
Changing the Terms of Trusts
Emily Campbell(Author)
Bloomsbury Professional (Publisher)
2nd Edition
Published on 31. December 2011
Book
Hardback
400 pages
978-1-84766-713-7 (ISBN)
Description
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
More details
Edition
2nd Revised edition
Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Publishing group
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Target group
Professional and scholarly
Edition type
Revised edition
Dimensions
Height: 229 mm
Width: 152 mm
ISBN-13
978-1-84766-713-7 (9781847667137)
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Person
Emily Campbell is a Barrister in Wilberforce Chambers. She has written many articles as well as the first edition of this book.