the Copyright Act 1968(Cth),no part of this publication may bereproduced by any process,electronic or otherwise,without the specific written permission of the copyright owner.Neither may information be stored electronically in any form whatsoever without such permission. CONTENTS Preface to the Sixth EditionPreface to the First EditionTable of CasesTable of Statutes vii ix xiii CV PART I:HISTORY AND NATURE OF EQUITY 1 1 HISTORY OF EQUITY 3 27 2 THE NATURE OF EQUITY 3 THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN LAW AND EQUITY 41 PARTI:EQUITABLE INTERESTS AND TRANSACTIONS 51 4 NATURE OF EQUITABLE ESTATES AND INTERESTS535 THE LAW OF ASSIGNMENT696 DISPOSITIONS OF EQUITABLE INTERESTS AND THE REQUIREMENT OF WRITING967 PROPERTYWITHALIMITED CAPABILITY OF BEING ASSIGNED1068 PRIORITIES116 PART IⅢ:RELATIONSHIPS OF TRUST 133 9 CONFIDENTIAL INFORMATION13510 FIDUCIARY OBLIGATIONS17211 UNDUE INFLUENCE217 PART IV:UNCONSCIENTIOUS DEALINGS 239 12 FRAUD IN EQUITY24113 UNCONSCIONABLE TRANSACTIONS25114 EQUITABLE ESTOPPEL27515 RELIEF AGAINSTFORFEITURE30216 PENALTIES317 # PART V:UNFAIR OUTCOMES 329 17 SUBROGATION18 CONTRIBUTION19 MARSHALLING 331 337 347 # PARTVI:TRUSTS 353 20 INTRODUCTION TO TRUSTS35521 CREATION OF EXPRESS TRUSTS38322 VARIATION AND TERMINATION OF TRUSTS43023 CHARITABLE TRUSTS46824 ADMINISTRATION OF CHARITABLE TRUSTS51125 RESULTING TRUSTS53226 TRUSTEES56327 BENEFICIARIES622 # PART VII:EQUITABLE REMEDIES AND DEFENCES 657 28 DECLARATIONS65929 SPECIFIC PERFORMANCE67330 INJUNCTIONS69631 FREEZING AND SEARCH ORDERS72932 EQUITABLE COMPENSATION AND

FAQs

What are the main topics covered in this sixth edition of Principles of Australian Equity and Trusts?

It covers equity’s history and nature, equitable interests and transactions, relationships of trust, unconscientious dealings, unfair outcomes such as subrogation and contribution, trust creation and administration, and equitable remedies and defences.

How does the book structure trust law across different trust types?

It addresses trusts in a dedicated sequence, including an introduction to trusts, creation of express trusts, variation and termination, charitable trusts, resulting trusts, and then trustee and beneficiary topics.

What equitable remedies and defences are discussed?

The remedies and defences section includes declarations, specific performance, injunctions, freezing and search orders, equitable compensation and damages, rescission, rectification, constructive trusts, tracing, other equitable remedies, and equitable defences.

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